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Chandrababu Naidu verdict: what SC judges agreed on & where they differed

A division bench rejected Andhra ex-CM Naidu’s appeal to quash an FIR in a multi-crore scam. But what it differed on was applicability of Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. 

SC pulls up Karnataka HC, allows woman ‘illegally detained’ by parents to reunite with partner

While hearing a habeas corpus petition, SC reprimands HC for having adjourned the case 14 times. ‘Depicts a total lack of sensitivity’, says bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai.  

‘Twin promise of marriage’ — Delhi HC orders rape charges against Canadian resident

New Delhi: Calling it a case of “twin promise of marriage”, the Delhi High Court earlier this month ordered rape charges to be framed...

SC bans use of explosives for mining within 5 km of Chittorgarh Fort, orders impact assessment study

Court also issued directions to Archaeological Survey of India to file report on protected monument’s deficiencies and steps initiated to maintain it. Next hearing on 9 July.

‘Fetus is normal’ — AIIMS asks HC to reconsider order allowing abortion for 31 weeks pregnant woman

Delhi HC order allowed abortion citing psychiatric report that woman was suffering from extreme trauma. Hospital's application says 'feticide' in this case 'neither justified nor ethical'.

Krishna Janmabhoomi case: SC stays Allahabad HC order for survey of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque

The Allahabad High Court on 14 December had allowed the appointment of an advocate commissioner to monitor a Gyanvapi-like survey of the 17th century mosque.

HC directs Rs 5 lakh compensation to minor rape victim subjected to two-finger test, orders inquiry

Court says the test is violative of the right of rape survivors to privacy, physical and mental integrity and dignity, and warns health professionals to desist from it.

‘Act of murder’ — Gujarat HC order upholding ex cop Sanjiv Bhatt’s conviction in custodial torture case

In 2019, sessions court convicted ex IPS officer Bhatt and constable Pravinsinh Zala in 1990 custodial torture and murder case of a person who had been arrested following communal violence.

SC takes note of ‘wrongful’ removal of 6 women judicial officers, seeks Madhya Pradesh HC’s response

The judicial officers said HC's administrative committee, which recommended their termination, erroneously concluded that disposal of work assigned to them was not satisfactory.

2 men fought 100% quota for women in military nursing for years. Karnataka HC has now struck it down

Court says circumstances when ordinance was passed in 1943 warranted such a law but no such need exists. Ruling comes on back of petitions by two Hubli-based male nursing teachers.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

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.