Tanishka Shah

The signatories of the open letter, which included the likes of the former High Court judges Justices A.P. Shah, K. Chandru and Anjana Prakash cautioned that this style of reasoning erases the lived reality of the world’s most persecuted minority.

The Supreme Court’s adoption of an elevation-based definition for the Aravallis may bring regulatory uniformity, but weakens environmental protection for one of India’s most fragile ecological systems.

With a batch of petitions seeking to answer whether Rohingyas are refugees, and a habeas corpus enquiring about the custodial disappearance of five people in May, the Court in January must address crucial issues on the fate of the world’s most persecuted minority in India.

As courts move away from insulating personal laws, Assam’s new law brings long-standing tensions between personal law, gender justice, and fundamental rights back into sharp focus.

The MASA-led workers' protest at Jantar Mantar highlighted fears that the new Labour Codes dilute workplace safeguards and weaken the constitutional architecture of labour rights in India.

While denying protection under the SC/ST Act to a Christian pastor, the Court noted that Scheduled Caste status is lost after conversion, a ruling that leaves millions of Dalit Christian and Muslims without remedy.

Women’s reservation is the headline. But behind the special session’s centrepiece, lies a sweeping restructuring of electoral boundaries and parliamentary seats that could redraw India’s political map – and who gets to draw it.

In its response to The Leaflet, TNNLU’s Registrar stated that the VC’s remarks were misunderstood due to language, even as faculty told students that the remarks were made as 'fatherly figure'. Meanwhile, students demand a student council and POSH policy.

As appellants conclude submissions, the nine-judge bench grapples with whether the landmark 1978 ruling has stretched the definition of ‘industry’ beyond its intended boundaries.

Following a bold order by a CJM to register FIRs against police officers accused of killing civilians in the 2024 Sambhal violence, questions linger around a transfer, a High Court stay, and the tensions of criminal procedure.

In its 124-page judgement upholding the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of Bihar’s electoral rolls, the Supreme Court ruled that the Election Commission acted within its constitutional authority under Article 324 and the Representation of People Act.

A recent approval by the top Court for medical termination of a 15-year old girl’s pregnancy is the latest addition to a case-by-case jurisprudence pushing for greater reproductive autonomy. But without access to courts, abortion remains a mounting challenge for women tangled in the MTP Act’s legal bottlenecks.