Southern Comfort
By Dilip Bobb In William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Shylock’s pursuit of a pound of Antonio’s flesh highlights a complex relationship between law, justice, and mercy. Shylock, driven by…
Ivy League Vendetta: Power, Payback, and the Politics of Control
By Kenneth Tiven President Donald Trump’s financially punitive and legally questionable attack on Ivy League universities is best understood not as policy, but as a function of his emotional compulsions.…
A Fight for the Soul of the American University
By Inderjit Badhwar In solidarity with my fellow classmates from the Class of 1969 and other graduates of Columbia’s School of Journalism, India Legal republishes this powerful alumni letter to…
Patna High Court grants bail to 2 PFI members accused of planning to cause disturbance during PM’s upcoming visit
The Patna High Court has granted bail to two persons, allegedly members of thePopular Front of India (PFI), who were accused of planning to cause disturbance during the proposed visit…
“Waqf Is Not in the Quran”: A Blistering Critique of Muslim Institutions
Bihar Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has stirred a hornet’s nest by asserting that the word Waqf “finds no mention” in the Quran: “It goes against the grain of Quranic teaching,”…
A Pause Amid Rising Communal Tensions
By Vikram Kilpady In a significant interim relief for petitioners, the Supreme Court has recorded an assurance from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the controversial provisions of the Waqf (Amendment)…
Celluloid Thugs
By Sujit Bhar A recent Calcutta High Court order has brought to public view the stifling and illegal grip that politics has over the state’s film industry, quite like the…
CBI Investigations Only for Exceptional Cases, Not Based on “Bald Allegations”
By Binny Yadav In a significant reaffirmation of established legal doctrine, the Supreme Court has ruled that mere “bald allegations”—unbacked by tangible evidence—are insufficient to warrant the transfer of a…