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Cash burning at Judge Varma’s outhouse: Matter must reach it’s logical end
April 23, 2026, 3:36 PM IST
In March 2025, a large quantity of currency notes were burnt in a fire that engulfed the outhouse of Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Varma’s residence. Since it is highly unusual for anyone to store…
April 23, 2026, 3:36 PM IST
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Nitish Kumar must forthwith step down as Chief Minster
April 11, 2026, 8:03 PM IST
Mr. Nitish Kumar has resigned from his membership of the Bihar Legislative Council upon his election to the Rajya Sabha but has not yet relinquished his post of Chief Minister. Some ministers in the Bihar…
April 11, 2026, 8:03 PM IST
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Bedlam created by resignation of HDFC bank Chairman
March 28, 2026, 2:33 PM IST
Mr. Atanu Chakraborty, the Part-time Chairman and Independent Director of HDFC Bank, has tendered his resignation abruptly, citing concerns over operational practices that he deemed inconsistent with his personal values and ethical principles. He has…
March 28, 2026, 2:33 PM IST
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Consultation with chief minister and governor appointment
March 18, 2026, 3:04 PM IST
The president has recently made transfers/appointments of governors of some states (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, etc.). In West Bengal, CV Ananda Bose resigned, citing personal reasons, and RN Ravi (the then governor of Tamil…
March 18, 2026, 3:04 PM IST
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Regional benches of Supreme Court: Need of the hour
February 23, 2026, 2:52 PM IST
The Chief Justice of India and the Supreme Court judges say, time and again that doors of the Supreme Court are open to the common man. But unfortunately this proves to be a mere lip…
February 23, 2026, 2:52 PM IST
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Governor must read special address.. Constitutional prescription
January 30, 2026, 10:48 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi recently refused to read the Governor’s address approved by the cabinet in the Legislative Assembly and walked out of the house. Following this, Chief Minister M K Stalin moved…
January 30, 2026, 10:48 PM IST
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Menace of frivolous and vexatious petitions
November 8, 2025, 8:44 PM IST
Former Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Chandrachud, while giving a speech after his retirement, had said that while the Ayodhya dispute petition was being heard, he used to pray to God to show them a…
November 8, 2025, 8:44 PM IST
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Decriminalisation of defamation
October 20, 2025, 9:33 PM IST
The judges of the Hon’ble Supreme Court while hearing a criminal defamation case filed by a professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University on a news portal, has observed that the time has come to decriminalise the…
October 20, 2025, 9:33 PM IST
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Office of profit and disqualification of MP
September 18, 2025, 6:52 PM IST
The President recently nominated a prominent criminal lawyer from Maharashtra as a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha under Articles 80 (1) (a) and 80 (3) of the Constitution. Some people have objected to this…
September 18, 2025, 6:52 PM IST
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Justice Varma saga: Twists and turns
August 16, 2025, 10:40 PM IST
It is not easy to say when and whether Justice Yashwant Varma note burning saga will end with his removal by an order of the President after an address by both houses of Parliament is…
August 16, 2025, 10:40 PM IST
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Secular socialist polemic and top court
July 18, 2025, 10:16 PM IST
The preamble of our constitution is an embodiment of its precious objectives and the fundamental values on which the edifice of the constitution rests. The Supreme Court has time and again said that the objectives…
July 18, 2025, 10:16 PM IST
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Justice Varma: Impeachment or resignation
June 20, 2025, 11:08 PM IST
A committee of three judges of Supreme Court and two senior most chief justices of high courts was appointed to lay down the “in-house procedure”, for taking suitable remedial action against judges, who by their…
June 20, 2025, 11:08 PM IST
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Supreme Court and advisory jurisdiction
May 23, 2025, 11:51 AM IST
The Supreme Court, while deciding a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government in April 2025, has fixed a time frame for withholding assent by the governor to a bill passed by the Legislative Assembly,…
May 23, 2025, 11:51 AM IST
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Patanjali, FMCGs, Shrinkflation and Skimpflation
May 29, 2024, 4:56 PM IST
Baba Ramdev and Balkrishna’s Patanjali recently came under Supreme court’s fire for some of the advertisements of it’s medicines which made false, suspicious and misleading claims that they cure certain diseases. When the matter came…
May 29, 2024, 4:56 PM IST
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Conundrum of Maratha reservation in Maharashtra and curative petition
May 11, 2023, 11:06 PM IST
Supreme Court has recently rejected the review petition filed by Maharashtra government which was filed after its law on Maratha reservation was declared unconstitutional. The government has therefore now taken a decision to file a…
May 11, 2023, 11:06 PM IST
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Will Rahul Gandhi Mr Faizal retain their positions as MP?
April 18, 2023, 3:55 PM IST
Purnesh Modi, a MLA from Gujarat, had filed a criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi in a lower court in Surat, claiming that every person with the surname Modi was defamed due to his remarks…
April 18, 2023, 3:55 PM IST
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Delay in declaration of verdicts …a major cause of judicial delay
March 23, 2023, 9:50 PM IST
Delay in judiciary is a matter of anxiety and concern for all. There are many causes for this delay but delay in declaring verdicts even after the hearing is over is one of it’s major…
March 23, 2023, 9:50 PM IST
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Election symbols …Why and How?
March 13, 2023, 4:11 PM IST
The issue of party symbols in elections has once again become a talk of the town due to the current dispute between Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. Election commission…
March 13, 2023, 4:11 PM IST
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Supreme Court verdict brings back demonetisation into debate
January 15, 2023, 9:55 PM IST
It is a mixed bag of successes and failures. One fine evening in November 2016, Modi government suddenly announced the decision to demonetise the then Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. Although this decision was…
January 15, 2023, 9:55 PM IST
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Pendency and delays in judiciary
January 1, 2023, 10:48 PM IST
Hon. Chief Justice of India Shri. Chandrachud while speaking at the inaugural function of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy touched upon the subject of pendency in courts. He reeled out statistics of National Judicial Data…
January 1, 2023, 10:48 PM IST
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