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Ambivalence in the law

The Child Marriage Prevention Bill, though an improvement over the existing Act, does not go far enough to help curb the practice.
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A Bill and some concerns

The Communal Violence (Suppression) Bill, drafted with the aim to check communal violence, is criticised as being a draconian and potentially dangerou
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Capital shock

Bombs explode in two cinema halls in Delhi during the screening of a film that had attracted protests from various Sikh groups.
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Bhakra dam -- a different view

THE last two decades have seen an increasing number of questions being raised on the utility of big dams in India. In 2000, the World Commission on Da
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The new legislation is the culmination of a sustained campaign. Here, a scene from a street play staged as part of it by theGrahak Shakti Right to Information Cell in Bangalore in September 2004.-V. SREENIVASA REDDY

Affirming the right to know

The new Right to Information Bill, which will replace a 2002 law, is expected to make government functioning more transparent and change the lay perso
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Bending the rules

The Law Commission , in its 153rd report, recommended that a uniform law be enacted to regulate adoptions, but nothing seems to have happened in this
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Justice out of sight

Trial in the Hashimpura massacre case, in which personnel of the Provincial Armed Constabulary in Uttar Pradesh allegedly shot dead 42 Muslims in May
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A battle for sexual rights

The campaign for sexual rights gets a boost with the Supreme Court taking up an appeal against a High Court order dismissing a petition challenging Se
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Indian concerns

INDIAN industry is worried about the Chinese proposal for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries. It feels any discussions on an FTA a
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A tempered patents regime

The key amendments to the Indian Patents Act, forced by the Left parties, have resulted in a relatively loose patents regime for now, but there will b
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The Glivec case

THE astronomical rise in the price of Glivec, the blood cancer drug, which has now become representative of the dangers of a product patents regime, b
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A setback for Reliance

The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal holds Reliance Infocomm guilty of routing international calls landing in India as locally originatin
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