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AA Edit | Welcome Steps By SC To Bring Relief To Litigants

AA Edit | Welcome Steps By SC To Bring Relief To Litigants

Reports say over 5.3 crore cases are pending across all Indian courts among which around 4.7 crore are in district and...

31 May 2026 10:14 PM IST

AA Edit | As Mamata Steps In, Will SC Protect Voters In SIR?

AA Edit | As Mamata Steps In, Will SC Protect Voters In SIR?

Ms Banerjee’s case is simple: All bona fide voters must find a place on the rolls and it is the responsibility of the...

6 Feb 2026 1:07 AM IST

AA Edit | Ensure Defamation Law Not Weaponised By Parties

AA Edit | Ensure Defamation Law Not Weaponised By Parties

Article 21 of the Indian constitution guarantees the right to life. Constitutional courts have expanded the scope of...

23 Sept 2025 9:48 PM IST

AA Edit | SC Ruling To Cheer Homebuyers

AA Edit | SC Ruling To Cheer Homebuyers

The most important pronouncement of the court through its judgement is its declaration that the right to housing is not...

15 Sept 2025 12:35 AM IST

AA Edit | Bills To Unseat Ministers An Attack On Democracy

AA Edit | Bills To Unseat Ministers An Attack On Democracy

The audacity of this government with a history of jailing political opponents including chief ministers and ministers...

21 Aug 2025 10:57 PM IST

AA Edit | SC Stray Dogs’ Order Isn’t Practical, Sterilise Them

AA Edit | SC Stray Dogs’ Order Isn’t Practical, Sterilise Them

The worst form of death a human being can encounter is due to rabies, which makes the loved ones watch haplessly as the...

12 Aug 2025 9:16 PM IST

AA Edit | Courts must not delay bail cases

AA Edit | Courts must not delay bail cases

The Supreme Court being the custodian of the fundamental rights has interpreted the Article that guarantees protection...

7 March 2025 11:24 PM IST

AA Edit | Saibaba’s demise: State guilty

AA Edit | Saibaba’s demise: State guilty

Article 21 of the Constitution stipulates that “no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty...

14 Oct 2024 1:28 AM IST

The plea said that Article 21 (Right to Life) of the Constitution also includes the right of a condemned prisoner to have a dignified mode of execution so that death becomes less painful. (Photo: Representational/File)

SC issues notice to Centre, asks to find replacement for execution by...

A provision in the Criminal Procedure Code provides that the mode of execution of death penalty would be hanging by the...

6 Oct 2017 4:33 PM IST

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

Press and privacy

These rules give a broad idea of where the right of privacy ends and rights of the press prevail.

2 Oct 2017 12:26 AM IST

The Supreme Court also referred to the National Crime Records Bureau Data stating every six hour a woman is raped in the country. (Photo: File | ANI)

Supreme Court comes to rescue of senior citizens

The SC also wanted to know whether there was any proposal to increase the old age pension for those below the poverty...

10 Oct 2018 2:20 AM IST

Supreme Court made clear to the Centre on Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | Social media lynch mobs subverting course of justice

Till the time the highest court has not spoken the above dictum remains the gold standard of both criminal and civil law

12 Sept 2021 2:59 AM IST