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Topic: Judiciary

As Mukhtar & Afzal Ansari are convicted, story of a UP power clan & its fall from nationalism to gangsterism

Mukhtar Ansari was convicted under Gangster Act by a special court today along with his MP brother Afzal. The clan’s decline from heroism to crime & its three-decade journey littered with bodies.

Ghazipur court convicts Mukhtar Ansari under Gangsters Act, sentences him to 10 yrs in jail

The verdict comes four years after a CBI court acquitted Mukhtar and his brother Afzal in the 2005 murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai. 

UAPA judgment isn’t isolated case. Judiciary appears to be changing lanes from reformation to retribution

Two contradictory court judgments this week raise an uncomfortable question: Has the judiciary, from the trial court to the Supreme Court, moved from a reformative institution to a retributive one?

Atiq Ahmed’s missing children in Rajrooppur child protection home, Prayagraj police tell court  

In a petition, jailed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s wife said her children had been ‘illegally detained’ on 24 Feb. She also filed a petition before Allahabad HC.  

‘Aim was to check laxity in probe’: What SC said as it held default bail can be cancelled on merits

While hearing Congress leader Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy murder case, SC bench held default bail could be cancelled even after filing of chargesheet if there was a strong case for it.

Dhankhar fires another salvo at judiciary over NJAC — ‘history created in Parliament undone’

New Delhi: Continuing his tirade over the judiciary’s alleged overreach, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Wednesday said that in a democratic society, "the basis" of...

Parliamentary panel calls for social diversity in judiciary, higher retirement age of HC judges

Standing committee on personnel headed by BJP Rajya Sabha leader Sushil Kumar Modi discussed inadequate representation of SC, ST and OBC in judicial appointments, ThePrint has learnt.

‘Historic parliamentary mandate undone’: Dhankhar’s NJAC jibe at judiciary on Day 1 as RS chair

The Vice-President recalls how apex court struck down law which was meant to reform judicial appointments. He also urges members to uphold decorum in the House.

Suspended Delhi judge faces enquiry over explicit video. Police say ‘yet to receive complaint’

Enquiry ordered by Chief Justice of Delhi HC into video of judge’s purported encounter with stenographer. Lawyers say penal consequences could arise if act found to be non-consensual.

Khehar to Chandrachud—attacks on CJIs show pattern as they assert judiciary’s independence

Newly appointed CJI D.Y. Chandrachud has just had a baptism by fire with individuals targeting him with wild allegations. But a bigger battle awaits him.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.