VL Desk
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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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De Jure Victims And De Facto Realities: Rethinking Quashing Jurisdiction Under The POCSO Act | Akriti Varun, VL Desk
Can the law sustain the existence of an ‘offence’ where the ‘victim’, as statutorily defined, disclaims any loss or injury? This question lies at the heart of the evolving jurisprudence on the quashing of criminal proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The Delhi High Court has recently laid down various…
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SC vs SC: The question of ‘Caste Discrimination’ and its latest answer | Saniya Malik, VL Desk
On 29 January 2026, the Supreme Court of India passed an interim stay order in relation to the University Grants Commission (Guidelines for Higher Education Institutions), 2026, which had been issued on 13 January 2026 in substitution of the earlier UGC Guidelines, 2012 governing higher educational institutions. The 2026 Guidelines, owing to their immediate applicability…
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Right to Menstrual Health as a Part of the Right to Life | Shabi Tauseef, VL Desk
Menstruation in India is still a taboo, unspoken issue for many. Adolescent girls face shame, poverty, and substandard sanitation, leading to absence from school or even dropout. Dasra, a non-profit organisation in a 2014 study found that about 2.3 crore Indian girls drop out of school every year after they start menstruating, largely due to…
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Can failure to control drug cartels or bad administration justify foreign military intervention? Analysis of the U.S.-Venezuela Scenario | Kushagra Srivastava, VL Desk
Background On January 3rd, 2026, the Attorney General Pamela Bondi stated on social media that “Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York” and that they will face “the full wrath of American justice on American soil, in American courts” Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his…
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Workplace Harassment Beyond Deadlines: The NUJS Order | Ramisha Fatima, VL Desk
In addition to the direct pain it causes, workplace harassment is still one of the most harmful injustices in the workplace because of the way that victims’ suffering is frequently exacerbated by social stigma, institutional inertia, and legal technicalities.Inappropriate behaviour in the workplace, whether verbal, non-verbal, physical, or psychological, frequently of a sexual nature, that…
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Recognition of Palestine: UK, Australia, Canada, and Lady Macbeth’s Atonement | Tanzeel Islam Khan, VL Desk
“DOCTOR:What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs her hands. GENTLEWOMAN:It is an accustomed action with her to seem thus washing her hands.I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour. LADY MACBETH:Yet here’s a spot. DOCTOR:Hark, she speaks. I will set down what comes from her,to satisfy my remembrance…
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The Delhi High Court’s 2025 UAPA Bail Denial: Echoes of the ADM Jabalpur Case? | Obaid Akram, VL Desk
On 2 September 2025, the bail petition for the nine accused in the 2020 Northeast Delhi “larger conspiracy” case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was presented before a Division bench of the Delhi High Court and subsequently denied by the Bench. Reviewing the 133-page ruling records, the Bench undermined the right to protest…