The Supreme Court recently invoked it’s power under Article 142 of the Constitution and directed the Puducherry administration to regularise services of ad hoc 18 (15+3) lecturers, without any involvement…
The Supreme Court has ruled that apprising an accused about the grounds of arrest as soon as possible was a mandatory requirement under Article 22(1) of the Constitution and the…
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday made a resounding comeback to the national capital, ending a hiatus of 26 years by securing 48 seats out of 70 constituencies in the…
A local court in Maharashtra has directed the Bhayander Police to lodge a first information report (FIR) against Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) MLA Jitendra Awhad, accused of making…
By Kumkum Chadha Two speeches last week defined the proceedings in Parliament—one by Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the other by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Both addressed the…
The Gauhati High Court recently heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by Sangha Tanang, a resident of Mangio village in Kurung Kumey District, Arunachal Pradesh, alleging that a fund of…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha A Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, made this significant observation while holding the Haryana government liable to compensate three appellants with…
Our everyday conversation and social media posts are peppered with phrases such as Et cetera, Bona fide, Ad hoc, Verbatim, Vice versa, Status quo and Ad nauseam. Here’s the linguistic…