Commentary

Law Commentary

We invite legal experts to send us comments, explanations, and cases concerning laws relevant to mediapersons. Please send contributions to this section to editor@nwmindia.org, along with a brief note about yourself.

• Comments drafted by the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore (with inputs from NWMI members), on the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's proposed Broadcasting Bill and Content Code
• Prosecution of paedophiles: not a state priority?
  Nishtha Desai, looks into the loopholes prevalent in the law enforcing machinery of the state, which has yet again failed in punishing perpetrators of this heinous crime.
• Provisions that address child sexual abuse by Nishtha Desai
• Arresting paedophiles
  Sangeeta Punekar gives an account of what happened the day the Swiss couple was caught
• Privacy and emerging technology: Are Indian laws catching up?
  Exploring the legal provisions for privacy or the lack of it in India, where technology is very advanced
• She was burnt alive! But they glorified the murder.
  An assesment of the Roop Kanwar 'sati' case from 1987 along with a historical perspective on sati
• Whose convergence is it anyway?
  A critical introduction to The Communication Convergence Bill, 2000