IL Feature

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

Even environmental activism must respect the limits of judicial authority, says the top court in a landmark ruling

Australia’s High Commissioner to India Philip Green speaks on the student visa controversy, the promise of branch campuses, and why India-Australia relations must look beyond cricket. Stricter visa rules, growing migration pressures, and Australian universities setting up in India have unsettled many Indian aspirants. Green, however, avers doors remain open for genuine students, even as he reflects on India’s rise, shared ties, and the taste of jalebi and chai.

A new National Sample Survey lays bare the harsh truth—urban students are nearly compelled to take private tuitions to survive examinations, exposing the failures of India’s schooling system and raising uncomfortable questions for policymakers

The immense wealth that lies within Indian temples and other religious institutions have for long been eyed by political actors. This tug-of-war has existed over centuries and millennia through several conquests. A recent Madras High Court ruling shows how that tussle continues

The recent elevation of three High Court judges to the Supreme Court restored the apex court’s full strength of 34 judges, but it also reignites debate over how the Collegium applies its own criteria—seniority, merit, integrity, diversity, and fairness—in practice