Indian Courts

Farooqui acquitted in rape case: Delhi High Court's 'shoddy' reasoning of consent is confused and dangerously absurd

The High Court's judgment in Mahmood Farooqui rape case reasoning for such a polysemic 'No' is shoddy, confused, and dangerously absurd.

Ayodhya dispute: No Indian court can resolve Ram janmabhoomi issue without communal fallout

Although much water has flown down the Sayaru since then, Ayodhya remains a dispute that cannot afford a loser.

My Lord! Let Azam Khan be punished by people; other cases are crying to be heard

Accept for the moment that Azam Khan's statement is the official position of SP. Even then should the courts get involved, particularly when they have to handle a backlog of over three crore cases?

Coalgate scam: Court summons former coal secretary, five others as accused

Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others, including two senior public servants, have been summoned as accused by a special court for their alleged roles in a coal block allocation scam case.

Hit and run affirms Salman Khan's amazing record: Three convictions but just six days in jail

The latest twist in the story of Salman's hit-and-run case has just one moral: the faster you can drive, the more money you can burn, the farther you can run from the law.

Justice delayed again: Former Chief Justice of India explains why cases like Salman Khan drag on

Former CJI VN Khare believes had the government wanted it, judgement in Salman's case could have come much earlier.

NJAC case: The slippery slope of the conflict of interest argument

The new laws mandate the creation of a National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) whose members are a mix of judiciary and executive.

You heard it right! God has sent the people who work in judiciary, says PM Modi

"God has sent you to carry out this divine responsibility," said Modi.

Delhi high court rejects PIL opposing post-poll alliances

The Delhi HC dismissed a PIL opposing the practice of forging post-poll alliances to gain power on the ground that electors were being kept in the dark.