https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/legally-speaking/lawless-laws-and-the-rule-of-law/October 30, 2021, 3:00 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/69ca44af_4993_P_4_mr-1.jpgLegally SpeakingSuch provisions are not unique to the NDPS Act. I have had the occasion to examine in my book, Unravelling the Kashmir Knot, similar provisions in anti-terror laws like Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) which was succeede...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/legally-speaking/could-a-judicial-order-violate-your-fundamental-rights/September 3, 2020, 3:58 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/law.pngLegally SpeakingThe Supreme Court declared on 10 April 2002, in its five-judge decision in the Rupa Ashok Hurra case that “it is a settled position in law that no judicial order passed by any superior court in judicial proceedings can be said to violate any of th...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/legally-speaking/media-trials-mahatma-gandhi-and-law/August 19, 2020, 6:48 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/media.pngLegally SpeakingThe Bombay High Court issued notices to lawyers regarding their conduct, not as citizens but as advocates and pleaders. The court observed that it had “nothing to do with their political views” nor “with expressions of opinion on their part, howev...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/legally-speaking/revisiting-pil-jurisprudence/June 20, 2020, 4:59 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pil-300x169.pngLegally SpeakingThe backlash against the misuse of PIL led to the Supreme Court seeking to streamline PIL. The case often cited is that of Balwant Singh Chaufal (2010), where the court detailed the origin, development and misuse of PIL jurisprudence.