In a step aimed at enhancing transparency and fairness in the electoral process, the Election Commission of India has set up 19 appellate tribunals across West Bengal following directions from the Supreme Court. The move comes in the context of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a large-scale exercise involving scrutiny of…
People, who have been posting reels, images, text on news and current affairs on YouTube, Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads etc, are likely to see the ground shifting beneath their feet. The Central government has proposed a set of amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, to expand the…
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected a public interest litigation challenging the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to transfer several senior police officers and bureaucrats in West Bengal in the run-up to the State Assembly elections. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen noted that…
Vedanta Group has moved the Supreme Court seeking a halt on the implementation of the resolution plan submitted by the Adani Group for the takeover of Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL), escalating the ongoing dispute over the insolvency process of the debt-ridden company. The legal challenge comes after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) declined…
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently examined how property should be inherited when a person dies without leaving behind children. The case was decided by a bench of Justice V. Gopala Krishna Rao, who clarified the correct application of the Hindu Succession Act in such situations. The issue before the Court was whether the surviving…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha It is not often that a sitting Supreme Court judge openly questions the system of which he is a part. Yet, Justice Dipankar Datta did exactly that—looking squarely at the country’s top judges and making an impassioned appeal for institutional courage. Speaking with unusual candour, Justice Datta urged the judiciary’s leadership…
By Vickram Kilpady When the Allahabad High Court granted anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and another religious figure, it did so with observations that have sparked debate over both the allegations and the circumstances surrounding them. In his order, Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha noted that it was inconsistent with normal human conduct that two…
By Inderjit Badhwar In constitutional democracies, the judiciary is often described as the “last guardian” of liberty. But what happens when members of that very institution publicly question the systems and laws that shape it? Two recent interventions from the Supreme Court—by Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan—remind us that the health of…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha Recently, Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna took a hard look at the state of India’s judicial system—and what she saw prompted a stark warning. Her concern was not merely about rising pendency in the courts, but also about the attitude of key stakeholders who contribute to the problem. In a pointed…
By Kenneth Tiven Let’s get real! Donald Trump thinks he’s the Capo di tutti capi (Boss of the bosses in Mafia lingo), involving the USA in two wars he cannot win: eliminating religious extremism in Iran while imposing Christian theology as a component of national policy in the USA. Neither the world nor the American…