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While one not-so-upright deputy conservator of forests in Karnataka allowed the illegal felling of 800 trees on Bane land, supposedly held by locals for centuries, opaque government policies in this regard may have contributed to the growth of such corruption

The Bombay High Court has quashed an office memorandum issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change which allowed project proponents to seek post-facto clearance for projects constructed in Coastal Regulation Zone areas in violation of rules

In a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court ruled that a trial court lacks the authority to take up a case in which a broker is accused of misappropriating investor funds. The case had come up in the court of judicial magistrate, Agra. The verdict is significant as it involves share brokers and investors

The apex court directed that a minimum of 1/3rd seats for women members must be reserved in the executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association from the 2024 elections. Taking a cue, the Delhi High Court also issued notice on a plea seeking reservation of 33 percent seats for women lawyers in various Bar associations in the national capital

The apex court has once again taken a strong legal stand for a poor-but-deserving candidate who was a victim of procedural technicalities and official apathy

The vice-presidential candidates in the US election faced off in a televised debate last week, each with different objectives because the presidential candidates, whom they understudy, are so different. So, after 90 minutes of folksy back-and-forth, did it really matter who won or lost?

Sanjay Raman Sinha (SRS): How do you see your tenure in the judiciary, both as a judge and an advocate? How fruitful it has been? Is there something you would have liked to have done, especially when...

A landmark verdict has reinterpreted the POCSO Act so as to provide a stronger legal structure to curb child porn and proposed a new term for this offence to differentiate from adult pornography

The five weeks before the US presidential election on November 5 is filled with equal measures of peril and promise, not always shared equally by the candidates. This is especially true where one campaign has momentum while the other mostly offers grievances and conspiracy theories at fewer rallies than in 2016 or 2020. Will it be Indian-American Kamala Harris, as the first female president, or the chaos of retribution that Trump says will be a part of his return?

The controversy over the alleged use of animal fat for making laddoos of this shrine has reached the apex court, where petitions have urged the formation of an independent panel to probe the matter