Above: Members of Dalit organisations have staged nationwide protests against the apex court’s verdict diluting the SC/ST Act/Photo: UNI
Relentless protests by Dalit groups and the prospect of elec...
Will the Real FM Stand Up?
Arun Jaitley, who has been recovering after a kidney transplant, will be back at work next week—August 8, to be precise. The question being asked is: back at work where? ...
The fugitive Indian jeweller Mehul Choksi facing charges in multi-crore PNB scam was given citizenship of Antigua after “stringent background checks” and clearance certificate by Mumbai Police and the...
The eight-month stand-off between the Supreme Court Collegium and the executive was eased a bit on Thursday (August 2) when the government agreed to the elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justi...
Facing criticism from dalit groups, opposition and its allies, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday (August 1) cleared a Bill to restore a provision of the SC/ST Act allowing arrest of an accused without pr...
The Lok Sabha on Monday (July 30) passed the Criminal Amendment Bill mandating death penalty for rape of minors below the age of 12.
The Bill was presented by Minister of State for Home, Kiren Riju...
As expected, the draft list of citizens released by Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) has left out all “doubtful” residents of the state, all allegedly illegal migrants from Bangladesh. The ...
Odds on Ombudsman
Something odd took place at the July 19 meeting of the Lokpal selection committee. The committee consists of the prime minister, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Speaker of the...
Above: CJI Dipak Misra speaking at the M C Setalvad Memorial Lecture/Photo: ANI
At the annual Bar Association of India-organised M C Setalvad Memorial Lecture at a hotel in New Delhi on Thursday ...
The Delhi High Court has allowed the filing of Income Tax Returns without the mandatory linking of PAN to Aadhaar and has asked the Central Bureau of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to create a platform for filli...