Supreme Court Judge BV Nagarathna has highlighted the need to expand the use of mediation in India beyond its present focus on commercial disputes. She suggested that mediation could play a constructive role in resolving matters linked to government contracts, juvenile justice, environmental concerns, and intellectual property issues. Speaking at the 2nd National Mediation Conference…
The Delhi High Court held that Muslim personal law cannot supersede the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) or BNS (BNSS). The case arose when a Muslim man, accused under Sections 363 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the POCSO Act, applied for bail after…
The Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted to a couple accused in a cheating case involving more than ₹6 crore and has directed two Delhi judicial officers to undergo special training at the Delhi Judicial Academy. The apex court expressed strong disapproval of the way the bail was handled, noting serious lapses in judicial…
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by X Corp (formerly Twitter) against the Central government’s Sahyog portal, a system used to issue and track takedown orders directed at online intermediaries. The company had questioned the legality of the mechanism, arguing that it lacked proper statutory backing. In its ruling, the court made it clear that social…
Justice Surya Kant has emphasised that mediation is not merely an ancillary tool in the justice delivery system but a transformative process that restores dignity and compassion to dispute resolution. Speaking at a recent programme devoted to the promotion of mediation, he described the practice as a mechanism that “subtracts bitterness, divides burdens, and adds…
The Kerala High Court has issued a significant directive to the State government, instructing it to formally recognise snakebite envenoming as a notifiable disease under the Kerala Public Health Act, 2023, and to complete the process within a two-month period. The decision came from a bench headed by Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar along with Justice…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg Every winter, Delhi and its neighbouring states sink into a haze of smog that has become a grim ritual of the season. This time, however, the Supreme Court has signalled that enough is enough. In a recent hearing, a bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod…
By Kenneth Tiven Angry, intemperate speeches have never been a hallmark of the US presidency—until Donald Trump. True to form, he turned American diplomacy upside down with a ferocious address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, leaving allies rattled and critics emboldened. TOUGH GUY MODE At the UN podium, Trump thundered that…
By Binny Yadav Why is it that every time there’s a death in police custody, the CCTV cameras are mysteriously “not working”? Coincidence—or a deliberate design? Behind locked station doors, away from public scrutiny, torture has long been suspected, but rarely proven. Post-mortems and medical reports provide fragments of truth, but when the moment comes…
By Sujit Bhar In a recent conversation with a group of lawyers at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai recalled a moment of immense personal satisfaction: the delivery of what has come to be popularly known as the “bulldozer judgment”. Handed down in 2023, this judgment condemned the practice of arbitrary…