Rafale debate in a new light V. VenkatesanON rare occasions, the hearing of petitions seeking review of a judgment for its apparent errors leads the Supreme Court to debate contentious issues
Forest Rights In the fear of evictionV. Venkatesan The Supreme Court’s February 13 eviction order, which has been kept in abeyance, hangs like a sword of Damocles over lakhs of forest dwellers.
National capital region Elusive solutionV. VenkatesanA two-judge bench of the Supreme Court refers to a larger bench the dispute between the Delhi government and the Centre over controlling the National
Prashant Bhushan interview ‘Another nail in the Rafale coffin’V. Venkatesan & Divya TrivediInterview with Prashant Bhushan, lawyer-activist.
Court punishes CBI personnel for flouting its orderV. VENKATESANDefiance of Supreme Court’s orders involves civil contempt, punishable by the Court’s contempt powers. In the case of the former interim Director of
Sabarimala: Devaswom Board U-turn may dash hopes of review petitionersV. VENKATESANWith the Travancore Devaswom Board, which administers the Sabarimala temple, making a U-turn before the Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench today on th
Instrument of oppressionV. VENKATESANThe charge sheet against 10 persons in the JNU case brings into focus the sharp rise in sedition cases filed in recent years, which can be attributed
Sedition cases over the years Thin-skinned state V. Venkatesan and Anando Bhakto A look at some of the sedition cases that have made the headlines over the years.
Interview: Anushka Singh Demystifying seditionV. VENKATESAN, DIVYA TRIVEDI and TANVEER KAURInterview with Anushka Singh, sedition law expert.
Supreme Court gets two more judgesV. VENKATESANJustice Dinesh Maheshwari, who was Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, a judge of the Delhi High Court, were sworn i
Sikkim tribal groups seek reserved seats in AssemblyBy Tanveer Kaur and V. VenkatesanThe Limbu and the Tamang tribal groups of Sikkim have filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court for enforcement of their fundamental and constitution
CBI controversy Back in the cageV. VENKATESAN, PURNIMA TRIPATHI AND DIVYA TRIVEDIThe Supreme Court’s objective to free the Central Bureau of Investigation of extraneous influence may have come a cropper with the High Powered Commit
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.