Andha Kanoon

  The legal profession is often called a "noble" one. Growing up, we are taught to view the judiciary as the final fortress of hope—the one place where the common citizen stands equal to the powerful. But lately, walking through the corridors of our courts, that fortress feels like it's showing deep, structural cracks. ​If we take an honest look at the last 10 to 15 years, there is an uncomfortable silence we need to break. The standards of our judicial system aren't just shifting; they are decelerating. ​The "Canteen Talk" vs. The Pedestal ​When you sit in the court canteen or talk to litigants waiting on wooden benches, the narrative has changed. It is no longer just about "seeking justice"; it’s about "surviving the system." As an advocate, I see the public’s perception dipping every single day. People don’t see the court as a place of swift redressal anymore—they see it as a labyrinth of endless dates and procedural exhaustion. ​When ...

  Date: December 14, 2025 Topic: Legal Trends & Reforms If you’ve been following legal developments over the past eighteen months, you’ve probably felt what I have: Indian law hasn’t merely evolved—it has been fundamentally re‑engineered. From how crimes are defined and prosecuted to how our personal data and digital identities are protected, the years 2024 and 2025 have marked a decisive break from the past. As we close 2025, I want to briefly capture the most significant shifts shaping India’s new legal environment—and why, in my view, they matter in day‑to‑day legal practice. 1. A New Criminal Justice Era The most visible transformation, at least from a practitioner’s perspective, has been the full operationalisation of the three new criminal laws that replaced the colonial‑era IPC, CrPC, and Evidence Act on 1 July 2024 . These are not cosmetic changes; they have altered both substance and procedure. Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sedition, a long‑criticised coloni...

Article 21 in Constitution of India  Protection of life and personal liberty No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law. Editorial Comment  - Article 21 of the Indian Constitution guarantees the fundamental right to protection of life and personal liberty. It ensures certain safeguards against arbitrary deprivation of life and liberty.  Article 21 asserts that no person shall be deprived of their life except according to the procedure established by law. This means that every individual has the right to live, and their life cannot be taken away except in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures. The right to life encompasses various aspects, including the right to live with dignity, the right to livelihood, and the right to a healthy environment. Article 21 also protects the personal liberty of individuals. It states that no person shall be deprived of their personal liberty except according to the p...

  " Sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being under eighteen years of age, is not rape. " However, sexual intercourse with a wife, whose marriage with him is void as he was already married and had a living spouse and who was aware of the fact of the first marriage, amounts to rape. 10 In the case of Nimeshbhai Bharat Bhai Desai vs. The State of Gujarat 11 , the Gujarat High Court submitted that marital rape is not just a concept and the notion of 'implied consent' in marriage and should be collapsed. The law must provide security to every woman (married or unmarried) to protect her corporal independence. In the case of Anuja Kapur vs. Union of India Through Secretary, 2019, a PIL was filed by Anuja Kapur asking the Court to direct the Government of India to release some guidelines and laws on marital rape. But the bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice SA Bobde and Justice BR Gavai refused the petition and said that the work re...

          From the beginning the Union of two adults have been evolving firstly cultural acceptance and then gradually with the evolution of religion developed a concept called marriage. Free will and consent where still unknown to the larger extent, then slightly like the sunrays of a winter morning a person's consent came into acceptance , together with all the evolution marrige became a sacred obligation later various religious influence this concept for eg.  In Islam marrige is both sacrament and contract, hinduism called is "saatjanam ka bandhan" Marriage for seven life a never ending bond and other religions took differently.  Earlier all these issues we're govern and taken care by communities itself under self governing bodies and entirely functioning upon religious text and no space for any other way or remedy could be opted for, people were emotionally attached to the religious text and even wrong interpretations we're not to be questioned. Si...

Normalising hate is the new constant in India today as it is the answer to every failure of our political setup, the agency which were made to keep check and balance are mere spectators, every organisation under the Indian Constitution are made independent but somehow have been left with loopholes which have been exploited by every party in power for there immunity and luxury, in India the perks of hate being used to be tool to win elections have seen many developments earlier it used to be a hidden appeal in someway or the other, institutions where more or less proactive even the one trying to spread hate we're aware that only way to do it is through hitting the loopholes in statued and functional structure of the nation.  It can't be claimed that this environment of hate is only the product of this current government but surely the out come of irresponsible and corrupt policies of the earlier regimes, this gave opportunity for politics of divide and rule as people we're f...