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2 months ago | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
The law’s real intention: prevent inter-caste and inter-faith relationships, say experts.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
Images and videos have gone viral of an elephant going on a rampage during a pooram or temple festival in Kerala on January 8. The male elephant, which was nearly 50 years old, left 24 people injured. The incident has reignited concerns among wildlife rights activists about the unsafe conditions under which elephants are paraded during poorams in Kerala.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
Digital rights experts have flagged several gaps in the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, released by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on January 3. They say that the rules, which aim to operationalise the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, passed by Parliament in August 2023, will struggle to follow the rule requiring parental consent to process children’s data given a lack of clarity.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
There are many reasons for the high number of cases pending in India’s constitutional courts – the Supreme Court and High Courts. One that is not spotlighted enough is the laxity by the Union and state governments in filing replies to cases instituted against them in court. The Indian state is the biggest litigant in all Indian courts, accounting for more than half of all pending litigation.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
For as long as I can remember, I have been a gaming enthusiast. As a child, I played Snakes and Ladders, Book Cricket and Pen Fights, before progressing to The Game of Life, Monopoly, Othello and Uno. School bus rides buzzed with Atlas and Rock Paper Scissors. Chess was fun until my brother began defeating me. For two years, an Xbox 360 ruled my world – until my parents confiscated it before class 12. Somewhere along the way, my enthusiasm for gaming waned, although it never left me completely.
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Dec 29, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court’s decision to disallow a female Muslim lawyer from arguing in court because she was wearing a face veil is violative of her constitutional rights, according to legal experts that Scroll spoke with. On November 27, advocate Syed Ainain Qadri, appearing before the High Court in a domestic violence case, was requested by Justice Rahul Bharti to remove her face veil.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
A legal battle in the Supreme Court has shone the spotlight on India’s open-air prisons. The court is deliberating over preserving land in Rajasthan’s Sanganer open-air prison, with the state government looking to reduce its size. In another case earlier this year, the court suggested the use of open-air prisons as a solution to over-crowding in regular prisons. Open-air prisons have also seen judicial attention in other states.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
On September 2, Sabra, a 24-year old resident of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, received a call from the school where her three young sons were studying. She was told to pick up her son, seven-year old Rihan Khan, early from school. Worried, Sabra went to the school to find Rihan in distress. He told her that he had not been allowed to attend class in the morning and been kept locked up in the school’s computer lab for five hours. He alleged that he was also beaten by his class teacher.
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Dec 14, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
On December 4, the Assam government announced that it would ban the serving and eating of beef in restaurants, hotels or public places in the state. While no draft of the bill is publically available and the law is yet to be implemented, restaurants in Assam have already stopped selling beef. If passed, the law would become the first of its kind in India. There is no other state in India that selectively bans only the consumption and serving of beef in public places.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
scroll.in | Vineet Bhalla
Lawyers, politicians and civil society groups have demanded action against Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court for his communal remarks at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad event at the High Court premises on Sunday. In response, the Supreme Court has sought a report from the Allahabad High Court about Yadav’s remarks. Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha are preparing to move a motion to impeach Yadav.
