By Kumkum Chadha One of India’s first major responses to the Pahalgam terror attack was to hit where it could hurt Pakistan the most—its water supply. By putting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, India has signalled a marked shift from restraint to recalibrated aggression in its Pakistan policy. The Treaty governs water-sharing…
By Sujit Bhar The Delhi High Court’s recent and significant order protecting the personality and publicity rights of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, the founder of the Isha Foundation, opens up multiple avenues of debate regarding the legal aspects of such acts in a country where unique personalities have rarely, if ever, been protected. If anything, this…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg A division bench of the Madras High Court has reaffirmed that while same-sex marriage is yet to be legally recognized in India, LGBTQIA+ individuals have an unassailable right to form families of their choosing. The judgment came while ordering the release of a 25-year-old lesbian woman who had been forcibly…
By Dilip Bobb In recent weeks, an unusual case took place in a courtroom of the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Mamta Pathak, 66, stood alone before the bench, unaided by legal representation, albeit in a video appearance. She is currently sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her husband…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Samajwadi Party challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict that restrained it’s Pilibhit District Party President from filing further pleas on eviction from party’s district office in Pilibhit. As per the SLP, SP Pilibhit District President Anand Singh Yadav filed a writ petition…
By Kenneth Tiven In business, on television, and in political office, Donald Trump’s signature style has always been unmistakable: domination. Now in the fifth month of his second presidential term, that instinct is being transformed into policy. With a loyal inner circle and an increasingly compliant Congress, president Trump appears to be following an ideological…
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking review of its May 20 verdict, which made it mandatory for lawyers to complete three-year practice to apply for the post of Civil Judge-Junior Division.Filed by Advocate Chandra Sen Yadav, the plea challenged the verdict delivered by the Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice…
By Kenneth Tiven American media offered a contrasting vision of a polarized nation Saturday—millions gathering across the USA opposing multiple Trump Administration policies while the US Army provided President Donald Trump with Army soldiers, bands and tanks parading for three hours in Washington. Fox News ate it up with one commentator insisting spending an estimated…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has constituted a new committee to address the concerns raised by Indian lawyers and law firms regarding the recently-notified rules that permit foreign lawyers and law firms to enter and work in India in a regulated manner. The decision was taken by BCI following certain apprehensions regarding the impact of these new…
The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) on Monday registered its strong protest against the summons recently issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to Senior Advocate Arvind Datar in connection with its probe into the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) granted by Care Health Insurance to former Religare Enterprises chairperson Rashmi Saluja. Terming the action as constitutionally…