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The apex court has reacted to a contempt petition that said the state continues to use cruel methods to chase away pachyderms from human settlements that have encroached upon wild land and this was in violation of the Court’s order with the state reneging on its promise 

The Supreme Court, while expressing concern about the recurrent instances of foreign citizens who secure bail and abscond after being accused of crimes committed in India, has asked the central government to establish a formal procedure for addressing such situations  

Kamala Harris has been taking some personal time after a four-month rushed campaign for the top spot. Her seven more weeks as vice-president end with Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Harris won 60 percent of the votes in Hawaii, where she and husband Doug Emhoff have relaxed for a long week, no doubt asking themselves how could we have come so close and lost to that angry guy as well as losing control of the entire Congress? Some answers follow:

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently said that the undertrials who have spent more than a third of the maximum prescribed sentence for the crime they are accused of committing should be released before Constitution Day on November 26. This is in light of the new relaxed provisions on bail for first-time offenders in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

By observing that gun ownership is now more of a status symbol than for self-defence, the Rajasthan High Court has raised an important issue. The Arms Act aims to prevent anti-social or anti-national elements from misusing firearms while allowing law-abiding citizens to possess them for self-defence, subject to certain restrictions

The island-nation is grappling with a crisis that stems from years of  economic mismanagement, entrenched corruption, and political instability. The unprecedented 2022 protests, known locally as the Aragalaya movement, brought about the resignation of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, effectively ending the Rajapaksa family’s two-decade-long political dominance. The new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken a pragmatic approach to ties with New Delhi

The apex court has recently observed that there is a need to establish a comprehensive rehabilitation framework for them and the centre must take prompt measures to address the issue. The verdict is a big leap in the arena of progressive and reformative justice where the root, and not the tip, of the problem has been addressed

The worsening situation in Delhi and the NCR has made life difficult for citizens. Despite the apex court reminding the centre and states that protecting the citizen’s right to a pollution-free atmosphere is their constitutional obligation, the capital is back in Covid-era masks

In Kolkata a brilliant rendition by jail inmates of Tagore’s Valmiki Pratibha ends with its 100th show, but social reformer and danseuse Alokananda Roy, the brainchild of the show, has promised more reformative programmes ahead

The CJI’s observation on the exodus of young lawyers from litigation reveals a troubling trend. Can the legal community respond to this challenge by providing the support and structure necessary to retain fresh talent?