After Donald Trump, even the U.S Supreme Court confidence hits historic low at 41% as citizens rally around core constitutional principles for clarityTrust in Supreme Court is hitting a record low, with just 41% of Americans expressing confidence, down sharply from 68% in 2019. But while ...
23 Apr, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai to succeed Sanjiv Khanna as CJIChief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has recommended Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai as his successor to the Union Law Ministry. Justice ...
16 Apr, 2025, 03.14 PM IST
View: To preserve the Constitution, we must confront the evils of democracyJawaharlal Nehru's 'objectives resolution' laid the foundation for India as a republic. The Constitution, emphasizing democracy, universal ...
24 Jan, 2025, 11.39 PM IST
Parliament Winter Session: Ideologies may differ but country is supreme, says Speaker Om BirlaLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasized the importance of national unity above ideological differences, highlighting the Constituent Assembly...
25 Nov, 2024, 01.17 PM IST
Kiren Rijiju, the law minister who tried to shake things upRijiju, during this stint as law minister, brought the forgotten agenda of reforms in judicial appointments to the fore, and while doing so...
18 May, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
After SC's strong remarks over judges' transfers, Rijiju says public is 'malik', nobody can give warning to anyone"Sometimes discussions are held in the country on some matters and in a democracy everyone has the right to express their opinion. But peop...
04 Feb, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
Representation of women in judiciary is still very low, says retiring SC judge Justice Abdul NazeerHe said that Justice Abdul Nazeer, being the only Muslim judge on the Constitution Bench decided the controversial Ayodhya land dispute and...
05 Jan, 2023, 12.17 AM IST
Government keeping Opposition in dark about Chinese incursions, says Sonia GandhiIndian and Chinese troops clashed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh on December 9 and the face-o...
22 Dec, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police"Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary" and have been abolished, Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as sa...
04 Dec, 2022, 05.05 PM IST
US Democrats' bid to bring immigration reforms blocked in Senate"I am deeply disappointed by the Senate Parliamentarian's ruling to block immigration reform in the budget reconciliation process," said Co...
21 Sep, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
View: Why Justice Chanda’s recusal in Mamata case sets a terrible precedentBanerjee had requested reassignment of the bench claiming “a legitimate apprehension of bias”, citing the judge’s alleged ties to BJP.
08 Jul, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
Supreme Court notice to Centre on PIL to include judges, judicial staff in priority category for COVID-19 jabThe top court was hearing a PIL, filed by advocate Arvind Singh, which said the Centre has not considered the claim of members of the judic...
16 Feb, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
Judiciary should ensure that the right to privacy is upheld: Justice BN Srikrishna"The concept of privacy is to empower individual to be in control of his data. Exercise of that right depends upon the value attached to th...
28 Oct, 2020, 06.00 AM IST
“Judges say HC stay, absconding accused reasons behind cases pending for decades”Of the nearly 25,000 cases for which the judges have so far provided reasons, “accused absconding” has been cited as the chief reasons for ...
25 Mar, 2019, 11.02 AM IST
Can GST's anti profiteering rule be deemed unconstitutional?In a bid to give the anti profiteering rules under GST the necessary teeth, the government may have forgotten to give it a skeleton.
29 Jun, 2017, 01.49 PM IST
Supreme Court asks Centre to prepare MoP on appointment of judgesThe Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the central government to prepare a memorandum of procedure that will be followed by the apex court...
16 Dec, 2015, 12.18 PM IST
- Indira Gandhi rubbished IB fears of CPM starting armed struggle
It took the intervention of the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, for CPM leaders P Sundarayya and Harkishan Singh Surjeet to visit Cuba ...
09 Nov, 2011, 01.16 PM IST