‘Dissent Is The Safety Valve Of A Democracy’
Calling dissent a “safety valve” of democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday said “blanket labelling” of dissent...
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SC Orders Telcos To Clear Dues By March 17
The Supreme Court slammed mobile carriers on Friday for non-payment of billions of dollars in government dues and threatened them...
Nirbhaya Case: SC Defers Hearing On Centre’s Plea
The Supreme Court deferred the hearing on Centre's plea seeking separate execution of four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape...
SC To Hear Pleas On Shaheen Bagh Protest After Delhi Polls
The Supreme Court said it would hear the pleas against anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh next week as it did...
India Extends Detention Of Leaders In Kashmir
India has extended the detention of four political leaders in Kashmir who had been held by authorities since August 2019...
Nirbhaya Convicts Get 1 Week To Exhaust Legal Options
The convicts in the Nirbhaya case will get one week to exercise all their legal remedies, after which the trial...
Govt Sets Up Trust For Ram Temple In Ayodhya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said his government has set up a trust for the construction of a Ram...
‘Nothing More Urgent’: SC on Nirbhaya Convict’s Plea
Death row convict in the 2012 Nirbhaya murder and gang-rape case Mukesh Kumar Singh on Monday moved the Supreme Court,...
Centre Moves SC Seeking 7-Day Deadline To Hang Death Row Convicts
The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for fixing a seven-day deadline for executing the death penalty of condemned...
SC Gives Govt More Time To Explain Divisive CAA
The Supreme Court (SC) declined calls to suspend the implementation of a new citizenship law on Wednesday, deciding that a...
CAA Will Stay, Protests Can Continue: Amit Shah
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said those protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) could continue doing so as...
Behmai Massacre: Case Diary Disappears, Judge Postpones Verdict
The case diary of Behmai massacre, in which 20 people were killed allegedly by bandit Phoolan Devi's gang nearly four...
Convicts Toying With Law: Nirbhaya’s Mother
Asha Devi, mother of 2012 Delhi gang-rape victim, said on Monday that the convicts have been trying to delay their...
Nirbhaya Case: SC Junks Curative Pleas Of 2 Convicts
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative petitions filed by two of the four death row convicts in the...
Indefinite Kashmir Internet Shutdown Illegal: Supreme Court
India’s Supreme Court said on Friday that an indefinite shutdown of the internet in Kashmir was illegal, rebuking the government...
Nirbhaya Case: Death Row Convict Vinay Files Curative Plea
In a last ditch effort to escape the noose, Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death...
7 Years After Nirbhaya Died, 4 Convicts To Hang On January 22
Four convicts in the sensational 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case will be hanged on January 22 at 7...
Blindspot To Backlash: Modi & BJP Misread The Mood
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government did not anticipate the protests against a new citizenship law that have raged across the...
Why India’s New Citizenship Plans Are Stirring Protests
Thousands of Indians have been protesting against a new citizenship law as well as possible plans for a National Register...
SC Refuses To Stop Implementation Of Citizenship Law
India’s Supreme Court turned down a plea on Wednesday to stop the implementation of a new citizenship law based on...
SC Dismisses Convict’s Review Plea In Nirbhaya Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the plea filed by one of the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape...
CAA: Students, opposition leaders step up protests
Students, opposition leaders and activists across regions stepped up their protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act on Tuesday even...
In An Indian Village, A Woman’s Killing And Alleged Rape Opens Caste Divides
When the young woman limped toward shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy morning in the...
Article 370: SC Reserves Verdict On Pleas Challenging Curbs In Jammu & Kashmir
The Supreme Court reserved on Wednesday its verdict on a batch of pleas including that of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi...
Rahul, Priyanka Meet P Chidambaram In Tihar Jail
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met former finance minister P Chidambaram in Tihar Jail on Wednesday. The...
