By Sanjay Raman Sinha The sixth edition of the Swadesh Conclave 2025 set off with a glittering start at the Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The Conclave underscored the linkages between new technology, especially AI, and its impact on the innovation, policy formation and equitable development. The deliberations also traced the arc of India’s global ascendancy…
The Union government on Saturday approved the appointment of two lawyers as judges of the Allahabad High Court. The information was confirmed by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law & Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal via a post on his official handle on X. As per his tweet, “In exercise of the power conferred…
By Inderjit Badhwar The Indian judiciary, and the Supreme Court in particular, is often described as the ultimate guardian of the Constitution. Its judgments ripple outward, shaping laws, rights, and the very idea of justice in the world’s largest democracy. It is no exaggeration to say that who sits on that bench determines not just…
By Dilip Bobb As is customary, the Collegium recommended the names, and the Union government confirmed them just three days later—something of a record, given the law ministry’s reputation for delaying appointments. The Collegium, presently headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai and comprising Justices Surya Kant, Vikram Nath, JK Maheshwari, and BV Nagarathna, has seen…
A criminal complaint has been filed in a Delhi court alleging irregularities in Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s voter registration in the early 1980s. The complaint, submitted by advocate Vikas Tripathi, claims that Gandhi’s name appeared on the electoral rolls in 1980, three years before she officially acquired Indian citizenship in April 1983. According to the…
On September 4, 2025, the Supreme Court of India refused to hear a petition filed by the Sam Higginbottom Educational and Charitable Society, which sought to safeguard the minority status of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS) in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The petition claimed that certain former employees and outsiders had forcibly…
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena,issued a notification on 13 August 2025 invoking provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, declared that every police station in the capital would serve as a designated venue for recording police testimony through video conferencing. Though framed as an administrative measure to ease the strain on courts and reduce…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the life sentence of self-styled godman Rampal, who has been in jail for over a decade in connection with the 2014 Barwala ashram violence case. A division bench comprising Justices Gurvinder Singh Gill and Deepinder Singh Nalwa granted the relief while hearing his appeal, observing that there…
The Supreme Court has once again postponed the bail plea of human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling, marking the 17th adjournment since the case first reached the apex court in August 2023. A bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and K. Vinod Chandran deferred the matter after Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju said he was “not ready.”…
The Supreme Court has flagged serious environmental concerns after viral videos showed timber logs drifting through floodwaters in Himachal Pradesh. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran noted that rampant illegal tree-felling “prima facie” appears to be taking place across the Himalayan hills. The court observed that they…