IL Feature

In an attempt to control dust emissions from construction sites and thereby combat pollution, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai held a joint meeting with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPC...

Recently, the Delhi High Court was approached by Saurav Suman, a 17 year- and-nine month-old Class XII student. He was aggrieved by an order passed by the appropriate authority of the Institute of Li...

Last fortnight, while extending the custody of a Chennai couple held in connection with the Rs 21,000-crore heroin haul from Mundra port, the Special Court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substan...

The centre recently informed the Supreme Court that the families of those who died due to Covid-19 will receive Rs 50,000 as ex-gratia compensation. The assistance will also be given to families of t...

Prisoners granted bail will no longer have to wait for a physical copy of the order to reach jails for their release. Various courts have slammed the earlier system whereby a prisoner had to wait for the bail order sent by post to reach prison authorities.

The Kerala High Court has quashed an amendment to a notification issued by the state government which sought to ban the hugely popular online rummy in the state.

Stubble burning is the practice of intentionally setting fire to the straw stubble that remains after grains, such as rice and wheat, have been harvested. The technique was widespread until the 1990s, when governments increasingly restricted its use. Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana has been cited as a major cause of air pollution in Delhi since 2002.

A bad bank is a financial entity set up to acquire NPAs from banks and resolve them.

There is talk now of a booster shot for Covid-19 among those already vaccinated twice. Several high-income countries have started administering these boosters. Should India follow suit?

While the religious practice violates the rights of minors, equilibrium cannot be achieved by the court outlawing it. Instead, there should be a legislation that limits, not prohibits, this practice.