Quick notes: American justice, Patent delays...

• No justice for you!: Police officer who paralyzed Sureshbhai Patel will walk free. "That injury, standing alone, does not provide the basis for a criminal judgement against Mr Parker," the judge said.



• Why Sabarimala has restrictions on women: Differentiation is not discrimination. We need to be able to celebrate diversity and pluralism in religious worship with something more than just scientific reasoning and mere constitutional clauses.



• How does law allow Bakrid but not Jallikattu? Exemption is for “killing” animals, not exhibiting them. 



• Patent Delays Threaten “Make In India”:  A patent application takes, on average, six years to get approved in India  



• Electric propulsion on Isro satellites: “Instead of chemical fuel, we save on weight and pack it with more transponders”.



• Regulators reject Volkswagen's diesel fix: “"Volkswagen made a decision to cheat on emissions tests and then tried to cover it up. They continued and compounded the lie, and when they were caught, they tried to deny it.".