The growing and steady barrage of ad hominem public attacks on sitting senior judges reveal how the Supreme Court has become an arena for target practice by politicians and opportunists from within and outside. The onus is now on CJI SA Bobde to meet a daunting challenge of defending this…
By Inderjit Badhwar Even as the Covid conflagration rages and the nation hurtles towards an economic crisis of unfathomable proportions, controversies surrounding the judiciary continue to compete for the headlines as they have been doing for the last several weeks. As India Legal reports in its comprehensive cover story package…
On 17 October 1949, Brajeshwar Prasad opposed a proposition to incorporate Mahatma Gandhi’s name in the Indian Constitution’s Preamble as the Father of the Nation. Prasad’s opposition was not born out of contempt for Gandhi, but rather out of disapproval for a Constitution that was not “Gandhian” enough. He did not want…
Recently Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, wrote a letter dated 06.10.2020 to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, S. A. Bobde, alleging that some High Court judges are attempting to protect the interests of the major opposition party, Telugu Desam Party, in politically sensitive…
By Kenneth Tiven in Washington DC It takes a worried man to sing a worried song*. Just about everyone involved in the US national election speaks with a sense of foreboding. Fear stalks America. See it in the eyes of people in line where early voting is underway. Read it…
(Prof. Farzana Haniffa’s review is the third post in our blog’s round-table book discussion on Prof. Jeff Redding’s A Secular Need: Islamic Law and State Governance in Contemporary India moderated by Prof. Rohit De. The introductory post and links for other responses can be found here.) Redding’s book lays out the manner…
To,The Hon’ble Chief Justice of IndiaSupreme Court of India,New Delhi – 110 00115.10.2020Respected Sir,We are law students of various law schools. As students of law, we are taught in our class rooms that the independence of the judiciary is of utmost importance in protecting the pillars of a democracy. We…
In a laudable move by the centre, property cards have been distributed to those living in rural segments in order to deliver land ownership rights and allow them to use this as an asset for borrowing funds. By Shivanand Pandit ON April 24, 2020, Panchayati Raj Diwas, the prime minister…
A recent appeal in the Supreme Court by the Youth Bar Association of India has suggested that the processes be made mandatory. It said that if implemented these would avoid adding to the huge pendency of cases already existing in courts across the country. By Sujit Bhar Do the words…
The apex court has disapproved of the way in which the Shaheen Bagh protests took place and ruled that such agitations must be in designated areas alone and public spaces cannot be occupied indefinitely. By Rajbir Deswal The Supreme Court on October 7 ruled that public protests must be “in…
New Delhi (ILNS): The decision of Punjab University (PU) not to conduct entrance examination for admission in five-year law course has now been challenged in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the third time. Yesterday, the High Court adjourned the hearing till October 21 and directed the Punjab…
Contract Types Overview In the event that you are considering what are the various types of contract, at that point you are pondering about the contrasts between one of the most basic parts of a business. A contract is a legally authoritative agreement between at least two gatherings in which…