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By Kenneth Tiven US President Donald Trumps exit from a NATO gathering in Ankara, Turkey in early July became a badly written political thriller film starring the US president. In retrospect it was foolish holding a NATO meeting in Ankara with Trump in attendance, while he is simultaneously waging war with neighbouring Iran. The distance [] The post Escape From Ankara appeared first on India Legal .

The apex courts intervention in the All India Judges Association case strikes at a persistent administrative misconception: the district judiciary cannot be governed by the same yardsticks as the executive The post A Judge Is Not A Government Servant appeared first on India Legal .

By Inderjit Badhwar There are anniversaries that ask us to celebrate. And there are anniversaries that ask us to pause. Indias 80th Independence Day is both. Eighty years after the midnight of August 15, 1947, it is tempting to measure the journey of the Republic in the familiar statistics of economic growth, military strength, technological [] The post Why We Celebrate appeared first on India Legal .

A document written in the aftermath of Partition and freedom has become far more than a rulebook: it is the moral architecture through which Indians understand liberty, equality, justice and the idea of India itself The post The Soulful Constitution appeared first on India Legal .

From acquittals overturned in high-profile criminal cases to the Supreme Court revisiting its own rulings, a growing pattern of reversals raises a difficult question: where does judicial correction end and uncertainty begin? The post When Judgments Are Reversed, What Happens to Judicial Certainty? appeared first on India Legal .

As society changes, the law must respond to new realities without surrendering constitutional principle. The apex courts latest ruling on live-in relationships marks another step in that evolutionrecognising that, in certain marriage-like relationships, the absence of a formal marriage cannot by itself deprive a woman of protection against cruelty The post When Marriage Is Not The Only Shield appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Courts recent judgment quashing the Tamil Nadu governments decision to provide compassionate employment to family members of the 41 people who died in the September 2025 Karur stampede. A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed the interim order on a petition [] The post Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order quashing jobs for Karur stampede victims kin appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Friday strongly disapproved of the Bar Council of Indias (BCI) intervention against students of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad, after the Council initially directed that graduates of the universitys 2026 batch should not be enrolled as advocates. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya [] The post Supreme Court slams BCI over NALSAR enrolment circular, says students have Right to Protest appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the continued prevalence of witch-hunting in sections of Indian society, observing that superstition, irrational fear and deep-rooted prejudice can still eclipse the rule of law and constitutional morality. The observations were made by a Bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice N.V. Anjaria while dismissing an [] The post Supreme Court deplores persistence of witch-hunting, says superstition continues to override Constitutio