By Dr Swati Jindal Garg When the apex court declared that “democracy cannot survive without free and fair elections, without free and fairly informed voters”, it wasn’t merely stating a constitutional ideal—it was defining the essence of transparency in India’s electoral democracy. In yet another landmark decision, a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and AS…
By Dilip Bobb The Supreme Court has described as “alarming” the pendency of more than 8.82 lakh execution petitions before various courts across the country. Execution petitions are not to do with death sentences, but pleas seeking enforcement of court orders passed in civil disputes. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Pankaj Mithal made…
By Sujit Bhar When Justice Tejas Karia of the Delhi High Court passed an injunction order on November 6, restraining 26 rogue websites from illegally streaming the ongoing Serie A Championship, it was not merely a victory for DAZN Limited, the exclusive global rights holder of the event. It was a reminder of how fragile…
By Binny Yadav When the framers of the Constitution inscribed the words: “We, the People of India…” in the Preamble, they were not drafting a preface—they were issuing a solemn declaration: every exercise of State power would be answerable to reason, law, and fairness. Liberty was never meant to be the privilege of the powerful;…
By Inderjit Badhwar When President Donald Trump announced the revival of the United States-China “Group of Two” in 2025, most observers dismissed it as political theatre. After all, the idea of a strategic duet between the world’s two largest powers seemed an anachronism in an era defined by rivalry, sanctions, and mutual suspicion. Yet, as…
By Annunthra Rangan When Donald Trump revived the idea of a United States-China “Group of Two” (G-2) in 2025, the announcement seemed to defy the entrenched narrative of worsening Sino-American rivalry. After years of trade wars, decoupling rhetoric, ideological accusations, and military posturing across the Indo-Pacific, the notion that the world’s two largest powers might…
By Kenneth Tiven President Donald Trump’s second-term style of governance appears less like leadership and more like performance—a tactical fog meant to obscure voter outrage over soaring health costs, a suspended food programme that once fed 40 million Americans, the expulsion of female military officers, and most recently, the selective release of documents from the…
The Election Commission of India has issued a strong clarification ahead of the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted across 12 states and union territories. Emphasising the limited purpose of the Aadhaar card in the electoral process, the Commission stated that Aadhaar can be used only as proof of identity and…
The Union Government has officially notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025, completing a major step in giving effect to India’s new data protection framework. The notification was issued on November 13, 2025, several months after the draft rules were released for public consultation earlier this year. The final rules introduce a phased enforcement…
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the air pollution in Delhi was very serious and could cause permanent damage while asking lawyers to appear via video conferencing instead of coming to court. The bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandurkar said lawyers should avail the virtual hearing facility and wondered why they were…