The veteran lawyer will not be able to represent the government in several high profile cases as he has appeared for private parties against the government in the same cases.
APURVA VISHWANATH
Full text of the interview with outgoing Central Election Commissioner Dr Nasim Zaidi (You can read the edited excerpts here) :
How do you look back...
The outgoing Chief Election Commissioner says he would have liked to see more electoral reform before he left.
ANUBHUTI VISHNOI
Days before he demits the top...
Activists are up in arms over the government's plan to tax sanitary pads at the same level as cheese, cell phones and frozen meat products under the Goods and Services Tax. And there may be at least two legal petitions challenging this decision.
KAVEESHA KOHLI
The Union cabinet is expected to take a decision on disinvesting in chronically sick state-carrier Air India this month and Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya is reported to have cited the privatisation experience of British Airways, Japan Airlines and Austrian Airlines as case studies. Here's a look at what they went through and how they are faring today.
NIKHIL RAMPAL
Repeated loan waivers raise question if the move benefits farmers or banks as someone else ends up paying for the write-off, says former bureaucrat T. Nanda Kumar.
RUHI TEWARI
Amendments that aimed to give women more choice have been put on hold because of the state’s failure to eradicate clinics and quacks who facilitate sex-selective or illegal abortions.
VRINDA SEHGAL
In a letter to the law ministry, the Election Commission of India sought powers of contempt to act against those who question its credibility by making baseless allegations. ThePrint's Kaveesha Kohli spoke to former election commissioners about whether it is necessary.
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
Please fact check. Mr. Venugopal didn’t appear for AAP Govt. It was Mr. Gopal Subramaniam and others. Also, Mr. Venugopal appearing for the NGO in Aadhar case fully supported the Government on having the matter referred to larger bench. In fact, Mr. Venugopal appearing for Facebook Inc. before a Constitutional Bench reiterated the Govt. view on privacy.
Please fact check. Mr. Venugopal didn’t appear for AAP Govt. It was Mr. Gopal Subramaniam and others. Also, Mr. Venugopal appearing for the NGO in Aadhar case fully supported the Government on having the matter referred to larger bench. In fact, Mr. Venugopal appearing for Facebook Inc. before a Constitutional Bench reiterated the Govt. view on privacy.