- Tuesday
- September 9th, 2025

By Vickram Kilpady The Supreme Court has recently ruled that built-up structures, other than polluting industries, should meet environmental norms for wherever they are located. The Court was hearing an appeal by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) against a...

By Sujit Bhar The scene in Geneva this week is historic: delegates from 180 nations have gathered to negotiate the first-ever Global Plastics Treaty. The goal is clear—to tackle plastic pollution at its root, from production to disposal. But behind...

By Inderjit Badhwar In any democracy, the right to vote is sacred. It is the single act that makes each citizen an equal stakeholder in the nation’s destiny. It is also, by design, an act of trust—in the integrity of...

By Kumkum Chadha “I remember when I was fighting the farm laws, Arun Jaitleyji was sent to me to threaten me. He told me ‘if you carry on opposing the government, fighting the farm laws, we will have to act...

By Dilip Bobb Last week, the Union Law Ministry provided the latest pendency statistics in all courts in India—and they were shocking. Over five crore cases are pending at various levels. This huge backlog slows down justice delivery, affecting governance,...

By Binny Yadav In the opening scenes of the 1953 classic, the camera follows Shambhu, played by Balraj Sahni—once a proud farmer—now hunched over the wooden shafts of a hand-pulled rickshaw in Kolkata’s teeming streets. His bare feet slap against...

A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray over his alleged hate speech targeting Hindi-speaking citizens. Filed by Sunil Shukla, President of the Uttar Bhartiya...

The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court verdict that ordered Hindustan Times and its former reporter Neelesh Misra to pay Rs 40 lakh as damages to a businessman over an allegedly defamatory news article. The single-judge Bench of...

Supreme Court orders ECI to publicly disclose names and reasons for deletion of 65 lakh Bihar voters
India’s Supreme Court issued a compelling directive to the Election Commission of India (ECI), mandating the public release of names and reasons behind the removal of approximately 6.5 million individuals from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision...

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