Yearly Archives: 2025

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order granting disability pension to two soldiers, observing that the possibility of disease and disability came as a package…

By Dilip Bobb Till recently, the term “oligarch” was popularly associated with ultra-rich Russians who had gained control of significant portions of the economy in the late 1990s, especially in…

By Sujit Bhar As the world, led by the US, struggles to avoid a looming recession, protectionist trade barriers and major immigrant crises that have been the result of incessant…

By Kenneth Tiven Unintimidated federal judges across the nation have resisted what they see as illegal and generally bad legal performance from US President Donald Trump’s attorneys, more comfortable in…

By Vikram Kilpady Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde doesn’t need enemies—his own supporters seem more than capable of doing the damage. A pointed yet indirect jab at Shinde by…

By Inderjit Badhwar The judiciary is often described as the last bastion of justice, the one institution that stands firm when others waver. But what happens when the very guardians…

By Sanjay Raman Sinha A late-night fire at Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence has sparked a judicial firestorm. While the flames were doused, they exposed something far…

By Kumkum Chadha “Language is our heart and soul. Replacing it with the three-language formula is nothing but hegemony by the centre.”  —Dr Thamizhachi Thangapandian, aka Sumathy Tamil Nadu is…