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Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC order imposing near-lockdown in 5 UP cities

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the UP govt was taking steps to curb Covid in the state, but to have a 'lockdown by a judicial order may not be right'.

HC seeks Centre, AAP govt’s stand on special public prosecutors in Delhi riots cases

The petition by Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association (DPWA) sought quashing of Delhi govt's 24 June notification appointing the SPPs, including Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

Centre defends PM CARES Fund as a public trust, Supreme Court reserves verdict

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that PM CARES Fund is a 'voluntary fund' and no budgetary allocations to the NDRF or SDRF are being touched.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta withdraws from Delhi riots case ‘out of disgust’ after spat

A spat ensued between Tushar Mehta and Delhi govt counsel Rahul Mehra when the latter objected to the solicitor general’s presence in a bail-related case.

Tushar Mehta and Harish Salve need a refresher course in understanding criticism of courts

Mehta’s categorisation of some courts as institutions ‘running parallel governments’ is a signal to the subordinate judiciary. SC should have stopped him.

Shooting the messenger won’t help Modi govt’s Covid fight. Tushar Mehta should know that

It is now routine in strongmen democracies to shoot the messenger if you don't like the message, and the messenger inevitably is the journalist.

Who represents Delhi Police? Govt counsel spar in HC in hate speech case against BJP leaders

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the court that Delhi LG had authorised him to represent Delhi Police. Kejriwal govt’s counsel Rahul Mehra disputed this.

Govt’s lawyer in Rohingya, Article 35A and Loya cases is India’s new Solicitor General

Tushar Mehta, who is originally from the Gujarat High Court, will hold the post till 30 June 2020.

Modi govt keeps solicitor-general post vacant amid resignations, jockeying & speculation

Post not filled since October last year after Ranjit Kumar resigned in October  last year citing 'personal reasons'.

INX Media case: Delhi high court protects Chidambaram from arrest till July 3

The court also sought the investigating agency's response on the Congress leader's anticipatory bail plea and listed the matter for further hearing on 3 July.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

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.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.