Cash-at-home row: Allahabad High Court Bar Association resumes judicial work

Cash-at-home row: Allahabad High Court Bar Association resumes judicial work

Members of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (AHCBA) on Tuesday resumed judicial work, after suspending their agitation against the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad High Court. On March 29, the AHCBA passed...
Supreme Court dismisses Tushar Gandhi plea challenging redevelopment of Sabarmati Ashram

Supreme Court dismisses Tushar Gandhi plea challenging redevelopment of Sabarmati Ashram

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the Gujarat government’s decision to revamp the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal dismissed the...
Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging Section 4 (2) of Places of Worship Act 1991

Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging Section 4 (2) of Places of Worship Act 1991

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition challenging the validity of Section 4 (2) of the Places of Worship Act 1991, which provided that any legal proceedings on the religious character of a place of worship initiated before...
Allahabad High Court transfers 582 judges in Uttar Pradesh

Allahabad High Court transfers 582 judges in Uttar Pradesh

In order to streamline the judicial processes and ensure efficient functioning of the judiciary, the Allahabad High Court has transferred 582 judges across the state of Uttar Pradesh. As per a notification issued by Joint Registrar of the Allahabad High...
Delhi Riots 2020: Court grants bail to ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in money laundering case

Delhi Riots 2020: Court grants bail to ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in money laundering case

A Delhi court has granted bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain, who was arrested by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the riots that shook the...
Delhi High Court grants disability pension to soldiers

Delhi High Court grants disability pension to soldiers

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order granting disability pension to two soldiers, observing that the possibility of disease and disability came as a package deal when one went to serve the country as a...
Why it is vital for Justice Verma to be given a fair hearing

Why it is vital for Justice Verma to be given a fair hearing

With the announcement of an in-house inquiry against Justice Yashwant Varma to investigate allegations of unaccounted cash on his official premises, the Indian judiciary is set to face its most consequential test of its independence and integrity in the court...
Silencing Satire: The Joke’s on Free Speech in India

Silencing Satire: The Joke’s on Free Speech in India

By Vikram Kilpady Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde doesn’t need enemies—his own supporters seem more than capable of doing the damage. A pointed yet indirect jab at Shinde by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra was blown out of proportion, triggering...
Opposing Trump – India Legal

Opposing Trump – India Legal

By Kenneth Tiven Unintimidated federal judges across the nation have resisted what they see as illegal and generally bad legal performance from US President Donald Trump’s attorneys, more comfortable in ideology than in federal law. Statistics on anti-Trump events across...
The Myth of Indian Manufacturing and the Middle-Class Debt Trap

The Myth of Indian Manufacturing and the Middle-Class Debt Trap

By Sujit Bhar As the world, led by the US, struggles to avoid a looming recession, protectionist trade barriers and major immigrant crises that have been the result of incessant conflicts around the globe, India seems to have completely lost...
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