Above: Jaypee home buyers demand a judicial probe into the delay of their flat allotments/Photo: UNI
Though a 14-member panel has recommended amending the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code to treat ...
Above: Youths pelting stones towards security forces in J&K (representative image)/Photo: UNI
~By Fasih Ahmed
“A thousand mothers of terrorists will cry so that a single mother of ours won’t...
The glacial pace of action increasingly imperils both judicial independence and the constitutional republic
~By Upendra Baxi
There has been more heat than light over the ...
Above: The four seniormost judges of the Supreme Court, (L-R) Justice Kurian Joseph, Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Madan B Lokur, address the media on January 12, 2018/Ph...
A Delhi High Court judgment ushers in a new dawn for millions of Indians living with mental illness
~By Prof Upendra Baxi
Big events make news, evoke media comment and public concern. The S...
CJI Dipak Misra (left) and Justice KM Joseph
~By Vinay Vats
The elevation of one name amongst two names recommended by the collegiums has invoked many questions on the independence of the Judici...
This method — H-1B Visas — of going to the US is full of hurdles and that includes the Trump administration’s hardline stance. This has led to top Indian firms reducing their visa applications
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UP lawyers demanding a western bench of the Allahabad High Court, in New Delhi. Photo: Anil Shakya
Though the demand for more High Court benches often turns into an emotional and political issue, t...
Above: Children at an orphanage/Photo: globalgiving.org
India is a signatory to the UN convention on child rights, and other laws like the JJ Act too have been amended in the interests of the child...
Above: Bar Council of India/Photo: Anil Shakya
A petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking a ban on MPs and MLAs practising in courts has triggered serious debate in legal circles
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