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When Civic Action Is Subjected To Bureaucratic Whim: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 | VL Desk, Ayesha Akhtar
What Is The FCRA? The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2.0 (FCRA), a bill yet to be passed by the Parliament, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 25th March by the Union Government. The Bill was presented as a step towards achieving greater transparency and tightening national security.It seeks to more strictly regulate the civic…
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The Fruits of the Poisonous Tree and India’s Unwritten Right to Privacy | VL Desk, Ayat Shaukatullah
For long, India’s stance on illegally-obtained evidence has been clear-cut: notwithstanding its origins, if relevant to the proceedings, it would remain admissible in court. Though this is a position the Supreme Court has repeatedly taken – from telephonic conversations in R.M. Malkani v. State of Maharashtra[i] to illegal searches in State Of M.P Through CBI…
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IBC 2.0: Assessing Whether the 2026 Amendment Can Resolve India’s Insolvency Delay Crisis | Kavish Joshi, VL Desk
India’s Insolvency Framework: From Fragmented Recovery Laws to the IBC The introduction of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, has proven to be a watershed moment in the history of Indian economic legislation, providing a systematic framework in a time-bound manner to decades of collapsing legal paralysis. IBC has been fairly successful in maintaining macroeconomic…
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The Right to a Human Judge in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | Ali Akhlaq Khan, VL Desk
As John Rawls was penning down that, “A legal system must make provisions for conducting orderly trials and hearings; it must contain rules of evidence that guarantee rational procedures of inquiry. While there are variations in these procedures, the rule of law requires some form of due process: that is, a process reasonably designed to…
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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…