Amitava Roy

Sasikala convicted in DA case: The villain isn't Chinnamma, it was Jayalalithaa

What this in effect does, is to demolish the public perception that Jayalalithaa was a saint while Sasikala and her family was the evil influence who took advantage of a gullible Jaya

Sasikala case verdict: Read the Supreme Court's judgment on disproportionate assets case

Full text of Supreme Court judgment in Sasikala's disproportionate assets case

SC's National Anthem order raises questions about an individual's fundamental rights

Current laws don't force a person to stand up or sing the national anthem — case in point, this judgment of apex court in the case of Bijoe Emmanuel v. State of Kerala

SC ruling that sex workers can’t cry rape is dictated by morality not legal reasoning

This thinking also leaves sex workers no representation over a criminal law against rape that should apply to them, in spite of what they do for a living.

Kashmir unrest: SC orders Shabir Ahmed Mir's post mortem be conducted under supervision

The Supreme Court on Friday said that exhumation and post-mortem examination of the body of Shabir Ahmed Mir would be conducted under the supervision of the Srinagar's Principal District and Sessions Judge.

SC rejects CBI probe into Mathura violence; asks state govt to decide

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order a CBI probe into the recent violence in Mathura that left 29 people, including two policemen dead, saying it was for the state government to decide.

SC dismisses plea seeking CBI probe into Mathura violence

Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe into the violence at Mathura in which 29 people

Why Yakub Memon still has hope as SC decides fate on his execution today

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justices Dipak Misra, Prafulla C Pant and Amitava Roy could decide today whether 1993 blast convict Yakub Memon's should be hanged as scheduled on his 53rd birthday which falls on Thursday.