The Supreme Court has issued firm directions to the Uttarakhand government to undo the ecological harm caused in the Corbett Tiger Reserve, ordering that all illegal constructions inside the protected area be demolished within three months. A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, along with Justices Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria, made it clear…
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a challenge to several provisions of Rajasthan’s Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2025. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta has sought a response from the state government after petitioners questioned the constitutionality of the law, particularly the parts that allow authorities to confiscate…
A Delhi court has delivered a detailed order dismissing a complaint filed against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, concluding that the statements he made during an election rally where he likened the ideology of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP, and the RSS to a “poisonous snake” did not constitute hate speech, defamation, or any other…
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has once again stressed the pivotal importance of Article 32, describing it as one of the most powerful assurances built into the Indian Constitution. He noted that this provision was deliberately crafted to give every citizen a direct pathway to the Supreme Court whenever their fundamental rights are violated,…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The long-running legal battle over India’s tribunals reached a new flashpoint as a rare, gloves-off courtroom exchange unfolded in the Supreme Court. In two heated hearings, a bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai and Justice KV Chandran openly questioned the Union government’s urgency—and intent—in pushing ahead…
It does not matter whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi stoked the fire or whether it was Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge; it is immaterial whether it was the BJP or the Congress. What matters is that national song Vande Mataram’s controversy is reignited. It is another matter that for years, rather decades, except for…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg When the apex court declared that “democracy cannot survive without free and fair elections, without free and fairly informed voters”, it wasn’t merely stating a constitutional ideal—it was defining the essence of transparency in India’s electoral democracy. In yet another landmark decision, a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and AS…
By Dilip Bobb The Supreme Court has described as “alarming” the pendency of more than 8.82 lakh execution petitions before various courts across the country. Execution petitions are not to do with death sentences, but pleas seeking enforcement of court orders passed in civil disputes. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Pankaj Mithal made…
By Sujit Bhar When Justice Tejas Karia of the Delhi High Court passed an injunction order on November 6, restraining 26 rogue websites from illegally streaming the ongoing Serie A Championship, it was not merely a victory for DAZN Limited, the exclusive global rights holder of the event. It was a reminder of how fragile…
By Binny Yadav When the framers of the Constitution inscribed the words: “We, the People of India…” in the Preamble, they were not drafting a preface—they were issuing a solemn declaration: every exercise of State power would be answerable to reason, law, and fairness. Liberty was never meant to be the privilege of the powerful;…