There are few judicial appointment procedures in the world that are completely bereft of the overarching presence of either the executive or the legislature, or both. In the end, the judge is left with all the powers vested in him/her by the constitution to uphold the rule of law, within an atmosphere of external influences.
A UK district court has cleared the extradition of fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi, saying that he will not be denied justice if he is extradited to India.
The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure dealing with complications that are arising post Covid-19 and make sure test facilities and quarantine facilities are available for travellers coming from the United Kingdom.
Giving women permanent commission in the Army needs to be hailed but it would be prudent not to involve them in direct armed conflict in case they are captured as PoWs. Let this not be done to please a certain lobby
The brutal torture-murder of the father-son duo, P Jayaraj and J Benicks, by the Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) police and subsequent arrest of some of the alleged perpetrators following a national outrage of protests has focused renewed attention on the latest report of the National Campaign Against Torture