Rich-poor gap still enormous: Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia

"The inequality in income and wealth and the growing gap between the rich and the poor is still enormous," Supreme Court judge Sudhanshu Dhulia said on Tuesday. IMAGE: File image of Supreme Court......

Justice V R Krishna Iyer passes into the ages

Justice V R Krishna Iyer, a Left-leaning intellectual who had stood for the rights of the downtrodden and reinterpreted bail jurisprudence as a Supreme Court judge, died on Thursday, December 4.......

States can't acquire all private properties for common good, rules SC

In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court by a majority of 7:2 on Tuesday held all private properties cannot form part of "material resources of the community" empowering states to take them over......

'Fillip For Protection Of Personal Property Rights'

'The ruling does not automatically mean that your house can be taken away, but suppose it blocks an expressway or a highway or such essential development, then it can be taken away as long as there......

Of Bhopal and a democracy we can be proud of

The magnitude of outrage triggered by the miscarriage of justice in the Bhopal gas leak tragedy is a moment of truth for all of us, says Rajni Bakshi. How ironic that the film Rajneeti was released......

Chronicle of Supreme Court proceedings and Reliance gas saga

In the past as well, questions have come up about the manner in which different benches of the apex court were constituted to resolve disputes involving the Reliance group, say Paranjoy Guha......

Bank woes: 'When they need surgery, they are using a bandage'

'The day-to-day control of banks is in the hands of political bosses and bureaucrats who are not answerable.''The political system uses the banks as a helicopter to throw money to the sector they......

The auto driver who won at Venice Film Festival

'My status in society as an auto driver could never have brought me this glory; it is my writing that has taken me across the seas and brought me fame.' M Chandrakumar shares his success story.......