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SC upholds Khattar’s downgrading of IAS Khemka’s performance evaluation, says it’s executive’s domain

The apex court underlines the specialised expertise required for assessing IAS officers, nullifying the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

‘Two heads better than one’ — what SC had said about single-member Election Commission

LS polls round the corner, CEC Rajiv Kumar now sole member of EC after Arun Goel resigned. SC had upheld constitutionality of single-member commission in TN Seshan & SS Dhanoa cases.

Before Supreme Court order, Kerala doctor Babu KV led the fight against Patanjali’s misleading ads

On 27 February, SC temporarily banned Patanjali from advertising certain products. But it was Babu K.V, a Kannur ophthalmologist, who began a fight against its 'misleading ads' in 2022.  

MP HC orders ‘scientific survey’ of disputed Bhojshala temple-Kamal Maula mosque complex by ASI

11th century site claimed by both Hindus & Muslims. On Hindu Front for Justice’s plea, court says it’s ‘constitutional as well as statutory obligation of ASI to have scientific survey’.

Amended IT Rules: Bombay HC refuses to stay formation of FCUs till third judge decides petitions

Amendment was done just to muzzle criticism & questioning of central govt & to stifle dissent from what it puts out in regard to affairs of state, petitioners had contended.

‘Well reasoned’, says SC on Bombay HC order acquitting GN Saibaba in ‘Maoist links’ case

However, SC grants permission for Maharashtra govt to appeal against acquittal because of its own earlier judgment that reversed the first Bombay HC order setting Saibaba free.

SC dismisses WB govt’s plea challenging transfer of Sandeshkhali ED attack probe to CBI

The state government, in its plea before the apex court, dubbed the high court order as perverse, illegal, and arbitrary which deserves to be set aside.

SC cracks down on SBI plea for more time, directs it to disclose electoral bond details tomorrow

Striking down the bond scheme on 15 February, the court had ordered the bank to furnish details of purchasers and redeemers by 6 March. The bank wanted time till 30 June.

Cong leader moves SC seeking to restrain Centre from appointing new ECs

Two vacancies of election commissioners have arisen following the resignation of Arun Goel and Anup Chandra Pandey’s retirement. Plea filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur

‘Brazenly aided illegalities’ — how SC panel indicted ex-Uttarakhand minister in Corbett safari case

SC indicted ex-Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat & a DFO for diverting forest land for non-forest use, felling over 6,000 trees in buffer zone of Corbett National Park.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.