By Sujit Bhar The recent ruling of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, delivered by Justice S Srimathy, has stirred a complex debate at the intersection of law, morality, gender justice, and evolving social relationships. While dismissing a petition for anticipatory bail filed by a man accused of engaging in sexual relations with…
By Kumkum Chadha The breakfast was kind of inedible. The other option was to buy what was available on board the Vande Bharat train. Hence one settled for a packaged ready-to-eat upma. The service was prompt and within minutes it was served with an ear-to-ear smile by the waiter donning a bandhgala. But on that,…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The Patna High Court’s recent decision to impose community service as a condition for bail in a sexual assault case marks the latest addition to a growing list of what are often described as “creative” bail orders. These judicial experiments reflect an increasing emphasis on reformative rather than purely retributive justice,…
By Prof Ashish Virk and Arshita Sharma The Indian Express highlighted a disturbing incident from Kerala’s Western Ghats, where several of the world’s rarest galaxy frogs were repeatedly photographed and are now presumed dead. In the age of Instagram feeds and wildlife documentaries, the excitement of capturing rare species on camera has turned photo tourism…
By Binny Yadav Can the absence of a single tick mark on an online admission form shut the school gates on a six-year-old child? Can a digital lapse become a life sentence of exclusion—especially when the parents are poor, barely literate, and often unfamiliar with computers or smartphones? These unsettling questions lie at the heart…
The Madras High Court has set aside a directive issued by the Tamil Nadu Education Department mandating the collection of sensitive personal and socio-cultural data from students enrolled in government-run model schools, holding the exercise to be constitutionally impermissible and violative of informational privacy. The Division Bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan…
The Bombay High Court has expressed strong displeasure against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) over their failure to tackle the rising air pollution levels in Mumbai and its surrounding areas, indicating that coercive directions, including suspension of salaries of the respective Municipal Commissioners, may follow if compliance remains…
The Delhi High Court has granted the Lokpal of India an additional two months to conclude its decision on whether sanction ought to be accorded to the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a charge sheet against Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra in connection with the alleged cash-for-query controversy. The extension was allowed…
The Karnataka High Court on Friday restored the legality of bike taxi operations in the state, observing that motorcycles deployed for bike taxi services squarely fell within the definition of ‘transport vehicle’ under Section 2(47) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, when used for carriage of passengers for hire or reward. The Division Bench of…
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Hindu Dharma Parishad seeking directions for daily lighting of a traditional lamp at the Thirupparankundram Hill in Tamil Nadu and for handing over the site to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). A Bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi sought…