The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday an interlocutory application filed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) seeking directions to restrain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, State Minister Aadhav Arjuna and other accused persons from making public statements or engaging in conduct that could allegedly prejudice the ongoing Court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation…
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought the response of the Central government on applications challenging the eviction proceedings initiated against the Delhi Gymkhana Club from its 27.3-acre premises in Lutyens’ Delhi under the provisions of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. The single-judge Bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan issued notice to…
American technology company Google has informed the Delhi High Court that it is neither legally required nor technically capable of proactively monitoring YouTube to prevent the upload, re-upload or circulation of unauthorised recordings of court proceedings. In an affidavit filed before the High Court, Google submitted that any direction requiring social media platforms to prevent…
A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail applications of former JNU scholar and activist Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case. Additional District Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma courts dismissed the bail pleas filed by Khalid and Imam, who are accused in the alleged larger conspiracy behind the…
By Inderjit Badhwar The law has traditionally been viewed as a reflection of a nation’s history, culture and constitutional identity. Courts derive their authority from domestic constitutions, and judges are entrusted with interpreting laws within clearly defined national boundaries. Yet, in the twenty-first century, many of the issues confronting justice systems transcend those very boundaries….
By Vickram Kilpady While one was imagining the Indian bureaucracy’s python of red tape having exhausted itself on swallowing the voting rights of millions of disenfranchised citizens, up pops the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Hold my beer! A day before the June 25 anniversary of the 1975 proclamation of Emergency, an MEA official put…
For millions of Americans, this Fourth of July is less a celebration than a requiem for an America they fear is slipping away. There was a time when Independence Day meant fireworks, parades, backyard picnics and the familiar rituals of patriotic celebration. Schoolchildren were taught a largely triumphant version of American history—one built around wars…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg For decades, courtrooms have been places where facts are laid bare, identities are recorded, and judgments become part of the public record. Transparency has long been regarded as the cornerstone of justice. But what happens when openness itself becomes a source of lifelong harm? In a landmark judgment that could…
By Sujit Bhar The recent decision of the Delhi High Court permitting a 17-year-old boy to donate a part of his liver to save his father’s life is one of those rare judicial interventions where law, medicine, ethics and human emotion converge. Justice Mini Pushkarna’s order allowing the minor to become a living liver donor…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has used his first official two-nation overseas visit to place India’s judiciary firmly at the centre of global legal diplomacy. From forging a landmark technology partnership with Russia to championing the universal principles of equality and the Rule of Law in Sweden, the visit…