An agricultural work camp in Bikaner for prisoners. Photo: Smita Chakraburtty
Following a top court initiative, the centre will frame guidelines for setting up open prisons which are a far cheaper ...
Above: Children enjoying an activity at a juvenile home in Hyderabad/Photo Courtesy: YouTube
In an indictment of the treatment of various governments towards juveniles, the apex court laid down spe...
Above: Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat (in grey suit) along with Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa in New Delhi. Photo: PIB
A petition seeks directions to the centre to make ...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court
Justice AK Mittal’s elevation as chief justice of the Delhi High Court was delayed twice due to dissension within various collegiums. It could be used by the gover...
In the face of numerous instances of Aadhaar glitches, the government and the UIDAI have backtracked and said that other identification papers would do
~By Sujit Bhar
Even as a Supreme Court co...
Above: Bureaucrat Suresh Kumar with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh
A single bench of the high court has set aside the appointment of a retired IAS officer who was made chief principal secretary. Th...
Above: The then DMK Treasurer MK Stalin extending support to a bandh called by Tamil Nadu farmers associations on the Cauvery water dispute in 2016/Photo: UNI
While a landmark judgment has allocate...
Above: Union Minister for Defence Nirmala Sitharaman laying a wreath on the mortal remains of Captain Kapil Kundu killed on February 4, 2018 along LoC, in New Delhi. Chief of Army Staff General Bipin ...
The highest seat of the judiciary has been gripped by these two contentious matters and it could take some time to sort them out considering how complex they are
~By Sujit Bhar
When the four ju...