The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Punjab and Haryana High Court to take up the matter related to the ongoing demolition drive in Gurugram on an urgent basis. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi ordered the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Sheel…
Arvind Kejriwal, national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party, has formally communicated to the Delhi High Court his decision to abstain from further participation in proceedings arising out of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s excise policy case, currently pending before a single-judge Bench. In a detailed written communication addressed to Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, Kejriwal…
The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of a case involving a lawyer who was seriously injured after being stabbed by her husband. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi ordered the Delhi Police Commissioner to assign the investigation to a senior police officer, preferably a woman…
The Supreme Court of India has allowed recently qualified Advocates-on-Record (AORs) to take part as voters in the upcoming elections of the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association, offering interim relief in a dispute over their exclusion. The direction came during the hearing of a petition challenging the preparation of the electoral roll, which had left out…
The Allahabad High Court has upheld the dismissal of a bus conductor who was found carrying 59 passengers without issuing tickets and failed to offer any satisfactory explanation. The Court reiterated that permitting passengers to travel without tickets constitutes serious misconduct warranting strict disciplinary action. Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, heard the said petition, which emphasized…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha When questions of personal intimacy and a child’s legitimacy come under the judicial gavel, can forensic science dictate the outcome? A recent ruling of the Uttarakhand High Court revisits this delicate intersection of law, science and human dignity. While adjudicating a dispute involving allegations of adultery and the legitimacy of a…
By Sujit Bhar The recent suo motu intervention by the Meghalaya High Court on the rampant illegal transportation of minerals towards the Bangladesh border is, at one level, a straightforward reaffirmation of the rule of law. Courts are expected to act when illegality is apparent, particularly when environmental degradation and administrative apathy intersect so visibly. Yet, in…
By Inderjit Badhwar There are moments in geopolitics when a single crisis exposes the architecture beneath the global system. Operation Epic Fury appears to be one of those moments. What began as a violent escalation between Israel, the United States, and Iran has quickly evolved into something much larger: a test of the economic and…
By Annunthra Rangan India has been watching Operation Epic Fury from an uncomfortable chair—close enough to feel the heat, far enough to claim it wasn’t in the room. New Delhi’s initial response was a masterclass in studied ambiguity. The Ministry of External Affairs called for restraint and a ceasefire. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned attacks…
By Kenneth Tiven Americans watching Hungary’s national election saw a striking political moment unfold: voters swept Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from power after 16 years in office, delivering a clear message—enough is enough. When a leader widely accused of manipulating the political system loses power without a single gunshot, the obvious question is how and…