By Annunthra Rangan Since its violent birth in 1971, Bangladesh has struggled to secure enduring institutional stability. From the trauma of Partition to cycles of military rule and dynastic political rivalry, Dhaka has rarely enjoyed the continuity needed to consolidate democracy. Today, once again, the country stands at a volatile crossroads—torn between competing street movements,…
By Binny Yadav The story of India over the last 11 years is, in many ways, the story that began the night Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched. In September 2015, in Bisada village near Dadri, a rumour—amplified through a temple loudspeaker—claimed that Akhlaq had slaughtered a cow and stored beef in his refrigerator. Within hours, suspicion…
By Kumkum Chadha “What’s in a name?” Would William Shakespeare be turning in his grave? Quite likely because when he wrote the famous and kind of immortal line, he had not imagined that centuries later, politicians would spar over a name. For the uninitiated, it is in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet that the “what’s…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha On December 29, 2025, a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, with Justices JK Maheshwari and AG Masih, stayed the Delhi High Court order granting bail to expelled BJP MLA and Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The Delhi High Court had suspended his sentence…
By Kenneth Tiven The potential for a new era in American political life now rests on Zohran Mamdani—who is far more than just the youngest mayor in New York City’s history. Born in Kampala, 34 years ago to Indian parents, the Ugandan-American brings a distinctive blend of populist thinking, social-media fluency, intellectual grounding, and emotional…
By Inderjit Badhwar This is not just another legal review. This is a story about the institution that ultimately decides the meaning of justice in India. As the Supreme Court completed 75 years, it found itself under unprecedented scrutiny. Three chief justices in a single year symbolised both dynamism and instability. The Court presided over…
The Madras High Court has reiterated that in the absence of a specific statutory mandate, the State could not compel a private landowner to obtain prior permission for erecting a memorial structure on patta land, adding that notwithstanding public perception portraying the late Stan Swamy as a tribal rights activist, his undisputed legal status was…
The Union government has approved the elevation of Justice MS Sonak, presently a judge of the Bombay High Court, as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. As per a statement issued by Union Minister for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, in exercise of powers under Articles 217 and 222 of the Constitution…
The Delhi High Court has directed the blocking of multiple rogue websites found to be unlawfully hosting and disseminating pirated cinematographic films and television programmes, including Stranger Things, Friends, Batman, Squid Game and The Jungle Book, among others. The single-judge Bench of Justice Tejas Karia granted comprehensive injunctive relief in favour of global content owners—Warner…
The Delhi High Court has extended interim injunctive protection to Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and actor Konidala Pawan Kalyan in a civil suit alleging infringement of his personality rights. The single-judge Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora recently held that it was prima facie satisfied that the plaintiff’s proprietary interests in his personality…