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Well-Deserved Raise, Your Honour

The higher judiciary is poised for a salary upgrade that will bring it on a par with the bureaucracy, with the Chief Justice of India maintaining his slight edge ~By Sucheta DasguptaThe wait is almos...

Digitisation: Web of Troubles

Above: Advocates and lawyers struggle as the Supreme Court experiments with its digital transformation. Photo: Bhawna Gaur As the Supreme Court opens after the summer recess, advocates and judges a...

Paid News: Political Faux Pas

Above: MP’s Minister of Public Relations Narottam Mishra welcoming President Pranab Mukjherjee on his arrival at Datia in June this year. Photo: UNI In a first case of paid news before a high court...

SEZs: Be Fair and Square

Above: Unfair and unequitable land acquisition often results in displacement and reallocation of the population. Photo: mangaloresez.com A PIL seeking the return of unutilised land to the farmers h...

MTP Act: Pregnant Pause

Above:There is an increasing demand to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act. Photo: abortionuae.com The inordinate delay by parliament in amending this Act to allow abortions beyond 20 ...

Supreme Court: Judgments Awaited

As the Supreme Court gets back to work after its summer recess, five cases which impact Indian society and politics will be decided. India Legal looks at the status of the cases, the arguments so far ...

Judges’ appointments—A Welcome Thaw

The government accepting the Collegium’s recommendation for the appointment of nine chief justices of high courts is a welcome step With the government accepting the Supreme Court Collegium’s recom...

SC asks Kerala to pay Rs 500-cr for poisoning

The Supreme Court has asked Kerala to pay this compensation to victims of Endosulfan poisoning, giving a ray of hope for their slow rehabilitation and recovery ~By Ramesh Menon Ver 5,000 Endosulfan ...

Dogged by the Law

In life as in death, J Jayalalithaa had brushes with the judiciary. Her DA case is pending in the Supreme Court and now, numerous petitions want courts to look into her death By R Ramasubramanian i...

SC wants publicity of regulatory bodies for TV and radio

~By Sujit Bhar The Supreme Court today said that the government needs to educate the public about the existence of an autonomous body that acts towards addressing complaints from the common man reg...

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