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No Ganpati celebrations on Idgah land — SC orders status quo in Karnataka govt-Wakf Board tussle

A three-judge bench led by Justice Indira Banerjee pronounced the order after a nearly two-hour–long late evening hearing. The festival can be held elsewhere, the bench said.

‘Thorough lawlessness’ — SC pulls up Jharkhand govt over journalist’s midnight arrest

State challenges Jharkhand HC's grant of bail to journalist Arup Chatterjee, arrested on extortion charges in July. SC comes down heavily on 'excessive and arbitrary' action by police.

Jailed for 26 years, Delhi blast convict awaits SC hearing on appeal for 9 years & counting

Naushad was arrested in July 1996 in connection with blast that killed 13 people and wounded 28  others. In 2012, Delhi HC acquitted him of murder but held him guilty of conspiracy. 

As HC YouTube channels become a hit, SC panel plans exclusive platform to livestream courts

Supreme Court e-committee felt the need for a streaming platform after six HCs launched their own YouTube channels. But livestreaming of court proceedings likely to be voluntary.

‘We are more, we are equal’: Story of Syed Mahmood, colonial India’s first Muslim HC judge

In ‘Syed Mahmood: Colonial India’s Dissenting Judge’, Mohammad Nasir and Samreen Ahmed chronicle how India’s first Muslim judge left an Eastern mark on the Western world.

Pakistanis relieved Noor Mukadam’s killer got death, unlike Qandeel Baloch case

Author Salman Rashid said he is convinced Jaffer will walk free because of the wealth and tremendous influence his family has in Pakistan.

Pakistani society will keep falling in on itself, acquittal of Qandeel Baloch’s killer shows

Some societies give themselves away: at the heart of the Qandeel outrage wasn’t character; it was class.

Discipline can’t override justice. India needs independent prosecution within military

In 'March to Justice', Navdeep Singh says military justice can be improved with independent trials. But India has none of it.

Allahabad HC saying forced oral sex ‘less serious’ shows obsession with brutality in sexual offences

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

President Kovind calls upon judges to ‘exercise utmost discretion’ inside courtroom

Addressing a Constitution Day valedictory function, Kovind said in Indian tradition, judges are imagined as model of rectitude more akin to 'sthitpragya' (a person of steady wisdom).

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.