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Two Calcutta High Court judges are at each other’s throats, one having accused the other of being an “interested party”, vis-a-vis the Trinamool Congress. The situation has become so bizarre that the Supreme Court has had to take it up suo motu, giving notice to the state

A journalist who filmed an illegal sand mining act in West Bengal had a criminal case lodged against him by the police, threatening arrest. The Calcutta High Court saw through this police-politician nexus and allowed the journalist’s anticipatory bail plea. The media needs such backing to be able to report on critical issues

The Delhi High Court disallowed MTP for a woman, a recent widow, after the medical board said that foeticide was neither justified nor ethical when the foetus showed no abnormality 

The Kerala High Court has clearly said that while cohabitation for years may raise the presumption of marriage, it is not an irrebuttable one, especially when one of the partners is already married ...

The terror attacks between these two countries are emblematic of the historical and geographical ties that have entangled them in an edgy situation. Iran’s actions have put the Islamist bloc in ferment and churn

In a dramatic move akin to Kesavananda Bharati, Israel’s SC said the “unconstitutional constitutional amendment” to the basic law on adjudication which the Knesset had passed earlier was unreasonable

By ordering two students of a leading institute to undertake community service rather than them being debarred from taking their semester exam after theft of some items from stalls at the campus, the...

Taking a major step to prevent misuse of antibiotics or anti-microbial drugs in India, the central government has laid down some new rules for doctors and all medical associations. The move is intended to prevent misuse or drug abuse

Donald Trump is the first Republican presidential candidate who was not a White House incumbent to carry the nation’s first two contests. His winning margin of 11% in moderate New Hampshire demonstrated his iron-clad control of the party’s hard-right base

The flame of international conflict rises from egotistic minds, but is fed through a steady supply of arms. Today, when international trade is in trouble, we need to find those who want to perpetuate the battles