What lies beneath this controversy is a clash of top democratic institutions, each asserting its authority over the other.
...Full StoryThe basis of the law is that wife is a chattel or a property of man.
...Full StoryThe government, which is internally divided on the issue, doesn't want the schisms to be out in the open.
...Full StoryWith justice Arjan Kumar Sikri's entry into the collegium, the dynamics are set to change.
...Full StoryThe governor's office is expected to exercise constitutional and political morality because it's an office that by far is beyond the purview of the courts.
...Full StoryShe invariably opened up a debate about moral policing and formal dress code.
...Full StoryThe date for the next collegium meeting has not been decided yet.
...Full StoryThe will leave the Indian judiciary in a worse position.
...Full StoryThe apex court is not just faced with constitutional questions, but also a crisis of faith.
...Full StoryThe courts have always protected our democracy and the Constitution, and when they failed, we called it Emergency.
...Full StoryThe move is unprecedented since no CJI has has ever faced impeachment in the country.
...Full StoryThe silence after the historic four judges' press conference should not be construed as all is well within the judiciary.
...Full StoryThe law seems to be struggling to strike a utopian balance between the rights of the accused and protection of underprivileged.
...Full StoryWhy did it take the court so long to comprehend that criminal aspersions on Shafin Jahan, or anyone else, cannot be the reason to lock up a 24-year-old woman?
...Full StoryIt’s strange that the ‘master of the roster’ has assigned himself the sole discretion to hear public interest litigations and letter petitions.
...Full StoryWhether the loud voices are capable of making legally tenable arguments, or the truth will get drowned out?
...Full StoryThe language used in a rape trial is an important component in the entire process of justice delivery.
...Full StoryIt was expected that the issue would be resolved over the weekly informal lunch, but justice Chelameswar chose to be on leave.
...Full StoryWhen top four judges of the SC see no recourse but to address the media, we are indeed in for troubled times.
...Full StoryIn a criminal trial, to prove criminal intent one requires to prove the guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
...Full StoryThe five-judge Constitution bench of Supreme Court will begin hearing the Aadhaar case in January.
...Full StoryThe Kerala 'love jihad' case is a classic example of how misogyny and phobia feed off each other.
...Full StoryThe court said the conduct of Prashant Bhushan was 'unethical' and amounted to 'forum shopping'.
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