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The author in the present article highlighted a major problem associated with the mercy petition. The author also presents a detailed analysis of the need for introducing time limitations in deciding the mercy petition.

This paper presents the meaning of media trial and the conflict of freedom of speech and expression with right to free trial.

The research aims at finding ways to decrease the violence against the women in pandemic and better access to health. It was found that every victim who was abused sexually or mentally is likely to develop an emotional disorder. The prominent violence against women are bullying, sexual abuse, attitude against women who is a victim of abuse etc. 1/3 of victims, had the suicidal tendency or ended up in suicide. The women of different age group have different types of problems due to violence against women.

This article explores the legal understanding of “untouchability” as can be inferred from Constituent Assembly Debates and judicial pronouncements, and the drastic shift in this understanding after the Sabarimala verdict of 2018.[3] It analyses the various amendments proposed to define the practice and why they were rejected and the subsequent judicial interpretations of the term as caste-based discrimination. It examines Chandrachud J.’s recent expansive interpretation of the term to include any form of social exclusion founded on notions of purity and the viability of such an interpretation.