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CBI Officer Says He Has “Shocking Facts”. CJI Says “Nothing Shocks Us”

The Supreme Court on Monday declined hearing on urgent basis CBI officer Manish Kumar Sinha’s petition seeking to quash his transfer to Nagpur in what has come to be known as the CBI versus CBI war in...

Activist Varavara Rao Arrested At Midnight, Remanded Till Nov 26

A special court on Sunday remanded activist P Varavara Rao to police custody till November 26 for his alleged links with Maoists. He was taken by into custody by a team of the Pune police from his res...

Encroachments: A River Runs Through It

Above: Cooum river/Photo: Peter Fristedt/wikimedia.org The NGT has asked the state government to pay a fine of Rs 2 crore for delay in removing encroachments along the Adyar and Cooum rivers. But t...

DNA Test: Science Over Law

The Kerala High Court has said that before seeking direction to conduct a DNA test, the petitioner must make the affected person a party to the application filed to prove paternity By NV Ravindrana...

Kerala MLA’s Disqualification: Code of Misconduct

Above: The Kerala High Court has allowed KM Shazi (left) to appeal against its verdict in the Supreme Court; Petitioner M Nikesh Kumar The Kerala High Court disqualifies Azhikode MLA KM Shaji and b...

Gujarat “Rape” Case: Catching a Lie

Above: The Gujarat High Court had virtually conducted a mini-trial during a bail hearing in a POCSO matter The apex court pulled up the Gujarat High Court for ordering lie detector, brain-mapping a...

New Think Tank: Do We Need Yet Another?

Above: Supreme Court/Photo: Anil Shakya CJI Ranjan Gogoi is making institutional changes, but the setting up of an in-house think tank raises questions about other similar institutions   By Vri...

PILs: Use with Caution

Above: (L-R) BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, advocate Prashant Bhushan and former navy chief Admiral L Ramdas are among those who have been chastised by the SC for filing frivolous PILs By Naved Ahmed...

CBI Deputy Ashwini Kumar Gupta Moves Supreme Court against Transfer

With the Supreme Court all set for the hearing the CBI Director Alok Verma’s petition. A Deputy Superintendent of Police in the investigative agency has petitioned the apex court against his transfer ...

NGT Directs Volkswagen To Deposit Rs 100 Crore For Using “Cheat Device”

The National Green Tribunal on Friday asked  German automobile manufacturers Volkswagen to deposit Rs 100 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board  on charges that the auto major, one of the wor...

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