Of the three pillars of the Indian democracy – the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, the first two pillars have been shaken by institutionalized corruption for a long time. However, the judiciary – the last recourse of law – is also...
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Bilkis Bano received justice after six years of the gruesome violence happened with her and other family members during 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. On Monday, a special CBI court slapped life-term to 11 people in the connection with gang rape of...
Has the judiciary power to exercise restraints in the work of the Executive and Legislature? If yes then at what extent the judiciary can interfere in others' sphere of functioning? It has become a million-dollar question at present in India.
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The Judiciary in India may turn into a dictator. The Supreme Court Judge P Sathasivam said that the 'tool of judicial activism' should be used carefully by the judges, failing which the Supreme Court could turn into a 'tyrant institution'....
On Monday, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Delhi slapped a fine of Rs 55 lakh on the ICICI Bank for taking service of 'goons' to recover loan from a customer. Within two days of strict warning sent by the Reserve Bank to banks...
The Supreme Court has put forward some searching questions to the petitioners who have submitted their applications in favor of OBC quota in Institutions of higher education in the country. The apex court has asked why they were in favor of...
Despite the April 2005 Supreme Court order to close the illegal mining in Aravali Hills in Rajashthan, as many as 52 mines are continuously functioning in the region. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked the Rajasthan government to...
It is the duty of students to organize themselves in unions to kill their professors. Teachers are to be ridiculed and routinely abused. In Madhya Pradesh violent student union leaders mauled a professor to death for protesting their political...
Why should we be surprised if our judges need to judged? The people of India have only the judiciary to turn to for all other institutions have failed us. Recently, the Supreme Court of India admonished a sessions judge for unnecessarily issuing a...
The Supreme Court granted a reprieve to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the 175 crore Taj Corridor case, refusing to direct the state governor T V Rajeshwar to sanction her prosecution in the case. In his June 3 order, Governor Rajeshwar had...
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