By Kumkum Chadha The three-week Parliament session has concluded. Amid the chaos which is now a constant in parliamentary proceedings, there was some business transacted with of course some heated moments, including Congress MP Renuka Choudhury actually driving into premises with a dog. But that is another story. The winter session started on expected lines:…
By Kenneth Tiven As the United States slips into holiday mode for the remainder of the year, substantial pieces of unfinished government business are converging in ways that could extinguish whatever seasonal cheer exists inside the Donald Trump White House. At the top of the list is Trump’s sweeping tariff regime. A Supreme Court decision…
Two related bits of news triggered the mention of the Nelson Mandela Rules. One concerned Anmol Bishnoi’s incarceration in a high-security cell with 24-hour surveillance and two warders inside the prison to keep him safe from rival gangsters due to a high threat perception. The other was a statement by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta…
By Inderjit Badhwar Courts are not merely places where disputes are resolved. They are institutions where reason, precedent, and constitutional morality converge. Every judgment is expected to be anchored in verified facts, settled law, and human deliberation. That is why the recent revelations around the misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in legal proceedings are more…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms are beginning to throw a spanner into the judicial process. The courtroom—traditionally governed by human logic, deliberation, and rigorous research—is now facing a formidable technological challenge. The concern is not merely automation, but hallucination: machine-generated fabrications that produce phantom cases, unpardonable faux pas, and potentially derail the…
The Supreme Court has ordered security for a young woman from Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, and her widowed mother after they alleged harassment and misuse of legal process by a close family member in a property dispute. The woman, who is a practising lawyer, told the Court that her paternal uncle was pressuring them over ancestral…
A Delhi court has ordered the framing of charges against Congress leader Alka Lamba for allegedly assaulting police personnel during a protest demanding the implementation of women’s reservation in Parliament. The order was passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts, who held that the prosecution had placed sufficient material…
A Delhi court has issued notice to Special Judge Vishal Gogne on a petition filed by former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi seeking transfer of multiple criminal cases against her and her family members to another judge. Principal District and Sessions Judge Dinesh Bhatt of the Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order earlier this week…
The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside the Union Bank of India’s decision to classify the bank account of a company owned by Jai Anmol Ambani as fraudulent, holding that the action was taken in violation of settled principles of natural justice and contrary to binding Supreme Court precedent. The order was passed by…
The Supreme Court has held that forest land cannot be leased or diverted for agricultural use without prior approval of the Central government under Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, and that any lease granted in violation of the statutory mandate is void ab initio and incapable of continuation. The Bench of Justice…