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Justice Sharma noted that the Court cannot be so fragile as to yield to imaginary apprehension of bias against the institution and should adjudicate in adherence to the Constitution and the law rather than unfounded insinuations.

On the fifth day of hearings before the nine-judge Constitution Bench, senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan also proposed a broad reading of the word denomination as Justice B.V. Nagarathna supported using the term sampradaya instead.

In its response to The Leaflet, TNNLUs Registrar stated that the VCs remarks were made as fatherly figure, even as students demand a formal student council, POSH policy and class representatives resigned en-masse.

In May 2021, as deaths from shortages of medical oxygen soared across Uttar Pradesh, a two judge bench of Allahabad HC rapped the government for inaction. An excerpt from journalist Jyoti Yadavs new book recounts how healthcare misgovernance marked one of the pandemics darkest chapters.

Womens reservation is the headline. But behind the special sessions centrepiece, lies a sweeping restructuring of electoral boundaries and parliamentary seats that could redraw Indias political map and who gets to draw it.

In January 2025, the Trump administration's reversal of PEPFAR and USAID funding sent shockwaves across sub-Saharan Africa. From surging infections to abandoned human rights-based care, the consequences, and the complicity, demand a reckoning.

Does the term morality in Articles 25 and 26 mean public morality? We decode the Unions submissions last week that challenged the Supreme Courts handling of the notion of constitutional morality.

Appearing in person, Delhis ex-chief minister recounted several instances that raised doubts of biasness by Justice Sharma in the Liquor Policy case even as the Solicitor General dismissed them as 'fantasy'.

The lecture, dedicated to the memory of Senior Advocate Ashok H. Desai, invoked imagination and construction of Indias past and future legal order by two speakers from two different generations.

They regulate the commanding heights of the economy. Yet, nobody knows their name. They have made their peace with this, mostly.

Last week, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta pressed to discard constitutional morality - a vague and subjective notion - that had expanded judicial review. But from M.P. Singh and Upendra Baxi to Justice Chandrachud, a long tradition of thought has challenged this framing.

We review the arguments on the Sabarimala Reference last week that grappled with the question of just how much the State can interfere in the affairs of religious communities and whether English legal concepts adequately captured Indian religious life.

As AI reshapes health systems worldwide, governance must be grounded in human rights norms to avoid reinforcing inequalities and exclusions that have long defined healthcare.

After three decades, the bipartisan demand for one-third womens reservation in Parliament is on the verge of realisation. But its linking to delimitation has raised serious concerns on how seats will be allocated in the legislature.

Chief Justice Surya Kant will reflect on where the Indian judiciary stands fifty years hence, while historian Manu S. Pillai traces the colonial legal order and the making of the modern Indian constitutional republic.

India's rare disease policy sets a Rs. 50 lakh ceiling. Roche's Risdiplam costs Rs. 72 lakhs a year. A generic alternative exists at a fraction of the price, but is tied up in patent litigation. Amidst this, rare disease patients are left to fight their own battles.

As a nine-judge bench begins hearing the review on the 2018 Sabarimala verdict today, our tables summarise the written submissions on both sides across six of the issues framed by the Court.