Friday, Dec 03, 2021
Apr 13, 2018 Outlook Web Bureau
Feb 15, 2017 Outlook Web Bureau NGO Common Cause had moved the Supreme Court for an independent investigation against former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan.
Justice Kapadia's claim that he did not bring any corrupt Judge to the Supreme Court, has to be qualified by at least one instance where he (or rather the Collegium of which he was a member) almost succeeded.
Jun 17, 2014 K.G. Balakrishnan The power to remove Governors, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench held in 2010, 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'
The power to remove Governors 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'
Letters to the President and Prime Minister of India asking them to make inquiries and initiate steps for removal of Justice Balakrishnan on multiple charges of serious misconduct from the post of chairmanship of the NHRC
Full text of the CJI speech, being projected as controversial in which he said that due regard must be given to the personal autonomy of rape victims "since in some cases the victim may choose to marry the perpetrator or choose to give birth to a chi
"Democratic values such as ‘freedom of speech and expression’, ‘freedom of association’ and the ‘freedom to pursue an occupation, business, profession or trade’ need to be protected in the online domain as well"
'...Instead of offering a considered response to the growth of terrorism, a country may resort to questionable methods such as permitting indefinite detention of terror suspects, the use of coercive interrogation techniques and the denial of the righ
Summary of the judgement by the chief justice of India in Ashoka Kumar Thakur Vs. Union of India and Ors
'The application of judicial review to determine constitutionality of the legislation and to review the executive decision sometimes creates tension between the judge and the legislative and executive branch. Such tension is natural and to some exten
Dissenting minority judgment: 'I find myself unable to agree with the decision on point No. 2 formulated in the judgment. On all other points, I gratefully adopt the exposition of law and agree with the decision proposed by the learned Chief Justice.
Opposition parties' MPs protest over suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MP's during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist
Ground staff uses an air blower to dry the wet areas of the field at Wankhede Stadium before the start of 2nd test cricket match between India and New Zealand, in Mumbai.
PTI Photo/Shashank Parade
India's Ashwini Ponnappa, left, and Siki N. Reddy compete against England's Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith during their women's doubles badminton group stage match at the BWF World Tour Finals in Nusa Dua, Bali,...
AP/PTI Photo
India's Lakshya Sen competes against Denmark's Viktor Axelsen during their men's singles badminton group stage match at the BWF World Tour Finals in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
AP Photo/Dita Alangkara
Opposition parties' MPs protest over suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MP's during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist
Every act of dissent is an art. Of pain and pathos. Of hope and new dawn. It’s their story. It’s everyone’s story.
Dissent is less about material gains than the intangibles they leave us with.
For India’s manual scavengers, mere existence is a protest, because they need to fight just to reclaim their humanity and dignity.
While everyone is going gaga over actress Katrina Kaif in the revamped version of 'Tip Tip Barsa Pani', the replacement of Raveena Tandon does point towards the problem of sexism and ageism in the Indian film industry
Nov 17, 2021 Yashika Mathur 
Australia winning the T20 World Cup for the first time has been timely as they host the next edition at their own backyard in 2022.
Nov 15, 2021 Arijit Ghosh 
As per the Observer Research Foundation, close to 250 million children in India were adversely affected due to school closures due to the early lockdowns imposed by the government in response to Covid-19.
Nov 11, 2021 Shekhar Mehta 
India's cricket administrators showed more drive to boost BCCI's coffers rather than take care of players' welfare during pandemic times.
Nov 08, 2021 Arijit Ghosh 
