When a petition was filed in the Supreme Court to delete a textbook sentence describing how courts view slum dwellers as "encroachers," it sparked a vital debate. Are we protecting the judiciary's image, or are we sanitizing the harsh realities of India's urban poor for our students?

Despite a strong domestic violence law, Indian women still struggle for protection. The Supreme Court’s 2026 directives expose a deeper crisis of enforcement, not legislation.

The Supreme Court’s hearing on the DPDP Act and its amendments to the RTI regime has reopened a long-simmering debate at the heart of Indian constitutional law—how to balance the right to privacy with the citizen’s right to know. At stake is not just data protection, but the future of public accountability in the digital state.

As the Supreme Court signals tougher laws for acid attacks, India faces a crucial question: do harsher punishments ensure justice, or is deeper systemic reform needed? A detailed legal editorial explores the implications.

As the Supreme Court questions WhatsApp’s data-sharing practices, India stands at a turning point in defining digital privacy, consent, and corporate accountability.

The Supreme Court is reviewing the UGC’s 2026 campus equity rules after a challenge to its narrow definition of caste discrimination. This editorial explains why the definition matters, how it affects students, and what it means for equality in Indian universities.

The Supreme Court’s split verdict on Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act has reopened a fundamental debate: should the state control who gets investigated? This editorial examines the constitutional stakes, the history of anti-corruption law, and what this battle means for accountability in India.

In the quiet intimacy of our daily lives, there is perhaps no object more trusted, more inextricably bound to our personal narrative, than the smartphone. It rests on our nightstands as we sleep, it captures the first steps of our children, it holds the fragile threads of our financial security, and it acts as the repository for our most private thoughts and digital whispers. We have accepted a tacit social contract with the manufacturers of these devices: we trade a certain

When love requires a permit and faith demands a government stamp, is privacy dead? We analyze the high-stakes Supreme Court battle over anti-conversion laws that threatens to turn the personal choices of the bedroom and prayer room into matters of state surveillance.

On 21 December 2025, the President gave assent to the Sabka Bima, Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, marking a major statutory shift that raises the foreign direct investment cap in insurance to 100 percent, strengthens the supervisory powers of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, mandates standardised KYC and digital record keeping, and creates stiffer penalties for breaches. The law reads like an invitation and a warning at the sa

The Supreme Court’s acceptance of a "100-meter" definition for the Aravalli Hills risks leaving vital foothills vulnerable to exploitation. This editorial argues that such arbitrary metrics dismantle the NCR's defense against desertification and water scarcity, proving that nature cannot be protected by math alone.

In a landmark judgment on December 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of India declared dowry a "constitutional wrong," calling for a systemic overhaul of dowry prohibition enforcement. This editorial unpacks the verdict in State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Ajmal Beg & Ors, analyzing the shift from punitive measures to educational reform and the urgent need to dismantle the financial foundations of patriarchal marriage.

The Supreme Court’s discovery of AI-generated fake case law in a high-stakes corporate dispute has sparked national concern about the reliability of artificial intelligence in legal practice. This unprecedented incident reveals how easily generative tools can fabricate convincing yet nonexistent precedents, challenging long-held assumptions about trust, verification, and professional responsibility in India’s justice system.

The transition from GST compensation to a permanent excise regime marks a seismic shift for "sin goods." We analyze how the new 2025 bills on tobacco and pan masala taxation impact legal compliance, business operations, and public health infrastructure in India.

India’s Historic Labour Law Overhaul marks the implementation of four major labour codes that replace 29 laws. The reform simplifies compliance, expands social security to gig workers, raises hiring thresholds, and sparks debate on job security and economic growth.

When the Chief Justice of India, presiding over the nation's highest court, publicly urges lawyers to appear virtually, not as a matter of convenience but as an act of self-preservation, the gavel strikes with the sound of a profound failure. This is not a procedural update. It is a surrender. The warning from the Supreme Court in mid-November 2025 that Delhi’s toxic air "could cause permanent damage" is a horrifying admission that the air in the capital of the world's fifth-

A road crash is a moment of shattering finality. A life is lost, a limb broken, a family’s financial bedrock turned to sand. But for a brief, bewildering period in India’s legal history, the trauma of the physical accident was swiftly followed by a secondary, equally devastating blow: the guillotine of a six-month deadline. This past week, in an interim order that is far more than a technical footnote, the Supreme Court of India intervened to halt the mechanical, merciless op

This editorial traces a judicial turning point: recent Supreme Court and High Court decisions that press the state to convert legal recognition into real-world protections for transgender people. It explains the limits of the 2019 Act, illustrates everyday consequences through concrete examples, and offers practical, institution-level steps to make dignity more than a promise.

As deepfakes blur the boundary between truth and fiction, India’s draft IT Rules propose strict controls on AI-generated content. While aimed at curbing misuse, these rules ignite a larger debate — can the state protect citizens from deception without crossing into digital censorship?

In a landmark move, the Supreme Court of India refused to block Natco Pharma from producing a low-cost version of Roche’s SMA drug, Evrysdi, marking a powerful stand for affordable healthcare. The Roche-Natco SMA drug patent dispute underscores India’s constitutional commitment to prioritize life over profit, reaffirming its legacy as the world’s pharmacy.