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Can Indian courts refuse foreign judicial requests? Supreme Court to ‘settle the law’ on comity

In US case involving Pfizer, SC to clarify extent of India’s obligations to assist foreign courts under the Hague Convention, and the principle of judicial comity. 

‘Leave India if you can’t follow the Constitution’: SC on Meta’s data-sharing practices

Hearing appeals against CCI’s Rs. 213.14 crore penalty on Meta over WhatsApp’s 2021 “take it or leave it” policy, the CJI said, “We won’t allow a single piece of data to be shared.”

What is an adopted child’s caste? Birth or belonging: Bombay High Court sets the record straight

Holding that the process of adoption servers ties with biological parents, the Bombay High Court said child's caste should be the same as its adoptive parents'.

A citizen’s caste census red-flag that SC found ‘relevant’

Appearing for petitioner, Senior Advocate Mukta Gupta clarified her client was not opposed to caste census. Union govt has announced caste enumeration will be part of next census.

Wangchuk’s reference to Ladakhis as ‘us’ & govt as ‘them’ enough to invoke NSA, Centre tells SC

Climate activist Wangchuk misled youth of Ladakh and hoped for a riot-like situation as in Nepal, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said in court.

‘Student can’t suffer’: Wrong question paper lands Panjab University in court, student gets 2nd chance

Punjab & Haryana High Court tells Panjab University to conduct special exam for law student, saying the academic future of a student deserves precedence over administrative inconvenience.

‘If anything happens to me, Nirmala to blame’: Somnath Bharti’s wife tells court in defamation case

Lipika Mitra has told a Delhi court that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's remarks at a press conference had led to trauma, bullying of her children and electoral loss for her husband.

Merit over ‘whims’: HC steps in after IOA’s ‘arbitrary selection’ nearly cost top skier an Olympic berth

Delhi HC has ordered govt to make ‘all reasonable efforts’ to send skier Manjeet to 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, giving an earful to Indian Olympic Association, sports ministry.

‘Attack on majesty of law’: HC rejects transfer plea claiming bias by judge, imposes penalty on petitioner

The 89-year-old petitioner claimed presiding magistrate was ‘in connivance with complainant’ & fixing matters twice a week to harass him, who lived 250 km away in Dehradun.

‘Sordid vendetta’: SC rebukes Centre, directs removal of RBI Guv from ITAT panel that blocked ex-Armyman

Bench finds reasonable apprehension of bias as Sanjay Malhotra sat on panel that rejected Captain Pramod Kumar Bajaj’s candidature and directs reconsideration within four weeks.

On Camera

Why Rahul Gandhi wasn’t allowed to read an excerpt from General Naravane’s memoir

General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.

Trade deal with US likely to lift Rupee & stocks, say investors

New Delhi: India’s agreement with the US to buy $500 billion-worth of goods over five years includes an existing pipeline of projects, as well...

August 29-30, 2020: Inside details of how Indian Army surprised China at Rechin La & PLA ‘blinked first’

Some of the Army's finest—17 Mountain Strike Corps, Para SF & Special Frontier Force—had taken part in the operation to dominate areas along LAC.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.