Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla has appointed Shivendra Dwivedi as Additional Advocate General for Himachal Pradesh in the Supreme Court. The Additional Advocate General will conduct cases related to Himachal Pradesh before the Apex Court. Advocate Dwivedi has extensive experience of over two decades in civil and criminal litigation, dispute resolution and commercial matters….
Two fresh petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court by political parties – the Communist Party of India and the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. While the first writ petition was moved by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President and actor Vijay, the second was filed…
By Prof (Dr) S Surya Prakash The bloodbath, marked by a confrontation with Islamabad, reflects the Baloch struggle for existence and survival against the exploitation of their resources by the Punjabi-dominated Pakistani government. Balochistan has been under the jackboots of the Pakistani state for 75 years, with mounting oppression only intensifying the flames of Baloch…
By Kumkum Chadha To call her a victim would be an insult to her strength. She is an accomplished civil servant with a career that many would envy. Sarada Muraleedharan, Kerala’s chief secretary, has held positions of extraordinary responsibility, from heading the transformative Kudumbashree Mission to serving as COO of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission…
By Annunthra Rangan As geopolitical tensions mount, US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on countries that challenge the US dollar’s global dominance—chief among them the BRICS bloc: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as recent additions Egypt, Ethiopia, and Iran. Though intended to deter de-dollarization, such tariffs…
By Prof Upendra Baxi We live amidst the outcries of alleged popular opinion, and media trials, and pop media surveys about diminishing public confidence in courts and trust and faith in the judiciary, surrounding allegations of “corruption” by Justice Yashwant Varma. One should be wary of those national TV channels who take a snap public…
By Inderjit Badhwar Sometimes, a magazine cover chooses itself. This is one of those times. As we watched images of homes, shops, livelihoods—and most recently, even lives—being crushed under the treads of bulldozers, we knew this could no longer be treated as “normal”. What began as a so-called law-and-order measure has now mutated into a…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recently proposed the transfer of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari from the Madhya Pradesh High Court to the Kerala High Court. A resolution to this effect was passed by the Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, on April 3. Justice Dharmadhikari, currently the fourth judge in terms of…
Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna has said that in order to prevent a dispute from entering a family court, pre-litigation conciliation or mediation should be made a mandatory procedure before filing of such cases. Speaking during the Southern Zone Regional Conference organized by the Family Courts Committee, Supreme Court of India in association with…
In order to ensure accessible and affordable justice for every citizen, Kerala has introduced online filing and hearing facilities for Permanent Lok Adalats. The significant step, aimed at leveraging technology to bridge the justice gap, especially for marginalised communities, has made Kerala the first Indian state to introduce the online filing system for Permanent Lok…