India’s Supreme Court is making landmark judgements in social change
By Jayna Kothari In the last few years, public interest litigation at India’s Supreme Court has brought significant wins for human rights—but success is best assured […]
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Sabarimala is India’s Little Rock Moment, Govt Must Deploy Troops to Implement the Court Order
By Mahesh C. Bhatt The framers of the Constitution made the Supreme Court the final authority on any dispute – civil or constitutional, concerning fundamental rights or religious beliefs and conventions. […]
To clean up air, SC sets 2020 deadline for stringent auto emission norms
The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered a complete ban on the sale and registration of Bharat Stage IV (BS-IV) vehicles in the country from April 1, […]
India cannot afford to have a weak tribunal to adjudicate on environmental issues
By Ritwick Dutta Unless immediate corrective action is taken, the National Green Tribunal which has till recently served as an institution to provide environmental justice, will […]
An insider’s account of how India’s supreme court judges are selected
By Abhinav Chandrachud Selecting a judge for the high court or supreme court…was very much like selecting a match for one’s son or daughter in an […]
We Need Annual Diversity Statistics for the Judiciary
By Diksha Sanyal There have been no efforts to regularly compile and publish data on the social, economic and professional backgrounds of judges in either the […]
Triple Talaq Bill: Onwards Towards Gender Justice, but Is This the Final Step?
By Ananya Anand Now that the Supreme Court has waived off this atrocious practice, there are few questions that need conscious concern at this stage. India […]
Our Democracy Needs to Be Better. Fixing This Law Might Make All the Difference
By Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk We, the people, must demand more of our legislators. Only then, we can truly call ourselves a representative democracy Is our democracy […]
‘Clean environment should not be responsibility of SC alone’
New Delhi: In the wake of rising pollution due to bursting of firecrackers, industry body Assocham today said clean environment should be a combined responsibility of the […]
India Diwali: Delhi acts against pollution menace
India’s capital is enacting a plan to combat hazardous smog, as air pollution in Delhi hits “very severe” levels New Delhi:Â The plan, which includes traffic […]