The Supreme Court of India has granted six weeks of interim bail to Mahesh Raut, a researcher and activist accused in the Bhima Koregaon–Elgar Parishad case, citing serious medical concerns. Raut, who has been in custody since June 2018 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, a progressive autoimmune…
The Supreme Court of India has taken over the task of examining the constitutional validity of state laws that regulate religious conversion, withdrawing related cases from several High Courts and consolidating them before itself. The Bench of Chief Justice B. R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran issued the order while hearing a batch of…
The Supreme Court refused to alter its earlier interim order that allows Aadhaar to be used as proof of identity in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. The matter was heard by Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, with submissions made by senior advocates Gopal Sankaranarayanan, A.M. Singhvi, Vrinda Grover, and…
The Supreme Court of India has delivered a landmark judgment today,firmly recognised the right to housing as a fundamental right flowing from Article 21 of the Constitution. The Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan observed that housing cannot be viewed merely as a commercial transaction between developers and buyers, but must be understood…
By Kenneth Tiven The release of Jeffrey Epstein’s “birthday gift book,” compiled in 2003 by Ghislaine Maxwell, underscores the grotesque normalization of predatory behaviour among elites. The 238-page scrapbook contains cards, letters, and photographs portraying Epstein as a “super-rich” man who enjoyed “sex with very young girls”. Contributors, including Trump, treated Epstein’s predation as a…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg In a scathing judgment, the Supreme Court has criticised the Allahabad High Court for treating the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018, as a substitute for bail cancellation, passing what it called “cyclostyled template orders” in dozens of cases. The matter arose in Phireram vs State of Uttar Pradesh, where the complainant…
By Sujit Bhar The recent order of the Bombay High Court’s Kolhapur bench, granting anticipatory bail to a 26-year-old farmer accused of forcibly marrying and raping his 14-year-old niece, has raised profound legal, moral, and social questions. The facts, as they have unfolded so far, are layered with confusion: the marriage was allegedly solemnised by…
By Annunthra Rangan India’s foreign policy has entered a testing phase amid the turbulence of global politics. The Donald Trump-led United States, once viewed as a dependable strategic partner, has injected unpredictability through punitive tariffs and sharp diplomatic barbs. While Trump insists on a “special relationship,” Washington’s economic nationalism tells another story. Prime Minister Narendra…
By Kumkum Chadha “Abuses were hurled on my mother from an RJD-Congress platform in Bihar. These abuses are not just an insult to my mother…this is an insult to the mothers, sisters and daughters of the country… I can see the faces of mothers and sisters here. I can see the tears of some women,”…
Prominent filmmaker and television personality Karan Johar has approached the Delhi High Court, invoking protection of his personality rights in a suit titled Karan Johar v. Ashok Kumar/John Doe & Ors. The motion comes in the wake of various instances where his name and image are being allegedly misused—ranging from social media pages bearing his…