Above: Rahul Gandhi at an election rally in Chitrakoot, MP; both the BJP and the Congress have hurled charges at each other in the Vyapam case/Photo: UNI
A CBI judge asking the police to file an FI...
Though the Press Council of India has recommended a special law to protect journalists in this strife-torn state, each of them has to analyse the risk factors himself
~By Pushp Saraf
On May 11, ...
Above: Lawyers in a Ranchi court protesting against the Advocates (Amdt) Bill, 2017/Photo: UNI
Despite court strictures, lawyers in several parts of the country continue to strike work, crippli...
Above: Potholes in Bengaluru are among the leading cause of road mishaps
The Karnataka High Court has had to step in to curb the potholes menace which took 593 lives in the Garden City last year an...
Above: The Election Commission of India/Photo: Anil Shakya
In a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court, the Election Commission has said that repeated laudatory reports of a candidate’s ac...
India Code Website, which will be a digital version of all central and state laws, is an important first step in ensuring legal empowerment of all citizens
~By Vrinda Agarwal
Ignorantia juris no...
Above: Members of women’s rights organisations protest over the Rewari gangrape in New Delhi/Photo: UNI
Barely months after the assembly passed a legislation to award the death penalty to minors’ r...
Above: CJI Dipak Misra/Photo: Anil Shakya
Chief Justice Dipak Misra’s tenure will be remembered as a turbulent phase in the apex court’s history. Yet, he, too, has left an indelible legacy, just li...
India’s attempt to spur the economy by rupee devaluation has come a cropper. It’s time the RBI made it a fully convertible currency, resulting in lower inflation and interest rates
~By Dr Sanj...
Above: As a judge, Justice Gogoi is quick to grasp the issue before him/Photo: Anil Shakya
As a new chief justice takes over shortly, there is curiosity and interest about his judgments, his judici...