By Inderjit Badhwar The story you are about to read—our cover report on India’s new labour codes—arrives at a moment of quiet, but decisive change. Every few years, a policy reform appears that does not simply alter rules, but shifts the very grammar of the nation’s economic and social life. The new labour codes belong…
By Vickram Kilpady Five years after Parliament passed them with much fanfare, India’s four labour codes have finally been notified, taking effect on November 21. Together, these codes replace nearly 30 existing labour laws. The government has packaged this moment as a historic leap—modernising labour relations, protecting workers, and streamlining compliance for a “Viksit Bharat”…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday outlined an ambitious constitutional and institutional roadmap for the Indian judiciary, placing technology at the centre of judicial reforms and democratic governance. Delivering his inaugural speech at the Regional Judicial Conference of Western States in Jaisalmer, the CJI said the justice system today stood at a decisive…
The Supreme Court has held that individuals who accept employment on compassionate grounds cannot later seek appointment to a higher post by claiming parity with regular recruitment standards. The Court clarified that compassionate appointment is a special concession meant to provide immediate financial relief to a family in distress, and not a mode of career…
The Delhi High Court has ruled that airline pilots qualify as workmen under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, regardless of the level of salary they draw. The Court held that remuneration cannot be the sole criterion for denying pilots the statutory protections available to workmen under labour laws. The judgment was delivered while examining a…
The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) authority to provisionally attach and seize assets without prior judicial scrutiny, flagging the potential for misuse of such wide-ranging powers. The observations were made while the Court was hearing a matter related to proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). During…
The President of India has directed Justice Nisha Banu to take charge as a judge of the Kerala High Court on or before December 20, according to an official communication issued by the Union government. The direction follows her transfer from the Madras High Court, which had earlier been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium….
The Union government has told the Lok Sabha that a proposal to establish regional benches of the Supreme Court was considered and turned down by the Court’s full court in 2010. Responding to a question in Parliament, the Centre clarified that the idea did not receive the approval of the apex court, and therefore no…
A large group of former judges from the Supreme Court and various High Courts has issued a forceful public statement opposing the impeachment proceedings initiated against Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court. Their collective intervention comes at a time when more than a hundred Members of Parliament belonging to the INDIA bloc, particularly…
The Supreme Court has sharply criticised an NGO for attempting to reopen a settled constitutional issue concerning the rights of minority educational institutions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009. In a strongly worded order, the Court imposed ₹1 lakh in costs on the petitioner, stating that it was “enraged” by the filing of…