The Senior Advocate speaks about India’s reluctance to sign the Hague Convention, the complexities of its family laws and the challenges NRI parents face in resolving disputes.
The Central government is yet to clear the recommendations made by the Collegium in February for the appointment of five ad-hoc judges to the Allahabad High Court and nine judges to the Patna High Cou ...
The claim that regional benches would diminish the majesty of the Supreme Court rests on the assumption that legitimacy is tied to physical centralisation.
While National Lok Adalats efficiently clear traffic challans, the centralised digital “token” system undermines territorial jurisdiction and invites forum‑shopping.
These directives are emblematic of a governance posture that presumes citizens must be fully visible to the State, while the State remains opaque to the citizen.
In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court moved from evidentiary uncertainty to doctrinal certainty without examining the underlying assumption that caste ceases with conversion.
Not every dispute is suited for mediation and the system must retain the ability to distinguish between cases that can be settled and those that must be adjudicated.