The producers of the Tamil film Jana Nayagan, starring actor Vijay, have approached the Supreme Court challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that stayed the single-judge direction…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Justice Sujoy Paul, presently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, for the post of the Chief…
By Kumkum Chadha Sanjeev Bikhchandani has been nicknamed the “father of start-ups”: till then a concept unknown, at least in this part of the world. Some also call him the…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg The Supreme Court’s decision in Kiran vs State of Karnataka marks another crucial reaffirmation of Indian sentencing jurisprudence—specifically, the limits of a sessions court’s power…
The conviction recently of a Kerala legislator in a criminal case is bizarre not only because of the facts involved, but also because of the extraordinary length of time it…
By Binny Yadav Few ideas sound as persuasive in a democracy as speedy justice. Fewer still are as dangerous when pursued without constitutional caution. The Supreme Court’s December 29, 2025,…
By Inderjit Badhwar This week’s cover story is not about Venezuela alone. It is about a moment when the architecture of restraint—legal, constitutional, moral—gave way to raw assertion of power.…
By Shaan Katari Libby Shakespeare famously wrote in Romeo and Juliet, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.” In theory,…