What the salad tried to do to us. The first ambition of any plant is to make itself uneatable. Long before anything clever walked on earth, plants settled on poisoning anything with a mouth. If you can’t run, you better taste terrible. The only way to stay alive was to face

A well-explained article on Gram Kachcheri (Village Court). It can hear matters related to petty crime and small civil disputes. It not only keeps the judiciary from being overburdened, but also gives the community access to justice more affordably. scroll.in/article/107988…

Every criminal appeal has a docket number, but beneath the paper, there lies a human factor.

I wrote about the importance of talking to the young.

The last page of the “resignation” letter of the lady judge is poignant! Sadly we have a long long way to go before we can say that the glass ceiling is shattered in the judiciary!

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The report is extremely worrying. Drop out rate in Adivasi area is as high as 35% in West Singhbhum. The learning capacity of students is also extremely alarming. 50% of the overall students are found weak in basic learning. Hemant Soren Kalpana Murmu Soren

Intersting case of copyright - One person has already copyrighted the word 'Sabzi', and sent a legal notice for infringement to an author who used the word Sabzi as title of her book. Of course he later withdrew the legal threat, but this would have been interesting.

Supreme Court on rights of accused in cases where the presumption of innocence is reversed - Very liberty of a person becomes hostage to clogged dockets, overworked judges, a lax prosecution, repeated adjournments by members of the bar and much more.

रांची बड़ा तालाब के बिल्कुल निकट कयी दिनों से ऐसे खुले में निर्माण का समान रखने से पैदल और दो पहिये से चलने वाले आम नागरिकों को गंदी धूल मिट्टी से गुजरना पड़ता है जो कि स्वास्थ्य के लिए हानिकारक है I साथ ही बड़ा तालाब के इस ओर बैठना भी मुश्किल हो गया है I

Interesting - the trial Court judgment starts with a quote by Gandhi. But while sentencing, it uses a quote from Mahabharat saying- fear of punishment prevents crime. But Gandhi believed in reformative approach. He rejected an eye for eye.