The Supreme Court on Monday stayed criminal defamation proceedings against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi related to certain remarks allegedly made by him on the Indian Army in context of the 2020 Galwan Valley clash with China. While passing the interim order, the Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG…
A Delhi court will hear on August 4, the arguments over framing of charges against Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav in connection with the land-for-jobs scam case. The order was passed by Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts on Saturday. The Senior Counsel appearing for RJD leader and former Bihar Chief Minister…
By Kenneth Tiven As significant as the Jeffrey Epstein revelations are—shedding new light on Donald Trump’s past association with a sex trafficker of underage girls—the media frenzy obscures a more existential threat: the deliberate deconstruction of the US Constitution and federal system, barely a year before its 250th anniversary. The world is watching as Trump…
By Sujit Bhar The case in question—concerning the abduction, rape, and murder of a five-year-old girl in a remote village of West Bengal—has reignited the long-standing debate around the application of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the death penalty and the role of reformative justice in criminal jurisprudence. The Calcutta High…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg “Mental health… is not a destination, but a process. It’s about how you drive, not where you’re going.” The Supreme Court’s decision comes against the backdrop of a rising tide of student suicides, many of which are linked to academic stress, institutional neglect, caste discrimination, and the toxic culture of…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has sounded an alarm over mounting operational and financial lapses in Indian Railways, uncovering losses to the tune of Rs 543 crore across 25 cases. These aren’t isolated incidents, but part of a broader pattern of systemic inefficiencies, policy violations, and weak financial…
By Neeraj Mishra It is widely acknowledged that the British love nothing better than writing everything down: gazettes, laws, rules, sub-rules, appendices, schedules, and administrative orders. For anything left vague, they devised a curious concept called the “spirit or essence of the written word”. Having done that, they promptly cloaked themselves in the robe of…
By Kumkum Chadha The much-awaited debate on Operation Sindoor finally happened in Parliament. Of course, it was not a smooth sail with the Opposition first stalling the House on its demand for the debate and then disrupting it again after time was allotted. On the first day of the Monsoon session, the Lok Sabha was…
By Dilip Bobb The petition filed by Justice Yashwant Varma, under XXX vs Union of India, to hide his identity, for quashing the in-house proceedings against him over allegations of “wads of cash” found at his official bungalow, comes after the required number of MPs signed the impeachment order. That process will happen in the…
The Madras High Court has prohibited the use of names of any living individual, photographs of any former Chief Ministers and ideological leaders, or any party insignia/emblem/flag in advertisements related to government welfare schemes. The Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Sunder Mohan passed the interim order on a petition filed by…