By Inderjit Badhwar The is the second time in just a few weeks that India Legal has chosen to put Donald Trump and his tariff crusade on its cover. Some might ask why we are returning to the same subject so quickly. The answer, I believe, lies in the gravity of the moment and the…
By Kenneth Tiven Trade regulations fall under Congressional authority, but US President Donald Trump has bulldozed past legislative oversight with his erratic, unilateral tariff policies. His moves aren’t about economic strategy, industrial revitalization, or global market stability. They are about power—raw, unchecked, and unmoored from rational governance. Trump’s tariffs have upended markets, with stocks and…
By Sujit Bhar The Supreme Court’s final order, upholding the Calcutta High Court’s verdict of the dismissal of nearly 26,000 West Bengal teachers for cheating and fraud during the selection process, does not come as a surprise. Many of the state’s systems have been corrupted beyond repair by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The Supreme Court has taken a decisive step to address India’s student suicide crisis by ordering the formation of a National Task Force on Mental Health in higher education. This landmark decision follows the tragic deaths of two Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi students—Ayush Ashna and Anil Kumar—who were found…
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking review of its August 2, 2024 order, in which it refused to confiscate Rs 16,518 crore received by the political parties under the 2018 Electoral Bonds scheme. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra observed that it found…
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it would examine the new claim raised by the Hindu parties that the disputed structure was a protected monument under the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) and could not be used as a mosque. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay…
The Delhi High Court on Friday imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shazia Ilmi for suppressing facts in her defamation suit against India Today journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. Ilmi had filed the suit against Sardesai over his comments on X (formerly Twitter) related to a video recorded after she left…
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi and Kishanganj Congress MP Mohammad Jawed on Friday filed two separate petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which was passed by both the Houses and is now awaiting presidential assent to become a law. Terming the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 as unconstitutional,…
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Friday rejected the petitions challenging the liquidation of Go First Airways. A coram of Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Technical Members Barun Mitra and Arun Baroka upheld the verdict delivered by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on May 10, 2023, on the grounds that it did…
The Allahabad High Court on Friday disposed of a petition filed by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, challenging a Lucknow court order summoning him as an accused in the Vinayak Damodar Savarkar defamation case. The single-judge Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi orally ordered Gandhi to approach the Sessions court under Section…