The Supreme Court exhorted the Union Government to consider legislative amendments eliminating gestational limitations on medical termination of pregnancy in cases arising out of rape, particularly where the survivor approaches the Court at an advanced stage of gestation.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was seized of a curative petition instituted by All India Institute of Medical Sciences seeking reconsideration of the Court’s earlier direct...
Even as forensic science offers near-certain biological answers, Indian courts continue to tread cautiously, balancing scientific truth with the dignity, privacy and legitimacy of children caught in family disputes
A recent suo motu intervention by the Meghalaya High Court on the rampant illegal transportation of minerals towards the Bangladesh border is a straightforward reaffirmation of the rule of law. But the order carries the power of a precedent that can positively affect other environmental conflict zones, such as the Ken-Betwa Link project that has become a legal hot potato
From ancient empires to modern geopolitics, history repeatedly reveals a powerful truth: when nations pursue security through domination, they often sow the seeds of their own decline. In an age of rising global tensions, the deeper challenge before humanity may not be territorial—but civilizational
If the seniority convention holds, Justice BV Nagarathna will become India’s first woman chief justice in 2027. Yet, her brief 36-day tenure highlights a deeper problem: the stubborn gender imbalance that has defined India’s higher judiciary for more than a century
In a dramatic political upset, voters have ended the 16-year rule of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, electing reform challenger Péter Magyar in a result that stunned observers and offered lessons for democracies grappling with populist strongmen
The former MP and ex-chief electoral officer alleges that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision has led to mass deletion of voters in West Bengal, calling it politically motivated and culturally insensitive while warning that it could reshape the state’s electoral landscape
A social media clash with the first American pope exposes the widening political and cultural fallout from President Donald Trump’s combative style at home and abroad