By Prof Upendra Baxi Rajendra Bihari Lal and Another vs State of Uttar Pradesh and Others (delivered on October 6, 2025) is a very important Supreme Court of India (SCOI) decision reaffirming the secular character of the Indian Constitution against the battle cry of those who believe and urge that the term “secularism” inserted in…
By Kumkum Chadha A bomb blast in Karachi, politician Shashi Tharoor and business tycoon Ratan Tata “a god to many Indians”, his student days when he made money “selling ice cream”, diplomat and author Mohamed Maliki is a multi-faceted personality. Unlike many diplomats, he does not measure his words, but is frank and forthright: enjoying…
By Dilip Bobb The tender was so precise and well-defined it would have given a car enthusiast a serious inferiority complex. The Lok Pal’s tender for the purchase of seven BMW cars specifically mentioned the model—the 3 Series 330 Li M Sport models launched earlier this year in India. It also had to be a…
By Kenneth Tiven Americans who once feared for their constitutional democracy now believe they are witnessing its collapse. What began as bluster has become blueprint—a coup not against a foreign enemy, but against the United States itself, led by its own President Donald Trump. The most recent example came November 1, when Trump abruptly shut…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg In yet another ground-breaking judgment, the Supreme Court has underscored that establishing an employment relationship is not a matter of applying a rigid formula, but is a “mixed question of fact and law”. The decision not only provides a comprehensive overview of labour-law jurisprudence, but also traces the evolution of…
By Inderjit Badhwar When global politics burns, it’s usually oil that fuels the fire. This week’s cover story, Oil, Power, and Pressure: How Trump’s New Sanctions Are Testing India’s Energy Nerves, explores how the Donald Trump administration’s new sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil have redrawn the fault lines of global energy—and placed India squarely on…
By Annunthra Rangan The Donald Trump administration’s announcement of sweeping new sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies—Rosneft and Lukoil—has sent tremors through global energy markets. The October 2025 measures, billed as the most severe escalation of economic pressure since the Ukraine war began, are designed to choke off the Kremlin’s oil revenues that fund…
The Assistant Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Gurugram has refused to interfere with or stay the November 2 election of Management Committee members of the National Media Centre Cooperative House Building Society Ltd, Gurugram. In his order, Assistant Registrar Parveen Kadiyan said his office cannot interfere with or delay the election process once it has commenced. In…
The Supreme Court of India recently heard bail pleas filed by activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and Gulfisha Fatima, all of whom are accused in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). During the hearing, the three petitioners strongly denied any involvement in inciting violence, asserting that their actions…
The Supreme Court of India has firmly rejected a plea seeking exemption from the personal appearance of Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territories in the matter concerning the alarming rise in stray dog attacks and the implementation of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules. A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta…