Plea in SC for court-monitored SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme

Two NGOs on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to consider listing their public interest litigation seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team into alleged instances of "apparent......

Companies bribed parties via electoral bonds for projects: Prashant Bhushan

Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan on Sunday alleged that companies used electoral bonds to bribe political parties to secure projects worth lakhs of crores of rupees. IMAGE: Supreme Court senior......

What is price of human life, asks HC over death of 2 kids in Mumbai water tank

"What is the price of a human life in this city," an anguished Bombay high court asked on Thursday while taking suo motu (on its own) cognizance of an incident where two children died after falling......

SC rejects appeal against order refusing to hand Krishna Janmasthan to Hindus

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea challenging an Allahabad high court order dismissing a PIL seeking a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to acquire the Krishna Janmabhoomi......

As India steps on gas for infra building, repairs are left out

Little attention is being paid to keep roads, bridges and flyovers in good shape Earlier this month, as Gurgaon grappled with chock-a-block traffic and Bengaluru with flooded streets, something......

Why Modi sarkar must first push reforms in NDA-ruled states

The central government could coordinate its initiatives to make land available for physical transportation, and also upgrade fibre-optic linkages with NDA ruled states which are serially contiguous......

The impending broadband wars

Soon, India will have to deal with the question of whether broadband service providers are 'common carriers', like highways, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.  While we in India are busy fighting over......

Fight against corruption: How ordinary people made a difference

The roots of the cancellation of 2G telecom spectrum licences and coal blocks lie in two non-profit organisations - Common Cause and CPIL. In the late 1970s, phrases such as consumer protection......

Judgment of Justice John Hansen

BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL APPOINTED APPEALS COMMISSIONER IN THE MATTER OF an Appointment of an Appeals Commissioner to determine an appeal against the findings of ICC match referee......