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Kashmir petitions: Right to disagree in a democracy, says Sr Adv Huzefa Ahmedi

In the Kashmir petitions today, Justice NV Ramana discharged all other matters that were listed before Court No. 2 to focus solely on the Kashmir lockdown issue and the connected petitions. The 3-j...

Justice R Banumathi becomes second woman judge to become part of Collegium

SC Judge Justice R Banumathi has become only second woman to become part of the Supreme Court Collegium. The position became vacant after Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi retired and was succeeded ...

Dying Declaration: Thumb Signal

Above: A candlelight protest against the Nirbhaya gang rape in Delhi in 2012 The apex court reiterates that a dying declaration given in a proper state of mind can be made the basis for conviction ...

Sabarimala Verdict: Confusion Remains

Above: Flag hoisting by Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru at the Sabarimala temple/Photo: UNI With the Supreme Court referring to a larger bench the review petitions relating to the Sabarimala case, it i...

Ayodhya Fallout: The Legal Tangle

The SC verdict on Ayodhya declared the destruction of the mosque a violation of the law. How does that impact the ongoing case in Lucknow against BJP stalwarts led by LK Advani? By Atul Chandra in ...

Paperless courts in India: A critical analysis

Above: Image by World-fly from Pixabay     This year when Justice D N Patel took charge as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, he said he is “enjoying” his work at this paperless court and wished th...

Forlorn hope for the Rajya Sabha?

By Ganesh Khemka and Parv Garg  Yesterday, the Supreme Court pronounced an important judgment in Rojer Mathews v. South Indian Bank wherein it referred the dispute of constitutional validity of the...

Disqualification of MLAs: The Defection Dilemma

Above: Congress and JD(S) MLAs after submitting their resignations to the Karnataka governor/Photo: UNI While the latest judgment of the apex court on disqualification of legislators in Karnataka ...

CJI Office Under RTI: Balancing Act

Above: The Supreme Court has said that the office of the CJI is a public authority under the RTI Act The apex court’s judgment on disclosure of information, bringing the CJI’s office under RTI, has...

Air Pollution: Supreme Court issues directives for saving Delhi-NCR

The bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta on Friday took on record the joint affidavit submitted on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Central Pollution Control ...

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