The prolonged feud over the five-star heritage hotel properties of the royals has been settled by the Supreme Court, but the palace intrigue continues
~By Prakash Bhandari in Jaipur
India’s e...
The appointment of government lawyers and advocate generals has often been questioned because they are mostly connected to ministers and judges. This leaves ethical lawyers feeling shortchanged
~By...
Foreign lawsuits are increasingly being tried in London. One that has raised eyebrows is of an Egyptian businessman suing a Bahraini Sheikh for $42.5 million for allegedly reneging on a payment due fo...
~By Vivian Fernandes
The rules which the environment ministry notified for regulation of animal markets on May 23 are absurd, impractical and devious. Its purpose is to stop the slaughter of cattle...
Bob Dylan’s Nobel speech, finally delivered in Stockholm
When I first received this Nobel Prize for Literature, I got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature. I wanted to reflect on...
~By Naveen Nair in Thiruvananthapuram
Beef is so ingrained in the culinary tradition of God’s Own Country that any restriction placed on it is sure to be met with resistance. Even as the state go...
~By Sujit Bhar
Speaking from the Red Fort last Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had explained how India will be able to save Rs 20,000 crore on a renegotiated Liquefied Natural Gas (L...
By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr
The cow has once again reared its head. A recent notification of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) over banning the sale of cattle f...
The decision of the Delhi government to shift congested quarters of Patiala House Court to a new complex in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg has not gone down well with lawyers. What are their grouses?
~By ...
~By Sujit Bhar
Sometime before the 2011 elections, a Kolkata-based officer of the RAW (Kolkata has a small office) had confided to West Bengal’s second-highest ranked police officer at the time tha...