Over the past couple of decades, most Indian cities have lost their tree cover on account of urban developmental projects and rampant commercialisation that were planned with little regard for the en...
The Delhi Sarkari Ration Dealers Sangh had filed a plea before the Delhi High Court challenging the doorstep ration delivery scheme or the Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana, touted by the Aam Aa...
On grounds similar to the Gyanvapi mosque survey in Varanasi, a plea was filed in a district court in Mathura asking for the survey of another mosque which shares some area with the Shri Krishna Janm...
The Environment Ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has sought a report within three weeks about the compliance status of forest clearances granted for hydroelectric projects in Arunachal Prad...
From May 12, 2022, singing the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, has been made mandatory in all madrasas in Uttar Pradesh. This decision was taken at a meeting of the UP Madrasa Education Board on Mar...
A split verdict by the Delhi High Court on criminalisation of marital rape has led this issue to the apex court. Should the common law understanding of marriage be judicially discarded as in the UK?
The Karnataka cabinet recently introduced an ordinance to give effect to the controversial law against religious conversions. The state governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on May 17 gave his assent to the K...
On May 12, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India NV Ramana to implement three demands of the people of Tamil Nadu. The open letter relat...
The Tamil Nadu health department on May 1 removed the dean of a medical college from his post a day after first-year students there took the Maharshi Charaka Shapath instead of the Hippocratic Oath. ...
Justice delayed is justice denied. However, with over 4.5 crore cases pending across courts in the country, justice is not just delayed, but is often kept pending indefinitely.
According to the Na...