• Explained:Why Parliament Questions Subordinate Legislation

    Explained:Why Parliament Questions Subordinate Legislation0

    Parliament’s 2025 Subordinate Legislation Committee report shows how missing records, delayed rules, and unresolved Article 309 conflicts have steadily weakened India’s control over executive rule-making. At the same time, the report confirms that executive-made law now increasingly slips past effective democratic checks.

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  • Explained: SC to Review Bharat Drilling and Barred Claims

    Explained: SC to Review Bharat Drilling and Barred Claims0

    New Delhi (ABC Live): Indian arbitration law is undergoing a major reset. For years, arbitral tribunals regularly awarded compensation for losses that government contracts had clearly prohibited. As a result, disputes over idle machinery, overhead losses, and loss of profit flooded courts under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. However,

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  • Explained: How BNSS Section 223 Could Delay Criminal Trials

    Explained: How BNSS Section 223 Could Delay Criminal Trials0

    The BNSS promised faster criminal justice, but its new rule for private complaints may do the opposite. Section 223 requires accused persons to be heard even before cognizance, creating a fresh adversarial stage. Early court rulings suggest this procedural change risks slowing down—not speeding up—criminal trials.

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