By Sanjay Raman Sinha Over two addresses delivered at the Commonwealth Peace Mediation Conference 2026 in Jaipur recently, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant articulated an ambitious vision for the future of justice. His central proposition was both simple and profound: mediation is not a substitute for the courts, but a fuller expression of…
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider a plea seeking action against the organisers of the July 20 student protest in Delhi, alleging that they continued to make inflammatory statements and thereby contributed to tensions surrounding the agitation. The petition also seeks a uniform approach towards minors accused of posting abusive or derogatory content…
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka has emphasised that constitutional courts cannot assume the role of arbiters of what protesters or dissenters ought to say, stressing that protection of free speech is an essential judicial obligation in a constitutional democracy. Justice Oka was speaking at the inaugural Advocate Haroon Solkar Memorial Lecture held…
A Delhi court on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and former BJP Member of Parliament Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the criminal case arising from allegations of sexual harassment levelled by six women wrestlers. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts pronounced the verdict. Co-accused and former…
The Allahabad High Court has ordered criminal and disciplinary proceedings against two advocates for allegedly misleading the Court by filing a manipulated copy of a land acquisition award that falsely mentioned a higher rate of interest than the original document. A Division Bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Kshitij Shailendra held that advocates Shiv…
By Inderjit Badhwar There are moments in a democracy when a protest ceases to be about the issue that first brought people onto the streets. It becomes a referendum on governance itself. The nationwide youth mobilisation that swept Delhi and several other cities began with anger over education, examinations and employment. It culminated in the…
By Kenneth Tiven The best political polling in America is not always conducted by professional survey firms. Sometimes it unfolds in the ordinary places where citizens gather without cameras, consultants or party strategists. My favourite barbershop has always been one such place. When I returned recently for my regular haircut and beard trim, I noticed…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg In public administration, words are never merely descriptive. The language used by the State shapes public perception, reflects institutional values and often reveals how government views the people it serves. A seemingly routine administrative phrase can carry profound constitutional implications. That insight lies at the heart of the Supreme Court’s…
By Sujit Bhar The recent disclosure that customer data from India’s State-owned Bank of Baroda has allegedly surfaced on the dark web should have dominated national headlines. Instead, it passed almost unnoticed amid the country’s perpetual political noise. Yet, for millions of Indians who have entrusted public sector banks with their life savings, identity documents…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The last few months have witnessed an extraordinary churn in Indian politics, marked by dramatic realignments of political loyalties that have once again brought the Constitution’s anti-defection framework under intense judicial scrutiny. In Maharashtra, six of the nine Lok Sabha MPs belonging to the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) crossed over…