President Droupadi Murmu awarded the Doctor of Laws (LL D) Post-Doctoral Degree in Environment Compensation to Dr Justice KJ Thaker, the Chairperson of the Gujarat State Human Rights Commission (GSHRC), at the National Forensic Sciences University’s 3rd convocation in Gandhinagar on Friday. Dr Thaker, who already holds a PhD in Environmental Law from Gujarat University, retired…
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that persons with disabilities must not face any discrimination in their pursuit of judicial service recruitments. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan directed the State to ensure that any indirect discrimination resulting in the exclusion of Person with Disabilitiess, whether through cut-off or procedural barriers,…
Delhi’s Patiala House court on February 27 allowed the plea by Delhi police to close a 2019 sedition case against former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leader Shehla Rashid. The order was passed by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Anuj Kumar Singh of Patiala House Courts on February 27. The Delhi Police had filed a petition in…
The Delhi High Court has adjourned to April 24, 2025, the bail petition of former JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act over the larger conspiracy leading to Delhi riots in 2020. The single-judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula adjourned the matter on Friday due to paucity of time. Imam appeared…
A little over a month into his second tenure, US President Donald Trump is making news by the minute, so to speak. Within hours of taking over he signed over 20 executive orders: more than any US president in the past had on day one. That said, he also started by rescinding 78 executive orders…
By Inderjit Badhwar In a world increasingly dominated by the fusion of wealth and power, the assault on the American press documented by veteran journalist Kenneth Tiven is both chilling and profoundly consequential—not only for the United States, but for all democracies that draw strength and inspiration from the free press tradition America once so…
By Sujit Bhar Two recent sets of gruesome murders have shaken Kolkata’s collective conscience. The first occurred on August 8 last year, when a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered inside the government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital while on duty. The second, a chilling triple murder, unfolded this February in…
By Kenneth Tiven Revenge and the systematic destruction of perceived enemies sit at the top of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda—and at the top of that enemies list is the American media. He warned the nation throughout his campaign: retribution was coming for companies and individuals who dared expose him during the previous eight years….
By Sanjay Raman Sinha In a move that surprised few, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court recently took cognizance of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) final charge sheet in the case. The court issued summons to all accused, including former Union rail minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his daughter Hema Yadav and son Tej Pratap Yadav, ordering…
By Dilip Bobb As the Supreme Court taken a worrying U-turn on its stand on free speech? In 2022, it ordered that Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair be given bail and rejected the imposition of a ban on his social media accounts. It said, then, that “Gag orders have a chilling effect on the freedom…