Honour Without Accountability?

Honour Without Accountability?

By Dr Swati Jindal Garg “Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.” —DH Lawrence The legal profession, often described as noble, is under renewed scrutiny. In a scathing observation, the Supreme Court has...
The Fork In The Forest

The Fork In The Forest

By Sujit Bhar Freedom is a two-way street. If one has the freedom to do a thing, he surely has the freedom to not do it. This is a fundamental right, and the Supreme Court recently applied Article 19(1)(g) of...
Crossfire: Courts, Constitution and the Limits of Power

Crossfire: Courts, Constitution and the Limits of Power

By Sanjay Raman Sinha Was it a strange coincidence that around the same time, two senior-most judges of the Supreme Court voiced concern over judicial overreach by Indian courts? Chief Justice of India BR Gavai held that while judicial activism...
Killing For Love – India Legal

Killing For Love – India Legal

By Dilip Bobb Sonam Raghuvanshi told her parents about Raj, the man she was in love with, and they responded in classic Indian parental style: they forced her to marry someone else. Raj Kushwaha was their employee and it’s likely...
CJI Gavai highlights importance of socio-economic justice in development

CJI Gavai highlights importance of socio-economic justice in development

Chief Justice of India Justice BR Gavai has stressed on the importance of socio-economic justice in the development of a country. Speaking in Italy on the topic ‘Role of Constitution in Delivering Socio-Economic Justice in a Country: Reflections from 75...
Kerala High Court reprimands state police for barging into history-sheeter’s house at night

Kerala High Court reprimands state police for barging into history-sheeter’s house at night

The Kerala High Court has berated the state police for barging into the house of an alleged history-sheeter at night under the garb of surveillance. Noting that every man’s house was his castle or temple, the single-judge Bench of Justice...
Young Lawyers Skipping Trial Courts: What Does It Mean For Justice?

Young Lawyers Skipping Trial Courts: What Does It Mean For Justice?

By Binny Yadav It wasn’t a landmark constitutional bench, not even a high-voltage political matter, but only a routine parole application—one among thousands that move through the judicial system every year. But when the Supreme Court sat down to hear...
Supreme Court applauds Tamil Nadu for using preventive detention laws against cybercrime offenders

Supreme Court applauds Tamil Nadu for using preventive detention laws against cybercrime offenders

The Supreme Court on Monday showered praises on the State of Tamil Nadu for applying preventive detention laws against cybercrime offenders. While hearing a matter related to a cyber fraud worth Rs 84.5 lakh, the Bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta...
ED issues circular prohibiting officials from issuing summons to lawyers over legal opinions

ED issues circular prohibiting officials from issuing summons to lawyers over legal opinions

Following a huge backlash over summons issued to two Senior Advocates in relation to their legal opinions to a client, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has come up with a circular prohibiting its officials from issuing summons to lawyers in connection...
Bhima Koregaon violence: Supreme Court denies urgent hearing to Hany Babu plea

Bhima Koregaon violence: Supreme Court denies urgent hearing to Hany Babu plea

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear on an urgent basis, an application filed by former Delhi University Professor Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case, seeking a clarification on whether he could approach the...
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