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  • Arrest and Judicial Custody (Jail) and Preventive Detention
    1. Arrest: Usually restraint of liberty by police and is a temporary measure. After arrest, the person is sent to the custody of the magistrate/court - judicial custody. Perhaps a special form of judicial
  • Changing my Security..!
    The watchman outside my gate was fast asleep. He was old, and wanting to return to his village, “We need to change the watchman!” I said as I glanced wearily from my window at his sleeping form.“What?”
  • TODAY in HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 17
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 17 Reuters 1935 - Manuel Quezon y Molina was elected first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, established under U.S. tutelage.
  • TODAY in HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 16
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 16 Reuters 1940 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Service Bill, making all American men between 21 and 35 liable
  • What’s the World Saying?
    A few days ago, I was asked to be a moderator on the new National Education Policy. The debate was conducted by the Atomic Energy Junior College in Tarapore. Much of the debate was on the three language formula
  • Life: Success and Happiness
    Chongboi Singson Kohima  Do you spend your time thinking about life? Do you ever try to find out its meaning and what it is all about? Apparently, it is my favorite thing to do though it is the thing t
  • Today in History September 15
    Reuters 1916 - Military tanks, originated by Sir Ernest Swinton, went into action for the first time as part of the Allied offensive at the Battle of the Somme. 1949 - Konrad Adenauer was elected first ch
  • And the Award Goes to..!
    And finally, the vaccine came out and every single person was given the antidote against the dreaded virus, and the world went back to business, and games, and politics and parties and weddings, just like the w
  • Anuradha Roy finds solitude in the Kumaon Himalayas
    Vishnu Makhijani  IANS Living far from the madding crowds in the cantonment town of Ranikhet in the Kumaon Himalayas that provides her solitude, "it's hard to believe" the number of dista
  • Today in History September 14
    Reuters 1901 - U.S. President William McKinley died from his wounds after being shot by an assassin on September 6. He was succeeded in office by Theodore Roosevelt. 1937 - Thomas Masaryk, Czech revolutio
  • Law in Motion – 11: Arrests - Miscellaneous
    Rupin Sharma IPS Arrest is a voluminous topic with many intricacies. However, our attempt is to keep things simple. Some other issues are: 1. Section 41C of CrPC - Control room at districts It is m
  • Building Bridges Out of Fear..!
    Leaders across the world have a choice when they come to power, to burn bridges or build ones! They watch two communities sparring with each other all the time, and instead of wading in the waters and building
  • Of tricks of trade a veteran diplomat picked up from his peers
    Vishnu Makhijani  IANS Winston Churchill once defined diplomacy as "the art of telling a man to go to hell in such a way that he asks for directions to it!" Jawaharlal Nehru explained a di
  • Today in History September 13
    Reuters 1955 - The Soviet Union and West Germany agreed to establish diplomatic relations. 1993 - Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation signed a peace agreement outlining a plan for Palestinian
  • Today in History September 12
    Reuters 1940 - Four teenagers followed their dog when it disappeared down a hole near Lascaux, France, and discovered 17,000-year-old drawings now known as the Lascaux Cave Paintings. 1943 - Italian dicta
  • TODAY in HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 11
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 11 Reuters 1922 - A British mandate was proclaimed in Palestine. It came into effect at the end of the month, despite Arab protests.
  • A Bloodied Chessboard..!
    There’s a giant chessboard set up in the city of Mumbai, with only two pawns, both Bollywood actresses scrambling all over it’s surface, even as the two players, one a Central Giant and the other a State Ti
  • Law in Motion 10: Arrest – Process and Powers II
    Rupin Sharma, IPS  Arrest means restrained liberty - which may be by putting handcuffs/ropes/holding his hands physically or even by encirclement by armed/unarmed policemen or escorts or even when he is
  • Face The Enemy..!
    As India and China slowly start recognizing each other as enemies, I think of another enemy. “I’ll have another drink,” he told the waiter.“It’s your fourth,” I said.“So you’re good at counting,
  • TODAY in HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 10
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 10 Reuters 1945 - Vidkun Quisling, head of the puppet government set up by the Nazis in Norway in World War Two, was found guilty of tr
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