There is no review of reasonableness of amount of compensation. Result can be just compensation or confiscation, dependent on Parliament’s mood, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.
The trees will be counted using the latest technologies like LiDAR, GIS, drones and remote sensing. In areas with dense tree populations, humans will be deployed.
British Colonial censuses did not merely record caste, they froze it, standardised it, and permanently tied it to governance. Independent India inherited this mechanism.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
Article 124(2) and Article 200 did not have words now imported into them by the Supreme Court. “Consultation” has already become “concurrence” and now appointment could be “deemed”.
The Tamil Nadu vs Governor judgment deserves reconsideration by a Constitution Bench—not because the Supreme Court’s motives were flawed, but because its methods exceeded constitutional bounds.
SC was hearing a suo motu cognizance matter over a controversial Allahabad HC order in a POCSO case. It also took note of a judge's remark that complainant 'herself invited trouble'.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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