COVER STORIES • Back-door appointments quashed • SC notice to States on right to die with dignity • SC restrains States on remission for life convicts • Child cannot be tossed like shuttlecock between parents: SC • No automatic arrest on registration of a case us 498A of the IPC • Public premises Act and State rent laws operate in different spheres • Human rights commission can initiate action against authors of hate speeches • Month does not mean 30 days for computation of six months period under N.I. Act • AFT has jurisdiction on subject matters falling within the definition of service matters