The Supreme Court of India was informed this week that the Chhattisgarh Police has filed a closure report in the case against yoga guru and Patanjali Ayurved founder Swami Ram Dev, who had faced criminal proceedings for his controversial comments on allopathic medicine during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The update was conveyed to…
The Delhi High Court on 9 September 2025, seeking immediate judicial intervention against unauthorized exploitation of her image, persona, and likeness including AI-generated and manipulated content. The court, responding to her plea, verbally intimated that an ad-interim injunction would likely be issued to restrain the offending entities from further misuse. Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi, representing…
The Supreme Court of India has taken upon itself the task of deciding the constitutional validity of the newly enacted Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, after ordering the transfer of all related cases from three different High Courts to its own docket. The move came on 8 September 2025, when a bench…
In a significant directive reaffirming the principles of transparency and institutional integrity in police administration, the Supreme Court of India has urged the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to forward its panel of recommendations for the appointment of a regular Director General of Police in Tamil Nadu without further delay. The order was pronounced on…
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to accept the Aadhaar card as a twelfth valid identity document for the purposes of inclusion in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise currently being undertaken in Bihar. The Bench, comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi,…
By Binny Yadav In a sharp reminder that judicial activism cannot override statutory boundaries, the Supreme Court has quashed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order that directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to probe a company under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for alleged pollution. The ruling reasserts the principle that while environmental justice…
By Kumkum Chadha When the Australian government cracked down on students’ visas, there was a furore. In many cases, visa requests were rejected, and in others, the waiting time was extended beyond ten months. In a few cases, the endless wait resulted in PhD offers expiring. If the move by the Australian government is aimed…
By Kenneth Tiven Josef Mengele was the Nazi “Angel of Death,” infamous for his grotesque medical experiments on Auschwitz inmates during World War II. Today’s US administration has its own “Doctor Death”—a hapless medical quack running US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Robert F Kennedy Jr claims to wage a “war for health”…
By Vickram Kilpady Google boss Sundar Pichai’s Wikipedia profile tells us about his stellar journey from IIT Kharagpur to Stanford and Wharton. But it remains silent on whether he joined the ubiquitous coaching classes that now define urban schooling. For most Indian students today, private tuitions are not a luxury, but a necessity—an uncomfortable truth…
The Delhi High Court has called for a thorough investigation into the alleged murder of a sewadar at Kalkaji Temple, instructing the Delhi Police to ensure that the probe adheres strictly to established legal procedure. The directive came after a petition was filed by the brother of the deceased, supported by two eyewitnesses, who alleged…