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The apex court was critical of the Commission for Air Quality Management for meeting once in three months as stubble burning picks up ahead of the winter. Is bureaucratic delay the lone reason holding up action against polluters?

October 7 marks a devastating year of genocide in Gaza, a year of unchecked suffering, where the world has failed to act. Iran’s missile attacks on Israel and Israel’s operations against Hezbollah have heightened fears of trade disruptions. The prolonged conflict in the region has broader implications, particularly for global trade and India

While one not-so-upright deputy conservator of forests in Karnataka allowed the illegal felling of 800 trees on Bane land, supposedly held by locals for centuries, opaque government policies in this regard may have contributed to the growth of such corruption

The Bombay High Court has quashed an office memorandum issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change which allowed project proponents to seek post-facto clearance for projects constructed in Coastal Regulation Zone areas in violation of rules

In a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court ruled that a trial court lacks the authority to take up a case in which a broker is accused of misappropriating investor funds. The case had come up in the court of judicial magistrate, Agra. The verdict is significant as it involves share brokers and investors

The apex court directed that a minimum of 1/3rd seats for women members must be reserved in the executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association from the 2024 elections. Taking a cue, the Delhi High Court also issued notice on a plea seeking reservation of 33 percent seats for women lawyers in various Bar associations in the national capital

The apex court has once again taken a strong legal stand for a poor-but-deserving candidate who was a victim of procedural technicalities and official apathy

The vice-presidential candidates in the US election faced off in a televised debate last week, each with different objectives because the presidential candidates, whom they understudy, are so different. So, after 90 minutes of folksy back-and-forth, did it really matter who won or lost?

Sanjay Raman Sinha (SRS): How do you see your tenure in the judiciary, both as a judge and an advocate? How fruitful it has been? Is there something you would have liked to have done, especially when...

A landmark verdict has reinterpreted the POCSO Act so as to provide a stronger legal structure to curb child porn and proposed a new term for this offence to differentiate from adult pornography