By Inderjit Badhwar In a world increasingly shaped by new alliances and shifting power equations, the question of where India stands—and more importantly, how it chooses to navigate these changing dynamics—has taken on a new urgency. That is why we’ve chosen to put India’s evolving role in BRICS on our cover this week. For years,…
By Annunthra Rangan Despite internal contradictions and leadership absences, BRICS has managed to project a surprisingly unified front at its latest summit, drawing global attention and reasserting its growing relevance in the international order. As India prepares to host the next BRICS summit, the timing is significant. Long underestimated by Western observers, BRICS is rapidly…
The Supreme Court has stressed on adopting a rehabilitative and reformative approach towards women committing crimes under social circumstances, such as marriage against their will. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar passed the order on a petition challenging a Karnataka High Court verdict that upheld the conviction of the appellants under…
The Supreme Court has advised all High Courts across the country to incorporate a rule that petitioners seeking bail should mandatorily mention their criminal antecedents, as well as details of previously filed bail pleas, if any, in their applications. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Mehta on Friday asked…
The Union government on Friday highlighted the perils of anonymity and lack of editorial accountability on social media platforms before the Karnataka High Court by giving the example of a fake account on X, which went by the name of ‘Supreme Court of Karnataka’. Appearing for the Centre before the single-judge Bench of Justice M…
The Union government has notified the appointment of Justice Todupunuri Amarnath Goud as Acting Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court. The Central government took the decision in view of the transfer of current Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court, Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, to the Telangana High Court. Justice Goud will perform the…
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Member of Parliament PV Midhun Reddy, accused in a multi-crore liquor scam in Andhra Pradesh. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan upheld Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict of July 16, which denied anticipatory bail to the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress…
The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal heirs of a tribal woman were entitled to a share in the property of their maternal grandfather. The Division Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that denying a woman her share in her father’s property, when the custom was silent, would violate her…
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay trial court proceedings against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the land-for-jobs scam case. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh passed the order on a plea challenging the May 29 verdict of the Delhi High Court. Yadav had approached…
Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the in-house committee report that indicted him over recovery of unaccounted cash at his official residence in Delhi. The move followed the recent decision of the Union government to bring an impeachment motion in the Parliament for removal of…