Above: Justice N Kirubakaran has been a permanent judge of the Madras High Court since 2011. Photo: Youtube
Known for his unconventional judgments, this Madras High Court judge has often created a ...
Above: The entrance to Central Jail No. 1 of Tihar Prisons. Photo: Rajeev Tyagi
The brutal beating of some prisoners in high-security Tihar Jail recently has opened a can of worms. Who were these c...
This initiative of the government is fraught with problems as biometric data can get mismatched and cards deactivated, bringing life to a complete standstill
~By Sujit Bhar
In the US, some witne...
The legal row between Odisha and West Bengal over the origin of the rosogolla has ended in the latter’s favour. For many, it’s a sniff of nostalgia and history but getting the GI tag is a bigger story...
The investigation has taken an unexpected twist with a senior student being arrested. Why did the Gurugram police charge the wrong person and what happens to him now? Have schools done enough to beef ...
The NGT has ordered the demolition of a Ravi Shankar temple in Kolkata that violated environment norms
~By Sujit Bhar and Nilanjana Mukherjee
The exalted position of religious guru and godman S...
Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre), BJP president Amit Shah (second from left) and others at the Gujarat Gaurav Maha Sammelan in Gandhinagar. Photo: UNI
Has Election Commission of India c...
Above: Karnataka High Court judge Justice Jayant Patel (inset); Lawyers protest against Patel’s transfer who was transferred to Allahabad
In a surprising move, the apex court has started to give b...
As some five lakh people fleeing Myanmar pour into Bangladesh, questions are being raised about why it shouldn’t be tried for genocide
~By Prakash Bhandari in Dhaka
Even as the Supreme Court of ...
It's now clear that President Trump poses unprecedented threats to freedoms of speech and press. Take Care and Protect Democracy have teamed up to host a forum in which leading scholars consider how w...