Amid the continuing legal and political controversy surrounding the Thiruparankundram Deepam dispute, Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court has, for the first time, publicly alluded to the impeachment notice moved against him by Members of Parliament belonging to the I.N.D.I.A. bloc. The remarks were made during a public function in Chennai, marking a…
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court in the long-running Thiruparankundram hill dispute, challenging the Madras High Court verdict that subjected the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam at the hilltop to prior consultation with, and clearance from, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and local police authorities. Filed by Advocate G. Balaji on…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg India’s higher education system—long celebrated for producing global leaders, innovators, and thinkers—is confronting a quiet but devastating crisis. Across campuses, student suicides are emerging as a grim counterpoint to academic excellence. Behind rankings and reputations lies an iceberg of distress that institutions have too often failed to acknowledge. It is…
By Sujit Bhar The recent ruling of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, delivered by Justice S Srimathy, has stirred a complex debate at the intersection of law, morality, gender justice, and evolving social relationships. While dismissing a petition for anticipatory bail filed by a man accused of engaging in sexual relations with…
By Kumkum Chadha The breakfast was kind of inedible. The other option was to buy what was available on board the Vande Bharat train. Hence one settled for a packaged ready-to-eat upma. The service was prompt and within minutes it was served with an ear-to-ear smile by the waiter donning a bandhgala. But on that,…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The Patna High Court’s recent decision to impose community service as a condition for bail in a sexual assault case marks the latest addition to a growing list of what are often described as “creative” bail orders. These judicial experiments reflect an increasing emphasis on reformative rather than purely retributive justice,…
By Prof Ashish Virk and Arshita Sharma The Indian Express highlighted a disturbing incident from Kerala’s Western Ghats, where several of the world’s rarest galaxy frogs were repeatedly photographed and are now presumed dead. In the age of Instagram feeds and wildlife documentaries, the excitement of capturing rare species on camera has turned photo tourism…
By Binny Yadav Can the absence of a single tick mark on an online admission form shut the school gates on a six-year-old child? Can a digital lapse become a life sentence of exclusion—especially when the parents are poor, barely literate, and often unfamiliar with computers or smartphones? These unsettling questions lie at the heart…
The Madras High Court has set aside a directive issued by the Tamil Nadu Education Department mandating the collection of sensitive personal and socio-cultural data from students enrolled in government-run model schools, holding the exercise to be constitutionally impermissible and violative of informational privacy. The Division Bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan…
The Bombay High Court has expressed strong displeasure against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) over their failure to tackle the rising air pollution levels in Mumbai and its surrounding areas, indicating that coercive directions, including suspension of salaries of the respective Municipal Commissioners, may follow if compliance remains…