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The conduct of a trial judge as he “assisted” a rape accused was questioned by the Delhi High Court as this is a heinous crime for which there can be no monetary settlement

Resigning from the bench of a High Court and joining a political party, just to hit back at another political party, is probably not the best strategy for the former Calcutta High Court judge

As the Kerala High Court sentences the killers of Marxist leader to 20 years of rigorous life imprisonment, it triggers adebate on what constitutes “rarest of the rare” killing and who qualifies for the death penalty

A PIL in the Madras High Court has questioned rules which require RWAs to feed community animals. This seems absurd when stray dogs have increasingly and tragically bitten and killed humans

The tech giant has been on a war path with Indian app developers over non-compliance with its billing policies. But the developers allege that the pact with Google violated the Competition Act of 2002

The apex court’s recent big order, curtailing the privileges of parliamentarians and other lawmakers, has the potential to clean up Indian politics while leaving lawmakers vulnerable to allegations of bribery

The Delhi High Court has deprecated the practice of filing of an appeal by a third party as it can be done without the knowledge of the missing person and lead to irreparable harm

Political discord in the United States is obvious as the nation moves into the eight months of campaigning before its presidential election in early November 2024. Barely hidden by the sound and fury on both sides is the battle to keep democracy as a governing principle, or erase its meaning with an all-powerful single executive

As government tries to make fundamental changes in the fabric of the Constitution, the issue of constitutional morality comes into play. Will it be a moderating factor in government’s adventurism? JU...

Indian judges have to perform within a system which is mostly corrupt and basically incompetent. Yet, when they deliver judgments, they are scrutinised carefully. At the same time, the system fails to pay our judges a salary that can add dignity to their arduous tasks. The chief justice of India has pointed this out recently