A Patiala House Court has recently refused to grant interim relief in a suit filed by a former president of the Union Academy, Delhi, which runs a Delhi govt-aided senior secondary school in Gole Market area of the city, who had sought a stay on the academy’s election conducted on July 26, 2025, and restraining…
Terming the access to proper, well-conditioned footpaths as a fundamental right of pedestrians, the Supreme Court has granted four weeks time to the Centre as the last opportunity to frame necessary guidelines on the matter. Noting that the instant litigation had something to do with the safety of pedestrians, the Bench of Justice J B…
The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government over the haste in which it promulgated the Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025, to take over the management of the Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, Mathura. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi pulled up the…
The Tamil Nadu has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the interim order passed by the Madras High Court prohibiting the use of names and photographs of former Chief Ministers, party leaders living personalities or political parties, in government welfare schemes. The matter was mentioned by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi before a Bench…
By Annunthra Rangan While mainstream media reports estimate the death toll in Gaza at around 60,000, several credible sources and on-ground reports suggest that the actual number of casualties may exceed 200,000. The humanitarian crisis has intensified significantly in recent weeks. Many residents are afraid to leave their tents due to the fear of being…
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…