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Offence of bribery ‘independent of vote or speech’ — what SC said in order on legislative immunity

Parliament or legislatures, and committees under them, are not 'islands which act as enclaves shielding those inside from application of ordinary laws', it asserts.

‘For district judiciary’: SC orders AAP to vacate Delhi party office by 15 June

Top court gives Delhi’s ruling party over three months to move out in view of the upcoming general elections.

Delhi HC dismisses Mahua Moitra’s relief plea against BJP’s Nishikant Dubey, Jai Anant Dehadrai

Moitra sought permanent injunction against Dubey, Dehadrai, social media platform X, Google, YouTube and 15 media houses from circulating defamatory, false statements against her.

‘Erode probity in public life’ — no immunity for MPs, MLAs if they take bribes, rules SC

Stating that its 1998 verdict failed to fulfil a two-fold test, a seven-judge SC bench has overturned the verdict which granted protection to legislators for alleged corruption.

30 yrs since first charge sheet, 12 yrs in SC to Tunda’s acquittal — Timeline of 1993 blasts case

It was only in 2004 that TADA court handed life term to 15 convicts. In 2021, apex court had ordered framing of charges against three remaining accused, including Tunda.

Plea in HC challenges Centre’s notification requiring ‘husband’s NOC’ for women to use maiden surname

Delhi-based woman has filed plea arguing that the order is ‘discriminatory, arbitrary, unreasonable, violates fundamental rights & displays evident gender bias’, and sought its quashing.

‘Repeated nature of breaches…’ — SC junks Vedanta plea to reopen Sterlite’s Tuticorin unit

Though mining major has contributed to nation-building, it cannot ignore other well-settled principles including that of sustainable development, asserts top court.

From coaching institutes to tobacco, India’s top consumer body is cracking down on misleading ads

Last week, CCPA released draft guidelines on misleading ads from coaching institutes. The past year has seen the authority crack down on misleading ads.

Delhi HC orders Oppo to pay heavy sum as security tech infringement trial continues

Court was hearing a suit filed by US wireless networking which has sought protection of royalities for sales in the Indian market.

‘Country taken for a ride’ — SC temporarily bans Patanjali medicine ads, issues contempt notice

Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah notes that company had continued to make misleading ads despite assurance to SC last November that it would not do so. 

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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.