Can the elevation of women as chief justices of High Courts be a sign of gender equality in the judiciary or is this a mere coincidence?
~By Venkatasubramanian
When things happen for the first ti...
A plea by a cancer-stricken man led the apex court to direct BSNL to deactivate one of its mobile towers. But it raises complex legal and scientific questions
~By VenkatasubramanianHarish Chand Tiw...
The land of much discrimination takes the right step in the right direction by passing the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017
~By Sujit Bhar
Over the years, India has added another...
A petition on increasing communal vigilantism led the Supreme Court to issue notices to six states. Can the government afford to turn a blind eye to them?
~By Kalyani Shankar
The cow, a revered an...
~By Sanjay Ahirwal
Summer has come much earlier this year for the bureaucrats in Haryana. So many of them are out on the roads under the blistering sun, machines in hand, measuring distances. Gone ...
Death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav, the former Indian naval officer by a military court, is just a pawn being used by Pak to strengthen its case against India
~By Col R Hariharan
The death sent...
The loss of livelihood and revenue to states due to the ban on highway liquor vends is huge. But with data showing that drunkenness leads to more accidents, this cocktail is not heady
~By Venkatasu...
Tussle resumes even as top four high courts now have women chief justices
The government used the first opportunity it got to hit back at the judiciary, giving another twist to the on-going judge...
The arrest of a former top official of the Badminton Association of India for sexual crimes exposes the murky underbelly of an organisation that controls a sport which has given India two Olympic meda...
The apex court recently admitted a PIL from NGO Naz Foundation and asked states to bring a notification for giving compulsory education to children living with or affected by HIVThe spread of educatio...