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Oct 5, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Vivek Katju |Vaishna Roy
In Hrishikesh Sahoo v State of Karnataka and Others, currently before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, the stakes are high for Indian women. The petitioners challenge the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code—and by implication, Exception 2 to Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which replaces it.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Aparna Eswaran |Silpa Satheesh |Arathi P.M
The two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan, knows how to rein in State governments to safeguard the fundamental rights of citizens, irrespective of their numerical strength in society.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay |Vaishna Roy
The image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the residence of Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud to join Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations is likely to remind us about the perils of Executive-Judiciary bonhomie for a long time to come. The image, which went viral on social media on September 12, outraged the legal community.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |C.P. Chandrasekhar |Vaishna Roy
Two key judgments from the Supreme Court on principles governing bail in money laundering cases have been widely hailed. In the first case, Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan granted bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K. Kavitha, jailed since March 15 in the Delhi liquor case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | V. Venkatesan
0:178 hours agoIndia: Reckless driver escapes after brutal collision with pedestrian in KolhapurStringersHub • 8hKolhapur, India - August 30, 2024 In a tragic incident in western India's Maharashtra, a young man was critically injured after being hit by a speeding car. The driver fled the scene, leaving the victim in a dire condition. The incident took place at Unchagaon village near Kolhapur city on August 30.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy
In A Crusade For Social Justice: Bending Governance Towards the Deprived, the late civil servant-turned-crusader-for social justice, P.S. Krishnan explains to his biographer, Vasanthi Devi, the roots of inter-se inequality within the Scheduled Castes in India succinctly. According to him, when reservation commenced well before Independence, there was not much variation in the conditions of different Dalit castes.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy
On July 25, the Supreme Court recently held that the division of legislative powers between the Union and the States is a fundamental aspect of India’s federal structure. This division, the Court added, also serves as a constitutional limitation on legislative powers. Parliament cannot encroach upon the plenary power of State legislatures under normal circumstances, except where the Constitution specifically allows it.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy
The right to effective remedies in India’s constitutional courts has always been a contested one. Scholars thus had deplored the Supreme Court’s refusal to hold stay hearings in cases involving time-sensitive constitutional challenges, leaving the outcomes in such cases only favouring those in power. Courts have a limited role in moulding relief in cases, which turn out to be fait accompli.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Furqan Qamar |Vaishna Roy
On July 12, the Supreme Court’s division bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor scam money laundering case. The ruling raises questions about whether the court could have granted the same relief earlier by separating it from the complex issue of his arrest’s legality, now referred to a larger bench for adjudication. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Kejriwal on March 21.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | V. Venkatesan |Ashish Ranjan |Vaishna Roy
On bail matters, especially in cases under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), the Supreme Court and the High Courts have been, of late, liberal in interpreting the law in favour of the accused. But the Supreme Court’s ambivalence on the issue has led to different outcomes in different cases, if they are listed before court’s benches that comprise judges with different predispositions on issues of liberty.
