By Jyotika Kalra A former government official accused in a Rs 645-crore financial scam walks out on bail because the charge sheet was not filed within the statutory deadline. At the same time, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) finds itself probing a death case that, under ordinary circumstances, would have remained within the domain…
If there is one question that stares in the face of every right-minded person it is: What is wrong with them? The “them” has two players: one in the USA and one in India: a president of a country and de-facto president of a political party: Donald Trump and Rahul Gandhi, respectively. So let us…
When the Union government walks into the Supreme Court to defend a constitutional amendment, fight a landmark tax dispute or respond to a challenge involving national policy, it is represented by a small group of legal heavyweights headed by the Attorney General and the Solicitor General. Their roles are among the most prestigious in India’s…
By Dr JP Singh The defining challenge of the twenty-first century may not be artificial intelligence, biometric surveillance, or the expansion of digital infrastructure. It may be something far more subtle: the gradual reduction of the human being from a conscious subject into a coded identity. As technology reshapes commerce, governance, communication, and social life,…
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has designated 15 advocates, including six women, as Senior Advocates, in exercise of its powers under Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961, recognising their standing at the Bar, professional experience, legal acumen and contribution to the administration of justice. The designation has been made in…
The Maharashtra government has appointed Senior Advocate and Rajya Sabha member Ujjwal Nikam as the Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) to conduct the prosecution in the alleged murder case of Ketan Agarwal, who died after falling from a cliff near Lohagad Fort in Pune district earlier this month. The State has also approved the constitution of…
A United States federal court has declined to immediately permit the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the criminal indictment against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani, Vneet Jaain and other accused in the alleged multi-million-dollar bribery and securities fraud case, holding that the prosecution had failed to provide an adequate legal and factual basis for…
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that complaints of sexual harassment filed under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, cannot be rejected at the threshold merely on the ground of delay without first examining the reasons for such delay and the surrounding factual circumstances. The single-judge Bench of…
As part of the Delhi High Court’s annual roster reshuffle following the summer vacation, Justice Manoj Jain has been assigned to hear criminal matters concerning sitting and former Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) with effect from July 1, 2026. The designated MP/MLA criminal roster, which primarily deals with criminal proceedings…
The Karnataka High Court has rebuked police officers of the state for making arrests in blatant disregard of settled legal principles, questioning whether the police believed that “having a uniform” gave them unchecked authority. The single-judge Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna on Thursday ordered the immediate release of a man arrested in a forgery case…