Justice Surya Kant has emphasised that mediation is not merely an ancillary tool in the justice delivery system but a transformative process that restores dignity and compassion to dispute resolution. Speaking at a recent programme devoted to the promotion of mediation, he described the practice as a mechanism that “subtracts bitterness, divides burdens, and adds…
The Kerala High Court has issued a significant directive to the State government, instructing it to formally recognise snakebite envenoming as a notifiable disease under the Kerala Public Health Act, 2023, and to complete the process within a two-month period. The decision came from a bench headed by Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar along with Justice…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg Every winter, Delhi and its neighbouring states sink into a haze of smog that has become a grim ritual of the season. This time, however, the Supreme Court has signalled that enough is enough. In a recent hearing, a bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod…
By Kenneth Tiven Angry, intemperate speeches have never been a hallmark of the US presidency—until Donald Trump. True to form, he turned American diplomacy upside down with a ferocious address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, leaving allies rattled and critics emboldened. TOUGH GUY MODE At the UN podium, Trump thundered that…
By Binny Yadav Why is it that every time there’s a death in police custody, the CCTV cameras are mysteriously “not working”? Coincidence—or a deliberate design? Behind locked station doors, away from public scrutiny, torture has long been suspected, but rarely proven. Post-mortems and medical reports provide fragments of truth, but when the moment comes…
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…