Review petitions Seeking reversalTANVEER KAUR V. VENKATESANReview petitions before the Supreme Court raise several grounds to justify reconsideration of the judgment setting aside the bar on women of menstruat
Stiff opposition to transgender persons BillV. VENKATESAN AND TANVEER KAURThe Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018, passed by the Lok Sabha on December 17 last year and introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Janua
Court reinstates Alok Verma as CBI Director, but curbs his powers V. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph on Tuesday restored Alok Kumar Verma as
In marriage laws, leprosy will not be a ground for divorceV. VENKATESANThe passage of the Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018, in the Lok Sabha on Monday, which omits leprosy as a ground for divorce from various Acts gov
Surveillance Surveillance state is a reality nowV. VenkatesanA year after a Constitution Bench of nine judges declared privacy a fundamental right, its fears of the emergence of a surveillance state have come tr
Anti-Sikh riots Day of reckoningV. VENKATESANEven as the Delhi High Court sentences Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for his role in the anti-Sikh carnage in 1984, it points to a
Extradition of Christian Michel Success of sortsV. VENKATESANAs India secures the extradition of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper deal, its efforts to bring back other fugiti
Sterlite closure order unsustainable: NGT V. VenkatesanOn December 15, the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi, presided by its Chairman, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, set aside
Supreme Court dismisses petitions seeking probe into Rafale dealV. VENKATESANThe Supreme Court bench of the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice K.M. Joseph, on Friday dismissed writ petit
Landmark order for protection of witnesses V. VENKATESAN The Supreme Court bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan, on Wednesday, directed the setting up of vulnerable witness depositio
Kurian Joseph stirs the pot on former CJI’s functioningV. VENKATESANJustice Kurian Joseph, who retired from the Supreme Court on November 29, has come out with a startling allegation that the former Chief Justice of In
Court pulls up States for large number of undertrials V. VENKATESANThe speedy trial of the large number of undertrial prisoners (UTPs) in the country is an issue that is close to the heart of Justice Madan B. Lokur, t
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
