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Vinayak Savarkar

Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Savarkar kin says cross-examination causing mental agony; seeks strict timeline

Supreme Court of India

Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on plea for CBI probe into breach of 1.5 lakh medical records

Delhi Police

Delhi HC asks why Delhi Police didn't arrest man who impersonated judge, civil servant

Karnataka High Court

Karnataka High Court refuses to quash FIR against advocate involved in cash-for-bail scam

Strike

Bombay High Court says it will 'lay down law' that doctors can't go on strike

Prevention of Corruption Act

Is prior sanction needed to prosecute ex-civil servants for offences before 2018 amendment to PC Act? Delhi HC answers

Siddharth Mridul SCBA nomination

Former High Court Chief Justice among 6 candidates for SCBA President

Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court imposes ₹6.7 lakh costs on Hyderabad man for disturbing court proceedings

Courtroom

Shahdara Bar Association calls for boycott of two Karkardooma judges over misbehaviour with lawyers

Supreme Court of India

Centre opposes income-based quota within reserved categories, says no creamy layer among SC/STs

POCSO Act and Kerala High Court

POCSO case against father of minor cannot be settled by compromise with mother: Kerala High Court

Delhi High Court

Ajit Pawar plane crash: Family of deceased pilot moves Delhi HC for ₹85.6 lakh insurance money

DLF, Gurugram

We are creating organised urban slums: Punjab & Haryana HC on faulty town planning

Tarun Tejpal

Trial court allowed victim to be humiliated: 5 highlights from Bombay HC verdict convicting Tarun Tejpal

Parliament

You only appoint judges with your ideology: Menaka Guruswamy in Rajya Sabha debate on Supreme Court judges bill

Kerala High Court, Mangalavanam

Verdict convicting M Geethanandan, others in Muthanga land agitation case needs scrutiny: Kerala HC

Columns

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How the structural paralysis of India’s judicial service recruitment is silently killing aspirants' faith

The nationwide recruitment freeze is not just an administrative failure; it stands in direct defiance of two decades of settled Supreme Court jurisprudence.
Tryst with the Constitution: Swapnil Tripathi

Tryst with the Constitution: The 6-month exception for legislators

The Constitution permits unelected individuals to be appointed as ministers, but only as a temporary exception that cannot be renewed through reappointment.
Bail box

Bail for the powerful, bars for the poor

The remedy does not lie in denying bail to the powerful; it lies in extending, with equal energy, the same solicitude to the ordinary undertrial.
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Spotlight: Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan is emerging as one of the more outspoken voices on the Bench of the Supreme Court of India.
Law Library AI

The hidden cost of Ctrl+V: Trade secrets, AI and limited remedies

The settled principles of Indian trade secret law were not designed for generative AI.
Legal Jobs

11 rejections, 0 publications: What my CV taught me about law firm hiring

The fix is not to abandon publishing, but to stop treating it as a substitute for practical competence.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: The Sedition Trials of Lokmanya Tilak

The sedition trials that Bal Gangadhar Tilak faced and the imprisonments he endured, greatly contributed to India attaining freedom in the next three decades.
Advocate Band and Gowns

₹22,500 to wear the white band?

A reform intended to strengthen the legal profession should facilitate access to it, not make entry into the profession more unaffordable.
Police

Detention v. arrest: Beyond labels

Recently, there were several reported incidents of detention of protesting students without formal arrest across several police stations in the country.
India’s Constitutional Odyssey

[Book Review] India's constitutional odyssey: 75 years of evolution and global reach

The book brings together contributions from judges, scholars and practitioners to examine the evolution of Indian constitutionalism.
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