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Parts of India’s Silicon City have been marooned after rains exposed its hi-tech lies. But this is the state of every city in the country with haphazard development and greedy contractors  

By Shivanand Pandit The income tax raids in India generally open a container of worms. The raids, conducted by the income tax department in July 2022 at the Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical organiza...

The constitutional right to freedom of religion, which is also said to include the right to convert, has been taken up time and again by the Indian courts. The problem, however, arises when a person is forced or lured to convert to another religion  

In Kozhikode, Kerala, a sessions court referred to the victim’s attire as “sexually provocative” before granting bail to an activist in a sexual harassment case. Such mysogynistic attitudes are deplorable in the context of increasing crimes against women

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has proposed the policy to enhance the accessibility, use and quality of public sector data in congruence with emerging technological needs. The policy is a step in the right direction

On August 29, 1949, Rajasthan High Court Ordinance 1949 was notified and High Court of Rajasthan was inaugurated at Jodhpur by the Rajpramukh. Oath was administered to Justice K.K. Verma from Allahabad as Chief Justice of Rajasthan along with 11 judges.

There was much consternation in India over the Chinese spy ship docking in Sri Lanka. India expressed its security concerns over berthing the ship at the Hambantota port. The truth is that symbolism triumphed over substance

By Vikram Kilpady The speeches of judges in and outside courts are notable for observations that are cutting as well as all encompassing. Among the judges of the Supreme Court, Justice DY Chandrac...

The 11 persons convicted of multiple murders and gangrape of a pregnant Bilkis Bano in 2002 during the Gujarat riots walked free from Godhra subjail on August 15, 2022. They brutally killed her three-year-old daughter by smashing her head on the ground and six other persons on March 3, 2002. The story thereafter is one of great struggle to bring the guilty to book.  

The central government appoints the Chief Justice of India based on seniority. But this convention was breached two times (in 1973 and 1977) when senior judges were bypassed and pliable junior judges were appointed to the office of the CJI by the Indira Gandhi government.