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The no-confidence motion moved by Gaurav Gogoi is bound to fail as the NDA members are more than twice that of the Opposition. But it is an attempt to put the government on the mat over Manipur

While Rahul’s sentence is under Section 500 IPC and disqualification under the Representation of the People Act, is the trial judge guilty of serious misconduct for awarding maximum sentence?

The right-wing Netanyahu government’s plan to control the judiciary has found resonance in India where a similar situation has muddied the waters.

Lead Visual: Shantanu Mitra From Indira Gandhi to Narendra Modi, India has come a long way. Emergency era Congress President D.K. Barooah is remembered for his remark "India is Indira. Indira is India" plumbing a notable high on the sycophancy register. Such deference is also a hallmark of leaders in the Modi government.

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The central government appoints the Chief Justice of India based on seniority. But this convention was breached two times (in 1973 and 1977) when senior judges were bypassed and pliable junior judges were appointed to the office of the CJI by the Indira Gandhi government.

A petition has been moved in the Supreme Court against actor Kangana Ranaut's outbursts against the Sikh community over protests against the now-repealed three farm laws. The petitioner, Advocate Sardar Charanjeet Singh Chanderpal, sought directives to all social media companies to curtail or censor or delete Ranaut's statements made against Sikhs given the vast number of Sikhs in the farm laws protest.

Ex-President of India Pranab Mukherjee, who died today at age 84, was a larger than life figure in Indian politics.

Grievances expressed against judges and judgments are not necessarily without merit. But they can be pursued without bringing the CJI and the judiciary into public disrepute, thereby weakening its popular base of support in these troubled times when there is need for judicial unity.