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By Vickram Kilpady Born out of a grassroots struggle that began in 1996, the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 recently completed 20 years—a landmark that should have been…

The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of digital arrests in the country after a senior citizen couple were duped of Rs 1.5 crore in Haryana’s Ambala.   The…

By Neeraj Mishra With the arrest of Kunjam and surrender of CPI (Maoist) Politburo member Mallojula Venugopal Rao, also known as Bhupathi or Sonu, another chapter of the tribal armed uprising in…

The Delhi High Court has imposed a penalty of ₹20,000 on the Central Government for concealing crucial facts in its review petition challenging the promotion of former NCB officer Sameer…

The Supreme Court has rejected a petition that sought to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Attorney General R. Venkataramani. The plea, filed by a petitioner appearing in person, claimed that…

The right to speech and expression cannot be exercised at the cost of others’ dignity and integrity, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it cautioned about the dangers of…

Attorney General of India R. Venkataramani has granted consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who recently attempted to throw a shoe at Chief Justice of India…

The Supreme Court, while hearing pleas related to Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, remarked that the Election Commission of India (ECI) is fully aware of its constitutional…