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Saturday, September 28, 2024
TopicSupreme Court

Topic: Supreme Court

Rajasthan ‘love jihad’ murder video has made the imaginary term frighteningly real

Despite there being no evidence of 'love jihad' in the country, the video from Rajasthan shows the dangers of hysteria over a conspiracy theory. 

Kapil Sibal’s three strikes bring political embarrassment for Congress

Sibal has appeared as counsel in the triple talaq and Ayodhya title cases, and the Congress has dilly-dallied rather than denouncing his loaded statements.

Journalists will be CBI’s star witnesses in Babri Masjid demolition case

Scribes had filed at least 47 FIRs in the aftermath of the incidents of 6 December 1992. Many of them had been thrashed, and their equipment destroyed.

‘Mother of PILs’ Kapila Hingorani becomes first woman to have her portrait in SC library

Hingorani was one of only three female lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court in her time, and changed Indian jurisprudence by filing the first PIL in 1979.

Why we killed a ‘blockbuster’ story about Justice Anand

Former CJI A.S. Anand passed away on Saturday. He featured prominently in this ‘National Interest’ on the health of the judiciary, and a tough lesson in an editor’s life.

Hadiya not the only one, NIA suspects seven similar cases of ‘forced conversion’

In its report to SC, probe agency alleges PFI arm Sathya Sarini is responsible for forced conversions to Islam in Kerala.

Hadiya case is all about our old neurosis over Muslim men, invaders, seducers

The case will affect the future of interfaith marriages that are legally challenged by families.

But who really is Hadiya Jahan?

Who really is Hadiya Jahan? A conspirator of love-Jihad or a woman denied of exercising a faith by her own will? Understand more about her life.

Hadiya wants freedom and her husband. Only gets to go back to college

Hadiya said she was mentally harassed in the court-mandated protective custody of her parents, and wanted only her husband Shafin Jahan to be her custodian.

When courts start suggesting policy, Sita crosses the Lakshman Rekha

Courts providing or substituting policy alternatives to replace existing administrative measures is judicial overreach.

On Camera

Who is an Indian woman? Laapataa Ladies Oscar entry shows she must be submissive too

The sweeping statements by Film Federation of India Oscar jury dismiss the urban Indian woman’s life, and struggles, as foreign.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?