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While a fleeting meeting between PM Modi and President Jinping has led to some hope of a thaw, the fact is that China considers India as its long-term strategic competitor and will keep the cauldron boiling always

Expressing surprise that a convict is practising law after release from prison following the remission granted to him, the apex court went on to ask if a convict can even practice law? The issue really is whether a convicted person be allowed to practise law after being released

The Court has told Gujarat government that it is on thin ice regarding granting remission to the 11 convicts. Remission is normally given only after seeing the good conduct, reformation and health of the convict

The Delhi High Court has said that “persistent insistence” of a wife to live separately from her husband’s family is act of cruelty. Despite many legal remedies for mental cruelty, this is essentially a social malaise

The recent Conclave felicitated a band of influencers who are co-scripting the India growth story. They are shaping public opinion in nation building and societal issues and are role model themselves

Courts have often taken the view that in the absence of injuries in POCSO cases, it cannot be presumed that penetrative sexual assault did not take place and have convicted the accused

The apex court has given its nod to the implementation of a groundbreaking Standard Operating Procedure regarding the appearance of government officials in court proceedings. The centre had proposed the SOP draft, seeking to reshape the way courts interact with government officials during legal proceedings. However, the top court has expressed its distress over certain points in the SOP that relate to judicial power

In a warning of sorts, the Karnataka High Court has said that if any person plays an active role in tarnishing the self esteem of a hypersensitive person, driving him to suicide, he would be guilty of abetment to suicide

The Supreme Court has taken a big step to ban the use of objectionable words for women and launched a handbook that will guide judges in avoiding use of inappropriate gendered terms in court orders and legal documents. The Chief Justice of India said the handbook identifies common stereotypes about women, many of which have been utilised by courts in the past and demonstrates why they are inaccurate and how they may distort the application of the law

He’s a wealthy Indian-American businessman with no name recognition and no political experience, but his bid to become president of the United States of America in the 2024 election is gaining lots of attention. Vivek Ramaswamy is testing his dream scenario as one more step in a lifetime of over-achievement