By Shivanand Pandit
The saga of non-performing assets (NPA) continues. In the latest episode, three popular Indian banks have been taken for a dramatic ride for a total of Rs 150 crore by a couple...
Recently, in a noteworthy development, the Kerala High Court, while adjudicating in a child custody battle between a divorced couple, orally remarked that penal provision against rape should be made gender-neutral.
The Prayagraj Development Authority’s decision on June 12 to demolish the house of political activist and businessman Mohammad Javed goes against a 2020 ruling of the Allahabad High Court.
SA Bobde, former chief justice of India, had envisioned the employment of AI in the judiciary. He had expressed happiness at the introduction of the Supreme Court Portal for Court Efficiency Assistance (SUPACE).
The letter was signed by former judges of the apex court Justices B Sudarshan Reddy, V Gopala Gowda and AK Ganguly, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, former judge of Madras High Court Justice K Chandru, and former judge of Karnataka High Court Mohammed Anwar.
In a recent development, the Rajasthan government is bringing in a legislation to give the chief minister the power to appoint chancellors for the 28 state-funded universities.
It might seem a bit strange that a complete change in the Agnipath recruitment process and even in the employment details for short service commission in the Indian defence forces was never mentioned or tabled for discussion in Parliament.
The first PIL was filed by an advocate upon seeing a news report about the hardships faced by undertrial prisoners in Bihar who had to spend years in jail without being punished. But over the years, the PIL has become a tool of publicity for advocates and one of harassment for litigants.
In a shocking development, a delegation to the UN proposed the use of measures that are almost identical to those in the controversial Section 66A of the Indian Information Technology Act.