The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly emphasised that its earlier directions to combat the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR must be implemented in a meaningful and enforceable manner, rather than remaining on paper. In hearings on the persistent air quality crisis, the court highlighted widespread non-compliance with anti-pollution measures, noting that poor enforcement by…
The Supreme Court has clarified that family members of doctors who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic are not required to establish that the deceased were formally requisitioned for COVID-related duties in order to receive insurance benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY). The apex court held that insisting on documentary proof…
The Central Bureau of Investigation has objected to a plea seeking the transfer of multiple criminal cases involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family from the court of Special Judge Vishal Gogne. The agency has argued that the request is a deliberate attempt to cast aspersions on the judiciary and disrupt the ongoing…
By Kenneth Tiven America’s standing in the world is more precarious today than at any point since the end of the Second World War. Through its policies, personnel, and posture, the Donald Trump administration has accomplished what America’s wartime adversaries once hoped for: a diminished, isolated nation that dismisses democracy, both at home and abroad….
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Tuhin Kumar Biswas @ Bumba vs State of West Bengal has once again brought into focus the longstanding tension between a woman’s right to privacy and the strict statutory elements required to constitute the offence of voyeurism under Section 354C of the Indian Penal…
By Sujit Bhar In a recent order that resonates with millions of daily commuters, the Bombay High Court delivered a crucial reminder to the Indian Railways: standing near the door of a suburban train during peak hours is not negligence—it’s survival. The single-judge bench of Justice Jitendra Jain refused to buy the railway authority’s predictable…
By Kumkum Chadha The Grand Egyptian Museum is making news, and one person who cannot stop talking about it is Kamel Zayed Galal, Egypt’s ambassador to India. “It is a very old project that was inaugurated recently. It is the largest museum in the whole world that is dedicated to a single civilization. It has…
By Inderjit Badhwar The story you are about to read—our cover report on India’s new labour codes—arrives at a moment of quiet, but decisive change. Every few years, a policy reform appears that does not simply alter rules, but shifts the very grammar of the nation’s economic and social life. The new labour codes belong…
By Vickram Kilpady Five years after Parliament passed them with much fanfare, India’s four labour codes have finally been notified, taking effect on November 21. Together, these codes replace nearly 30 existing labour laws. The government has packaged this moment as a historic leap—modernising labour relations, protecting workers, and streamlining compliance for a “Viksit Bharat”…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday outlined an ambitious constitutional and institutional roadmap for the Indian judiciary, placing technology at the centre of judicial reforms and democratic governance. Delivering his inaugural speech at the Regional Judicial Conference of Western States in Jaisalmer, the CJI said the justice system today stood at a decisive…