By Vickram Kilpady The Supreme Court has recently ruled that built-up structures, other than polluting industries, should meet environmental norms for wherever they are located. The Court was hearing an appeal by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) against a Delhi High Court division bench order that upheld a single-bench order striking down show cause…
By Sujit Bhar The scene in Geneva this week is historic: delegates from 180 nations have gathered to negotiate the first-ever Global Plastics Treaty. The goal is clear—to tackle plastic pollution at its root, from production to disposal. But behind the official smiles and diplomatic language, fault lines are emerging. Countries such as India, China,…
By Inderjit Badhwar In any democracy, the right to vote is sacred. It is the single act that makes each citizen an equal stakeholder in the nation’s destiny. It is also, by design, an act of trust—in the integrity of the system, in the neutrality of the institutions that conduct elections, and in the fairness…
By Kumkum Chadha “I remember when I was fighting the farm laws, Arun Jaitleyji was sent to me to threaten me. He told me ‘if you carry on opposing the government, fighting the farm laws, we will have to act against you…’ I looked at him and said, ‘I don’t think you have an idea…
By Dilip Bobb Last week, the Union Law Ministry provided the latest pendency statistics in all courts in India—and they were shocking. Over five crore cases are pending at various levels. This huge backlog slows down justice delivery, affecting governance, economic growth, and human rights. The issue of cases pending in India’s judicial system is…
By Binny Yadav In the opening scenes of the 1953 classic, the camera follows Shambhu, played by Balraj Sahni—once a proud farmer—now hunched over the wooden shafts of a hand-pulled rickshaw in Kolkata’s teeming streets. His bare feet slap against the scorching road. His lungs gasp for air as the weight behind him tugs at…
A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray over his alleged hate speech targeting Hindi-speaking citizens. Filed by Sunil Shukla, President of the Uttar Bhartiya Vikas Sena, the plea accused Thackeray and MNS members of inciting violence and making repeated…
The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court verdict that ordered Hindustan Times and its former reporter Neelesh Misra to pay Rs 40 lakh as damages to a businessman over an allegedly defamatory news article. The single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the interim order on Thursday on a petition filed by Hindustan…
Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Friday said the Supreme Court could not dictate the High Courts to consider lawyers practising in the Apex Court for appointment as judges as neither was superior to the other and both were equal courts under the constitutional scheme. Speaking during the function organised by the Supreme…
The Supreme Court issued a compelling directive to the Election Commission of India (ECI), mandating the public release of names and reasons behind the removal of approximately 65 lakh individuals from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The Court underscored that such proceedings must uphold fairness, given the grave risk…