In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that insolvency proceedings involving real estate companies should generally be confined to specific projects rather than the entire corporate entity, unless there are compelling reasons to broaden the scope. The ruling aims to protect the interests of genuine homebuyers while maintaining clarity in insolvency processes under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
The verdict came in response to appeals concerning two real estate firms...
Five years after the February 2020 Delhi “riots”, the continued incarceration of activists like Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima without trial highlights a grave erosion of liberty. The Delhi High Court’s denial of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act exposes how pre-trial punishment has become the new normal in India’s justice system
Six decades after it was officially banned in India, the spectre of dowry still hangs over many corners of the country. Last week, a 28-year-old woman living less than an hour from the nation’s capital was burnt alive, allegedly by her husband and mother-in-law, over an additional dowry demand. Such cases are reported with alarming frequency, laying bare one of Indian society’s gravest failings
The Donald Trump administration has found its own version of Josef Mengele—not in Auschwitz, but in Washington, DC. At the helm of the nation’s health system stands Robert F Kennedy Jr, a man whose rejection of vaccines and science has transformed the US Department of Health and Human Services into a dangerous stage for conspiracy and quackery
A new National Sample Survey lays bare the harsh truth—urban students are nearly compelled to take private tuitions to survive examinations, exposing the failures of India’s schooling system and raising uncomfortable questions for policymakers
The immense wealth that lies within Indian temples and other religious institutions have for long been eyed by political actors. This tug-of-war has existed over centuries and millennia through several conquests. A recent Madras High Court ruling shows how that tussle continues
The apex court is set to pronounce its verdict on the impasse within the All India Football Federation on September 1. Will it be possible for Indian football to escape the shadow of political interference?
It is very rare to come across an anthology of critical essays by a serving bureaucrat. The book makes an important contribution to contemporary studies in Indian Constitutionalism and needs a patient reading