By Samyak Mordia The scales of Indian justice are famously, and unarguably, overburdened. With crores of cases pending, the journey through our complex and labyrinthine legal system can feel endless,…
Outgoing Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has described the absence of a woman appointment to the Supreme Court during his tenure as one of his major regrets. Speaking at…
By Dilip Bobb Recently, while delivering the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial lecture, the chief justice of India admitted that the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Tukaram vs State of Maharashtra…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg Reasserting that “there is a place for everything, and everything must be in its place,” the Supreme Court has once again pulled up trial judges…
By Kumkum Chadha Ladakh continues to be restive. The violence has ebbed, but what has not is the frustration of the people in the hill state and the government’s targeting…
By Kenneth Tiven The sweeping dismissal of legal staff unwilling to pledge loyalty to US President Donald Trump has transformed the Department of Justice (DOJ) into what many career officials…
By Sujit Bhar In a landmark verdict with far-reaching implications for the country’s tribal communities and India’s environmental jurisprudence, the Supreme Court judgment concerning the Saranda forest in Jharkhand has…
The Supreme Court has refused to appoint an arbitrator in an international commercial dispute on the grounds that Indian courts did not have jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Arbitration…