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Over time, the country has expanded its influence in India by engaging journalists, organisations with Marxist leanings, think-tanks, and even Bollywood, to shape narratives and gather intelligence on key sectors like defence, space, nuclear capabilities, and information technology

Recently, the division bench of the Bombay High Court had to teach the police a lesson in law, telling them how not to file false FIRs and imparted lessons on how recording conversation in a police station would not become an offence under the stringent Act

Navratri-observing advocates and meat-consuming lawyers squared up to each other over what is served in one of the apex court’s six canteens. The victims in the brouhaha were tolerance and the brotherhood among the Bar

No American presidential election choice in 92 years puts the fate of global democracy in voters’ hands as does the effort of an Indian-American woman to demonstrate the existence of an optimistic America with international concerns

The Delhi High Court’s verdict on legal recognition of posthumous reproduction is a welcome step. However there is an urgent need for a comprehensive legal framework to address outstanding issues since it also raises important legal, ethical, and social concerns related to reproductive rights, inheritance and consent

The words “enforceable order” are extremely crucial to any ongoing proceedings, especially regarding freebies. How legitimate and legal is the insistence by lawyers, litigants, media, and the activists that particular types of disputes and controversies shall always get a priority in the exercise of the prerogative of Master of Rolls exercised by the CJI or chief justices of the High Courts? Does jurisdiction of evasion exist in the first place, and second, if it does, how does it operate—within (or outside) the intricacies of discretion of the chief justice acting as a Master of Rolls?

Women lawyers especially have been suffering for the past several decades and agitating over the issue of non-existent toilets in various district court complexes across the country. This lack of infrastructure is felt not only by the hapless litigants, but also internal stakeholders such as judges and staff

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has strongly condemned a new tactic where multiple lawyers bring up the same issue to get a favourable hearing date. He had pulled up lawyers earlier in his bid to bring decorum to court proceedings, but such antics are fairly common in courts

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