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The alleged case of gang rape of an Odisha girl student in Durgapur creates another public outcry. But when the tables turn and the police throw out the gang rape theory, we are left with an issue far more serious: How India treats its girl child

Despite soaring case backlogs and a digital push through the e-Courts project, India’s judicial system is still crippled by poor infrastructure, underutilized funds, and fragmented accountability. A coordinated, well-funded approach is the missing pillar of justice

The former principal secretary to the PM opens up about the trust that defined their working  relationship, the high-stakes decisions that shaped India’s recent history, and the projects that continue to bear his imprint—from the Prime Ministers Museum to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya

In a landmark judgment in Zainul vs State of Bihar, the  apex court clarified that mere presence at a crime scene does not make a person part of an “unlawful assembly” under Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code. The ruling sets out seven guiding tests to protect innocent onlookers from wrongful conviction in mob-related cases

When Chief Justice of India Justice BR Gavai declared that “India’s roads are unsafe,” it wasn’t just a courtroom observation—it was an indictment of an urban crisis. With over 35,000 pedestrians and 54,000 two-wheeler deaths in 2023, the apex court’s latest order demands that states finally recognise walking and cycling as fundamental rights, not acts of risk

Once meant as a stopgap measure for absent advocates, the rise of “proxy lawyers” has blurred the boundaries of courtroom ethics and legality—exposing loopholes, chaos, and a crisis of credibility within India’s judicial system

Two years after the October 7 Hamas attacks and Israel’s devastating retaliation, a tenuous truce has brought a rare moment of silence to Gaza. But beneath the ruins lies a haunting question—can a ceasefire born of exhaustion ever lead to peace?

By Inderjit Badhwar In this week’s India Legal, our US Editor Kenneth Tiven dissects a defining moment in global diplomacy—the self-proclaimed triumph of Donald Trump in brokering what he calls “p...

US President Donald Trump claims credit for brokering a fragile truce between Israel and Hamas, but beneath the self-congratulation lies a battlefield of competing ambitions, devastated lives, and unresolved rage

As President Donald Trump pushes the limits of executive power, deploying National Guard troops against protestors and defying state authority, critics warn that the line between constitutional governance and authoritarianism is being dangerously blurred. KENNETH TIVEN examines how fear, force and political theatre are shaping America’s democracy in crisis