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The Karnataka High Court has struck down amendments to the Police Act which had criminalised wagering, betting or risking money. This has come as a boon for the online gaming industry.

The Press Information Bureau’s new guidelines on accreditation has stirred a hornet’s nest. Media organisations have been quick to brand them as another measure to restrict press freedom.

The apex court, while hearing petitions highlighting the issue, has expressed its displeasure multiple times. In its latest show of quizzing, it pulled up the centre once again. Why does the anomaly persist?

Chitra Ramkrishna, a CA who headed the National Stock Exchange (NSE) between 2013 and 2016, was touted as one of the powerful women of the securities market in India. But she has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons.

The project is mired in controversy due to its high cost and supposed ecological damage. But the High Court has allowed the government to conduct a survey and mark the properties affected by it.

The India Justice Report (IJR), which, since 2019, has been reporting on justice delivery in India, recently analysed prison statistics in India, 2020. It takes a closer look at prisons through the pandemic with a focus on overcrowding, vacancies and access to hospitals, among others.

The BJP’s manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections reiterates that the party, if it returns to power, would bring in a jail term of minimum 10 years for those found guilty of indulging in love jihad. Election promises tend to ignore Constitutional rights.

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court, comprising Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani is considering issues pertaining to interpretation and effective implementation of several pro...

Life throws different challenges at every step. And the Covid-19 pandemic has thrown its own set of challenges for advocates. For the last one and half years, advocates throughout India are grappling with the restricted functioning of courts. They have to answer a flurry of questions emanating from their infuriated clients on a daily basis. 

The Delhi government recently withdrew its order where it was compulsory to wear a mask while driving alone. This happened after an observation by the Delhi High Court where it termed as “absurd” a Delhi government order making it compulsory to wear a mask while driving alone in the context of Covid-19 and asked why the decision was still prevailing.