A recent policy decision to allow the private sector into mapping is rightly hailed as historic. It reverses a policy position that was in practice for at least 250 years that allowed only the Survey of India to publish detailed maps of the territory of India.

Umar Khalid's bail order stated that one of the conditions of his release is that he install the Aarogya Setu, an app for COVID-19 contact tracing, on mobile phone.

The recent decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a case where the petitioner wanted to take legal action against Prince Harry gained much attention the last few weeks.

The implementation of an integrated digital platform for the criminal justice system would ensure speedy justice

The recent violence at the Wistron Corp’s factory near Bengaluru draws attention to the complex nature of labour unrest. Particularly in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, existing labour conflicts have been accentuated, as businesses try to cope with the economic downturn.

The Indian judiciary is handling more than 30 million pending cases. As a result, administration of legal aid receives scant attention & is poorly managed.

The Compulsory Retirement Order can be used to weed out officers who are inefficient and is often issued in public interest.

Data shows that in some cases, new courts and transfer courts performed worse than courts which did not transfer cases to new courts to help with backlog.

Litigation Funding, commonly referred to as Third-Party Funding (TPF), refers to the process of covering a party's litigation expenses by a funder in return, for a share in the litigation's monetary award. 1

Rajya Sabha member and Senior Advocate P Wilson has written to Union Law Minister RS Prasad urging the Government to introduce a bill so that Article 130 of the Constitution can be amended to provide for permanent regional Benches of the Supreme Court at New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

Lack of physical infrastructure, shortage of dedicated judicial officials, and clear mandates are the reason, legal experts say.

India’s already overcrowded jails have 3.3 lakh undertrials. But most won’t get a speedy, surety less bail like the Republic TV chief.