By Sujit Bhar In a recent conversation with a group of lawyers at the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai recalled a moment of immense personal satisfaction: the delivery of what has come to be popularly known as the “bulldozer judgment”. Handed down in 2023, this judgment condemned the practice of arbitrary…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha When the Competition Commission of India (CCI) slapped a Rs 213.14 crore penalty on WhatsApp and Meta for anti-competitive practices, it set in motion a legal confrontation that could redefine the privacy rights of Indian users. At stake is not just a fine, but the future of how global tech giants…
By Inderjit Badhwar Every generation has a technology that unsettles the way we see the world. The printing press democratized information, but also spread propaganda. Television reshaped politics, turning leaders into performers. Social media empowered the voiceless, but also created echo chambers of distortion. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI)—and more specifically, deepfake technology—has arrived at the…
By Dilip Bobb The names read like the cast for a blockbuster Hollywood movie. Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan and producer and popular television host Karan Johar. Three of them may belong to Bollywood’s leading family, but they also have one thing in common with Johar: they have all approached the…
The Supreme Court has strongly criticised the Jharkhand government for its continued inaction in formally declaring the Saranda and Sasangdaburu forests as wildlife sanctuaries, despite multiple assurances given to both the Court and other authorities over the last two years. A bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran remarked that the…
The Union government has formally extended the tenure of Senior Advocate R. Venkataramani as the Attorney General of India, allowing him to continue as the nation’s top law officer for an additional two years. Venkataramani, who assumed office in October 2022 after the retirement of K.K. Venugopal, was initially appointed for a three-year term set…
Green firecrackers can be manufactured in Delhi but can’t be sold in the capital and parts of the adjoining National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court ordered on Friday. Though green firecrackers are said to be less polluting and thus friendly to the environment, the Apex Court said its sale cannot be allowed in Delhi…
The Delhi High Court has awarded ₹5 lakh in damages to TV Today Network over defamatory remarks made on Twitter against the channel and its senior journalist, Rajdeep Sardesai. The posts, published in 2020 after Sardesai’s interview with Rhea Chakraborty, accused him of accepting bribes, labelled him with derogatory slurs, and even drew disparaging comparisons…
Former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has firmly countered allegations that the judiciary is an impediment to the country’s developmental vision of Viksit Bharat. Speaking at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai, he responded to observations made by Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, who had described the judiciary…
The Supreme Court has upheld JSW Steel’s resolution plan for Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL), dismissing various appeals that had sought to invalidate it. A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, together with Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Vinod Chandran, rejected arguments challenging the ₹19,700-crore plan, holding that the delays in execution could…