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Delhi Riots Conspiracy Case: Verdict On Khalid, Sharjeel Imam's Bail Reserved, Due Monday

A Delhi court reserved its order on fresh bail pleas by Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, with the verdict likely by Monday. ASJ Sameer Bajpai heard arguments from both sides. The duo cited nearly six years in custody without trial as grounds for bail, while the prosecution said relief could come only after the Supreme Court's embargo period lapses. The Supreme Court had earlier denied them bail while granting relief to five co-accu

Refusal By Family To Accept Notice Is Valid Service, Says Orissa HC

The Orissa High Court, in Smt. Sunita Nayak v. Anup Kumar Tota, has held that refusal by an addressee to accept court notice — followed by affixture of the notice on the outer door or another conspicuous part of the house — amounts to valid and sufficient service. A Division Bench of Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra invoked Illustration (f) to Section 114 of the Evidence Act, Section 27 of the General Clauses Act, and Order V Rule 9(5) CPC, holding

No Signature, No Settlement: Supreme Court Says Lawyers Can't Sign Away Client Rights"

The Supreme Court has held that an advocate cannot compromise on a client's behalf without express authorisation. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh upheld the setting aside of a 1994 compromise decree in a partition suit, after the client's heirs said he never signed or authorised the settlement. The Court explained that Order XXIII Rule 3 CPC requires a compromise to be signed by the parties themselves, and lawyers cannot surrender substantive rights on

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The Aggrieved Students Who Wouldn’t Go Home: Inside the NEET Paper Leak Protest

The youngsters were protesting, and finally, their biggest demand was met. On July 25, 2026, a Union Minister resigned — something few would have bet on a month earlier. But a resignation is rarely where a story ends; it’s usually where the next, harder chapter begins. Before we get to what’s still worth watching, here is the full, chronological story of how a leaked exam paper turned into a month that shook Delhi. Where It Started: The Exam and the Leak NEET-UG 2026 was held

Who Decides Guilt: The Court or the Bullet?

A Question We Don't Like to Ask Here’s a question that makes most people uncomfortable: if the police shoot a man dead before any court has heard his side, who exactly decided he was guilty? We’ve all grown up watching news anchors call it an “encounter” almost like it’s a good word — a clean word, a word that sounds like justice finally happened. A criminal was caught, shots were fired, and the criminal is now dead. End of story, right? Except it isn’t the end of the story.

At Peace, At Last: Time for Parliament to Act

Can a country that calls itself a constitutional democracy — one that has elevated dignity to the heart of its fundamental rights — force a man to keep living when life, as he once knew it, ended thirteen years ago? A Boy Who Fell, and a Family That Never Stopped Falling In August 2013, Harish Rana was nineteen years old. He was a student in Chandigarh — young, alive, full of whatever quiet ambitions nineteen-year-olds carry in their chests. Then one day, he fell from the f

Editor's Pick

Is Calling Dowry a "Gift" Really Enough to Make It Legal?

Dowry has not disappeared from Indian society — it has simply changed its name. The Supreme Court in State of U.P. v. Ajmal Beg (2025 INSC 1435) cut through this fiction, restoring a conviction in a dowry death case and declaring that eliminating dowry is a constitutional necessity. This editorial examines the judgment's background, key legal findings, constitutional provisions, implementation challenges, and possible alternatives — written accessibly for students and practit

So Close, Yet Three Years Away: The Judiciary's New Rulebook”

Imagine you're studying law for about five to six years, chasing one single dream — becoming a judge the day you graduate. Now imagine being told, almost overnight, that the dream must wait three more years. This is exactly what happened to thousands of law graduates across India when the Supreme Court decided that no one can become an entry-level judge without first practising as a lawyer for three years. What started as one court order has turned into one of the most talked

Sovereignty Is Non-Negotiable: The Urgent Need for a National Immigration Law

The Refugee Shield Has Become a Gateway for Illegal Immigration — and Ordinary Indians Are Paying the Price The Question Every Indian Deserves an Answer To Here is a straightforward question that rarely gets asked plainly enough. When an undocumented person from another country enters India without papers, acquires a fake Aadhaar card, registers on a voter list, settles into a city slum, and then — when caught — claims to be a refugee deserving international protection, what