India Legal, published by India Legal, covers a broad spectrum of legal developments and judicial decisions in India. The blog reports on constitutional law issues such as fundamental rights and personal liberty, including live-in relationships and protection under the Constitution. It addresses media law topics like defamation and freedom of speech, highlighting court rulings on media gag orders. The blog also discusses criminal law cases, public health law related to Covid-19 regulations, and administrative law concerning university governance and appointments. Environmental law is another focus, with coverage of Supreme Court decisions on vehicular pollution and emission standards. Overall, India Legal provides updates on significant court judgments and legal controversies impacting governance, civil rights, and regulatory frameworks in India.
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Saturday said the challenge before courts is no longer choosing between conservation and development, but harmonising the two, as he traced India’s environmental jurisprudence from civilisational ethos to constitutional mandate.
Addressing the…
The Bombay High Court has held that a Child Welfare Committee (CWC) cannot exercise jurisdiction over a child who does not fall within the category of a “child in need of care and protection”, including a child who is neither…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha
Two recent cases have once again brought into sharp focus the uneasy equation between State power and the personal liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.
The first concerns Akriti Chaudhary (24), a student detained under the National…
By Sujit Bhar
An arrest is among the most serious powers available to the State. It takes away, at least temporarily, an individual’s liberty and places that person under the control of the police and, subsequently, the judiciary. Precisely because…
By Pawan Kumar
A graduating law student’s answer to a question on biodiversity protection law was so incomprehensible that a judge in Prayagraj could not make sense of it. Nor could the advocate designated to evaluate the answer sheet when…
By Kenneth Tiven
Donald Trump will not be on the ballot in November’s mid-term elections. But his presidency will be. The 2026 elections will determine the political balance of the next Congress, and Trump has made himself unusually central to…
The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam authorities to verify the claim of a vehicle owner whose 13 vehicles were hired by the State for emergency and law-and-order duties and release the amount found payable.
Justice Devashis Barua passed…
It was a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office that set alarm bells ringing. This was about the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) “underperformance” whatever that may mean in the present context. Whether it is the number of raids or tightening…
By Inderjit Badhwar
There are summits that produce headlines, summits that produce declarations, and occasionally summits that reveal something larger than either. The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi belongs to the third category.
At first glance, the familiar statistics…
By Annunthra Rangan
The 18th BRICS Summit, held at Bharat Mandapam on September 12-13, ended a year in which India held the grouping’s chairmanship for the fourth time—and BRICS marked two decades since the acronym first appeared in a Goldman…
