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‘Centre judge & prosecutor in its own cause’ — why Kunal Kamra has challenged amended IT rules in HC

Notified on 6 April, the new rules restrain social media intermediaries from publishing content about the government which its own fact-check unit has identified as fake.

‘Stigma doesn’t go away’, says Supreme Court as it hears pleas seeking reservation for SC/ST converts

Bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul to look into whether empirical data from a panel report rejected by govt can be relied upon as it decides on this constitutional question.

‘Some judges are lazy & take yrs to write judgments, but no action from collegium’: Retd SC judge Chelameswar

Justice J Chelameswar was speaking at seminar at Kochi's Kerala HC Auditorium. He also spoke on need to record proceedings of collegium & importance of independence of judiciary.

Why SC rejected Tamil Nadu’s pleas against Madras HC green signal for RSS marches in state

Supreme court said HC was 'justified' in passing Feb order. HC had observed permission to RSS couldn't be denied 'just because there are other outfits with different ideology'.

Bombay HC seeks Modi govt response on Kunal Kamra’s challenge to IT rule changes

Centre has been in repeated tussles with various social media platforms when they failed to take down certain content or accounts that it accused of spreading misinformation.

‘Don’t mess around with my authority’: CJI Chandrachud to lawyer

The CJI, who rarely loses his cool during judicial proceedings, got irked when a lawyer first sought an early hearing of his case and, after being told that it will be listed on 17 April.

Supreme Court allows RSS to march in Tamil Nadu, dismisses state appeal

In October 2022, RSS sought state government’s permission to hold marches to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti and ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

Landlords of properties used as brothels must pay damages, can’t plead ignorance, rescued minors tell SC

SC took note of the minors' submission of draft rules seeking this compensation as a civil remedy and sought response from govt & National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

SC overturns 26-yr-old blackmarketing conviction on procedural lapse ignored by lower courts

In 1997, a trial court convicted a few people for 'unauthorised possession' of gas cylinders. The order was upheld by Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2010, but overturned by SC in March.

Women officers move SC over ‘continued discrimination’ in Army, ‘substandard’ appointments

Some of the petitioners claimed in court that Army had flouted SC’s March 2021 judgment which directed it to consider overall profile of eligible women officers for promotion.

On Camera

A frosty start featuring ‘ULFA tapes’, thawed by a love of dogs. My conversations with Ratan Tata

Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Amid concerns about use of Chinese parts in drones, Army general urges industry to be transparent

Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?