Aaratrika Bhaumik

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Aaratrika Bhaumik

Today marked the second hearing in the Supreme Court on the contentious Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, a law that has stirred intense political and religious debate in recent weeks. The new law seeks to amend the Waqf Act of 1995 and introduces sweeping reforms that significantly expand the government’s role in regulating waqf properties which are basically religious and charitable endowments recognised in Islamic law. What exactly does this mean?

1 week ago | thehindu.com | Aaratrika Bhaumik

The story so far: On April 8, the Supreme Court declared Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi’s prolonged refusal to give his assent to 10 Bills as illegal and erroneous in law. In a landmark verdict, Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan underscored the importance of cooperative federalism, amid growing concerns over the increasing politicisation of the Governor’s office in Opposition-ruled States. What is the process of granting assent?

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Aaratrika Bhaumik

Last month, unaccounted cash was reportedly recovered from the official residence of former Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma. In response, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna initiated an in-house inquiry into the matter. Justice Varma has since been repatriated to his parent High Court in Allahabad and will not be assigned any judicial work until the Supreme Court-mandated inquiry is completed. Are existing mechanisms effective in combating judicial corruption?

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Aaratrika Bhaumik

Last month, unaccounted cash was reportedly recovered from the official residence of former Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma. In response, Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna initiated an in-house inquiry into the matter. Justice Varma has since been repatriated to his parent High Court in Allahabad and will not be assigned any judicial work until the Supreme Court-mandated inquiry is completed. Are existing mechanisms effective in combating judicial corruption?

2 weeks ago | thehindu.com | Aaratrika Bhaumik

The Singapore Court of Appeal on Tuesday (April 8, 2025) set aside an international arbitral award related to a government railway contract, after finding that substantial portions of the award had been “copied and pasted” from two similar Indian arbitration awards. Notably, the highest court in Singapore expressly stated that the Presiding Arbitrator in all three arbitrations in question was former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra.