The Delhi High Court on Sunday refused to grant interim relief to climate activist Sonam Wangchuk in a petition filed by his wife, Dr Gitanjali J Angmo, challenging his continued hospitalisation at Safdarjung Hospital and seeking his transfer to a private hospital of his choice. The single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna held that the…
The Calcutta High Court on Sunday ordered the authorities to immediately halt further demolition of the building housing All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) MP Abhishek Banerjee’s Diamond Harbour parliamentary office at Amtala in South 24 Parganas, directing all parties to maintain status quo regarding the nature, character and possession of the property until the next…
United States Attorney Joseph Nocella Junior has submitted before a federal court that his involvement in the criminal case against Indian industrialist Gautam Adani did not contradict the US Department of Justice’s assertion that Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General (PADAG) Trent McCotter was the sole decision-maker behind the move to seek dismissal of the indictment….
The Delhi High Court has suspended two members of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service pending disciplinary proceedings over separate allegations of misconduct. While the suspension order for District Judge Vinay Singhal, serving at the Tis Hazari Courts, was passed on July 10, District Judge Veena Rani, posted at the Saket Courts, was suspended on July…
The Supreme Court has directed a nationwide, time-bound fact-finding exercise on the availability of washroom facilities in High Courts, district courts and taluka courts, while issuing strict timelines to States and Union Territories to ensure the provision of basic sanitation infrastructure. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and…
By Inderjit Badhwar Every Supreme Court judge leaves behind a body of judgments. Far fewer leave behind a window into the philosophy that shaped them. That is what makes this conversation with Justice JK Maheshwari especially valuable. Judicial interviews often become exercises in diplomatic restraint, revealing little beyond carefully chosen legal formulations. Justice Maheshwari, while…
Vickram Kilpady (VK): Let’s talk about your initial days. You came from humble beginnings from Joura village in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district to these heights. How do you feel about your accomplishments after your retirement from the Supreme Court? Justice JK Maheshwari (JKM): Yes, I come from a village, Joura, district Morena in Chambal division…
By Kenneth Tiven The corrosive effect of US President Donald Trump and his ideologically fascist advisers was crystal clear from his unhinged and factually transparent national speech on US TV on July 16 (Thursday) night about voting issues and other complaints he has. Americans have lost respect for a man whose poor mental and physical…
By Sujit Bhar The decline and fall of a regime, a political party, or even a political idea rarely starts from beyond its sphere of influence. Usually, termites emerge from the very woodwork that holds up the platform on which the party’s ideologues preach, and the platform slowly weakens. To an outsider, the signs are…
By Pawan Kumar One of the most consequential legal revolutions of the twentieth century was the recognition that individuals—not merely sovereign states—could be held personally accountable for the gravest crimes known to humanity. Before the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals were established in the aftermath of the Second World War, international law functioned largely as a…