By Dr JP Singh As a witness, I state what I have seen unfold in the world and in India over the last two hundred years. Democracy, as it is imagined, is an ideal—a utopia not easily attainable except among a fully self-aware and spiritually awakened people—a people unwilling to be manipulated, a people who…
An acid attack does not merely burn skin—it melts identity. It invades memory and leaves behind not only shattered bodies, but shattered lives. In a country where more than 200 acid attack cases continue to be officially reported every year—with activists insisting the real numbers are far higher due to silence, fear and stigma—the Supreme…
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed serious concern over steep and unpredictable increases in airfares charged by private airlines during festive seasons, holidays and peak travel periods, and stressed the need for rationalisation in ticket pricing mechanisms. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, while hearing a petition seeking the formulation of…
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the premature release plea of Rohit Chaturvedi, one of the convicts in the 2003 murder case of poet Madhumita Shukla. The Court held that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had wrongly rejected the recommendation made by the Uttarakhand government for his remission and premature release. The Bench of…
The Supreme Court of India has expressed serious concern over the alleged presence of a large number of advocates practising with dubious or fabricated law degrees, observing that the issue poses a significant threat to the credibility of the legal profession. During the course of proceedings, Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant remarked that…
The Supreme Court on Friday observed that Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa would be at liberty to renew his bail plea if there was no substantial progress in the trial in the Renuka Swamy murder case within a year. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Vijay Bishnoi directed the Karnataka government to ensure that…
The Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court’s order suspending the sentence of former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case and directed that he be taken back into custody pending adjudication of his criminal appeal. The interim direction was passed by a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of…
The Allahabad High Court has called for responses from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) on a plea seeking investigation into allegations of disproportionate assets against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The matter was heard by a Division Bench of the Lucknow Bench comprising Justice…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday initiated contempt proceedings against certain individuals and respondents in the Delhi Liquor Policy case after allegedly defamatory, contemptuous and highly vilifying material was circulated against its sitting judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, when the Court was…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that businessman Robert Vadra had made false and incorrect submissions in his plea challenging a trial court order taking cognisance of a money laundering case arising out of alleged land transactions in Gurugram. On April 16, the trial court had taken cognisance of…