President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026, increasing the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court of India from 34 to 38, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The Ordinance, notified in the Gazette of India on May 16, amends Section 2 of the Supreme Court…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant issued a clarification on Saturday after widespread outrage over his controversial “cockroach” remarks, asserting that his observations were distorted by sections of the media and were never intended as an attack on India’s unemployed youth. In the response, the CJI said he was pained by reports suggesting that he…
By Inderjit Badhwar There are moments when political messaging transcends politics and becomes a reflection of national anxiety. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal for voluntary austerity belongs to that category. Governments routinely ask citizens to conserve resources, buy domestic products or moderate consumption during difficult periods. But Modi’s appeal carried unusual specificity and urgency….
By Annunthra Rangan Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rarely framed economic discipline in such personal terms. In a striking public appeal, Modi urged Indians to voluntarily embrace restraint for the coming year: avoid extravagant gold purchases for weddings, reduce foreign holidays and destination celebrations, use public transport and carpooling more frequently, consume less fuel and…
By Kenneth Tiven Across America’s political divide, confidence in traditional journalism is collapsing. Conservatives accuse mainstream newspapers and television networks of refusing to acknowledge Donald Trump’s successes, while liberals increasingly believe those same institutions are too timid to confront what they view as presidential overreach and disinformation. Into that vacuum has stepped the internet—a sprawling…
It is a couple which is in the news. It is also one that is a household name in Ladakh: Sonam Wangchuk and Gitanjali J Angmo: a husband-wife team that has dreamt together, worked together and fought together. When Sonam was jailed by the government for inciting violence, it was Gitanjali who fought for his…
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to eight out of 14 persons accused of consuming non-vegetarian food on a boat in the river Ganga in Varanasi and dumping the leftover waste into the water during an Iftar gathering in March this year. In two separate orders, the single-judge Benches of Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha…
A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to businessman Robert Vadra in a money laundering case being investigated by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with a 3.5-acre land transaction in Shikohpur village in Gurugram. Special Judge (PC Act) Sushant Changotra of the Rouse Avenue District Court granted bail to Vadra after he appeared…
The Telangana High Court has refused to grant interim protection from arrest to Bandi Sai Bageerathh, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in a case registered under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The single-judge Bench of Justice T Madhavi Devi passed the…
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Uttar Pradesh Police to present two men accused in connection with the recent workers’ protest in Noida before a local court, after serious allegations of custodial torture were raised by their families and legal representatives. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan expressed concern over…