By Sujit Bhar On June 25, a horrifying act of sexual violence inside the South Calcutta Law College campus shocked West Bengal and the rest of the country. A 24-year-old female law student was brutally raped within the security guard’s room, right inside the institution that was supposed to protect and empower her. The accused,…
By Kenneth Tiven The ideological destruction of constitutional democracy in America is no accident—it follows a carefully executed blueprint. Donald Trump and his inner circle have used religion, power, and a reshaped judiciary to centre Christian nationalist theology in government policy, now ratified by a Supreme Court that appears more political than judicial. This became…
In an exclusive conversation with India Legal, Vasundhara shared her painful experience and called for greater accountability and protection for individuals targeted through abuse of power and legal systems abroad India Legal (IL): You were reportedly detained without warning in Uganda. Could you take us back to that moment—what were you doing when the officers…
The Supreme Court will hear on July 10, a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The matter was mentioned on Monday before the partial working days Bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Joymalya Bagchi by Senior Advocates Kapil…
By Kumkum Chadha From Gunjan to Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to Shux to Shubh has been a long and eventful journey. “No need to go out of the earth. Stay put here” is what Shubhanshu’s mother, Asha, had told him when he shared his ambition of being an astronaut. Someone who grew up on samosas…
In a rare decision, the Supreme Court administration has written a letter to the Central government seeking urgent vacation of the Chief Justice of India’s official residence on the grounds that its current occupant, former CJI DY Chandrachud, has stayed there beyond the permissible limit. As per a leading English daily, the letter was written…
All India Trinamool Congress leader and Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Election Commission of India’s June 24 notification, which called for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The petition sought quashing of the ECI notification on the grounds that it…
By Inderjit Badhwar There are moments in the life of a democracy when uncomfortable truths must be confronted, no matter how deeply embedded they are in our national consciousness or institutions. This is one such moment. The Indian judiciary, long considered the last bastion of hope, fairness, and constitutional balance, finds itself at a perilous…
By Dilip Bobb There’s a biblical quote that says: “Judge not, that you be not judged.” That sentiment now circles back to the Indian judiciary itself, with two High Court judges facing impeachment. Justice Yashwant Varma has been indicted after large amounts of unaccounted cash were discovered in a room at his official residence in…
The Delhi High Court has rejected around 300 petitions filed by the Union government challenging the grant of disability pension to soldiers. The Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur upheld the verdict passed by the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), entitling the service personnel for disability pensions. While dismissing the petitions filed…