By Kenneth Tiven US President Donald Trump took centre stage at the United Nations General Assembly this past week, providing a global audience with an embarrassing 20-minute performance that demonstrates the aging and fragile lawless dictator’s self-confidence. Stoic silence—bordering on shock—greeted him at every thought, highlighted by his locker-room-style remark asking: “Will a deal be…
By Sujit Bhar When the All India Trinamool Congress lost the 2026 West Bengal assembly election and was reduced to 80 seats, there was an initial school of thought that Mamata Banerjee, being the fighter that she has always been, would reorganise the party and perhaps return stronger from the defeat. Then came the unthinkable….
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Friday held an unprecedented open-house interaction with law students at Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna, engaging directly with questions from the audience in an unscripted dialogue on issues concerning students, the legal profession and the judiciary. The interaction, hosted at the university’s Ashoka Auditorium, was organised…
Supreme Court Judge Justice B.V. Nagarathna on Friday underscored the need to view mediation and adjudication as complementary components of the justice delivery system in family disputes, cautioning that alternative dispute resolution cannot be allowed to supplant legal rights and entitlements, particularly those of women. Justice Nagarathna, who chairs the Supreme Court Committee for Family…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant has called for a fundamental recalibration in the manner in which the justice system and society respond to children affected by substance abuse, stressing that no child should be reduced to a diagnosis, a case number or a past mistake. Addressing the national seminar on “Restoring Childhood –…
Four women wrestlers have moved the Delhi Sessions Court against the acquittal of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case lodged against him. The appeal challenges the August 3 judgment of the Rouse Avenue Court, which acquitted Singh of allegations arising from complaints made by women…
The Supreme Court has notified the Advocates-on-Record (AOR) Examination for December 2026, with the examination scheduled to be conducted in New Delhi on December 19, 20, 22 and 23. The examination notification has been issued by the Registrar (J) and Secretary, Board of Examiners for the AOR Examination, in accordance with Rules 5(i) and 5(ii)…
The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its judgment on a plea challenging the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. The petition has been filed by the mosque management committee against the proceedings initiated pursuant to an order directing an Advocate Commissioner to undertake a survey of the disputed premises. The dispute…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the election of AIMIM’s Mufti Mohammad Ismail Abdul Khalique from the Malegaon Central Assembly constituency in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, upholding the Bombay High Court’s decision rejecting an election petition against him. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Augustine George Masih…
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned till Monday the hearing of a Special Leave Petition filed by advocate Puneet Batra, challenging the Delhi High Court judgment upholding the GST Department’s search and seizure at his cabin and law firm, Bass Legal LLP. [A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu were hearing Batra’s…