Monday, November 25, 2024
154,225FansLike
654,155FollowersFollow
0SubscribersSubscribe

CATEGORY

Court News Updates

Policing in India: Living in a Time Warp

Above: Police trying to quell a student protest related to UPSC’s exams in New Delhi/Photo: UNI A recent report highlights the dire need for changes in the police force and for the Judiciary to cra...

Live-in Relationships: Licence to Love

Above: Illustration by Anthony Lawrence In many far-reaching judgments, the apex court has taken a liberal view of couples wanting to live together and supported them wholeheartedly ~By Vinay Va...

Official Bungalows: VVIP Squatters

Above: The bungalow occupied by ex-CM Akhilesh Yadav The Supreme Court has denied government accommodation to former public servants as it says that these belong to the people of the country ~By...

National Register of Citizens in Assam: Identity Crisis

Above: Members of the All Assam students’ Union at a rally in Guwahati/Photo: UNI Updating the National Register of Citizens in Assam was part of an accord in 1971 but with progress being slow, the...

Rajasthan Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services Act: Sluggish Sarkar

Above: Rajasthan government employees at a workshop on education/Photo: UNI Though Rajasthan Guaranteed Delivery of Public Services Act was enacted in 2011 to make governance accountable, the state...

SCAPEGOAT!

Above: Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan A hero who saved many lives, Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan was sought to be painted as a villain by the Uttar Pradesh government ~By Atul Chandra in Lucknow After eight mon...

Collegium strategy to resolve impasse

Above: (L-R) Justice Madan B Lokur, Justice Deepak Gupta and Attorney General KK Venugopal The standoff between the Judiciary and the Executive spilled out into the open on May 4. As a court full o...

Asaram Bapu’s Sentence: Godless Godman

Above: Police escort spiritual leader Asaram Bapu (Centre) outside an airport after his arrest in Jodhpur, on September 1, 2013/Photo: UNI A Jodhpur court convicted influential godman Asaram Bapu f...

Tussle Over Guardianship: Facing the Music!

In a landmark judgment, the Delhi High Court has expanded the nature of fundamental rights by making the parents of a girl liable for violating her rights and has asked them to pay her compensation of...

Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s Appointment: To Be, Or Not To Be

(L to R) Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra; the Supreme Court of India; Justice Ranjan Gogoi, the next in line to become CJI With the turmoil in the top court, questions have cropped up whether Ju...

News Update