Author: Sadaf Shabbir Siddiqui
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Bail Beyond Dignity: Analysing The Supreme Court’s Intervention In Bail Jurisprudence | Sadaf Shabbir Siddiqui, VL Desk
A liberty secured through degradation is not liberation since there is nothing “free” about a freedom that humiliates. When constitutional liberty is attained at the cost of dignity, it is a release only in form, not in substance, as a man/woman may walk free, yet he/she shall drag the weight of his/her humiliation that will…
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Courts and Canines: A look at the Supreme Court’s stray dog verdict | Sadaf Shabbir Siddiqui, VL Desk
On 28th July, the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognizance of the mounting cases of dog bites reported in Delhi and four adjoining districts on the basis of a report published by The Times of India, titled, ‘City hounded by strays, kids pay price’, which in the court’s opinion contained “extremely alarming” and…