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Aaratrika Bhaumik

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As seen in: The Hindu, Flipboard, The Wire (India), Live Law, ApDirect
Covers:  Law and judiciary
Sr. Reporter @the_hindu | Law graduate @NLUO_Official | Formerly @LiveLawIndia | For leads: aaratrika.bhaumik@thehindu.co.in

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Blocking of Hindutva Watch and the prevalence of social media censorship in India

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International Court of Justice | Justice without power

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Courtroom dramas, clipped and shared

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By Aaratrika Bhaumik Verified
| The Hindu Verified
From her room in a town in Assam, Tanisha Som, 24, would spend hours watching courtrooms, hundreds of kilometres away, come to life on her screen. She would watch women lawyers command the courtroom, threading their arguments through a thicket of questions from the Bench, pressing an argument here and conceding there, until even the most sceptical judges began to come around. At the time, becoming a lawyer seemed a dream.
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Sexual history of survivors continues to shadow rape trials despite legal bar, say experts

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By Aaratrika Bhaumik Verified
| The Hindu Verified
The Bombay High Court’s observation that the survivor was subjected to an “invasive, humiliating cross-examination” about her past sexual history in its ruling reversing former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in a 2013 rape and sexual assault case points to the prevalence of such questioning in rape trials despite a statutory bar, legal experts said.
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Have fast-track courts delivered on the promise of speedy justice? | In Focus Podcast

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By Aaratrika Bhaumik Verified
| The Hindu Verified
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to set up fast-track courts to hear paper leak cases has once again brought these specialised courts into focus and revived the debate over whether they are the silver bullet to India’s chronic judicial delays. Both the government and the judiciary have, over the years, relied on fast-track courts to expedite the trial of specific categories of high-priority cases.
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