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An interim order by the apex court upholds the core of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while staying contentious provisions

A landmark ruling reaffirms that delayed death due to complications does not reduce culpability for murder under Section 302 IPC

Despite a party-imposed age bar and the RSS chief’s “shawl comment,” Narendra Modi has defied the 75-year ceiling that once sidelined BJP stalwarts. Now, as he enters this milestone,  the prime minister faces the dual test of his legacy: nation-building versus divisive politics

In a sharp ruling against judicial inertia, the apex court warns that delayed bail amounts to denied bail, underscoring the constitutional imperative to treat liberty as a fundamental right, not a discretionary favour

The September 2025 uprising in Kathmandu toppled a prime minister and thrust a former chief justice into power. For India, the crisis is both peril and opportunity: stabilising a neighbour without repeating the mistakes of the past

The apex court has pulled up the Allahabad High Court for routinely dismissing bail cancellation pleas by directing complainants to the Witness Protection Scheme, 2018. In a landmark ruling, the top court clarified the distinction between witness protection and bail cancellation, warning against judicial shortcuts that undermine justice

An order of the Bombay High Court’s Kolhapur bench, granting anticipatory bail to a 26-year-old farmer accused of forcibly marrying and raping his 14-year-old niece, spawns questions galore. The utter confusion in the litigants’ submissions and the Court’s reaction scripts an interesting case study

The vote chori rhetoric and the Adani-Ambani pitch raked up by Rahul Gandhi during the Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar seems to have found resonance with the electorate in the state and rattled the BJP, perhaps leading PM Modi to seize on the alleged attack on his mother during the march

A two-judge bench has flagged a constitutional conflict between a child’s right to free and compulsory education and minority  institutions’ right to autonomy, setting the stage for a landmark review

Five years after the February 2020 Delhi “riots”, the continued incarceration of activists like Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima without trial highlights a grave erosion of liberty. The Delhi High Court’s denial of bail under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act exposes how pre-trial punishment has become the new normal in India’s justice system