Fyodor Dostoevsky said, “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons”. The rigor with which the law of evidence is applied and the demand is made on the state to discharge its burden of proving guilt d... Continue reading →

Since the decadent democracies were not taking seriously China's claim of being a democracy, Xi Jinping decided to hold a summit meeting for heads of states of real democracies. The beautiful Island paradise of Hainan was the obvious venue for thi... Continue reading →

On March 1, 2023, while deciding criminal appeals relating to some Chhattisgarh bureaucrats, the Supreme Court made the following observations:

"We quite appreciate that there could be cases of innocent public servants being entangled in i... Continue reading →

Donald Rumsfeld, the then US Secretary of Defence had famously said during a 2002 press briefing, "... there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we... Continue reading →