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The Supreme Court on Wednesday banned all mining operations going on within 1 km radius of the Critical Tiger Habitat (CTH), a protected area of Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. The Bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice SVN Bhatti further directed the State of Rajasthan to formulate a closure plan or take necessary steps for compliance with its orders. The Apex Court then listed the matter for further hearing in July. The order was passed on an application see...

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Give Law A Chance

As the Supreme Court grants interim bail to the chief minister of Delhi, completely rejecting the Enforcement Directorate’s objections, the Court upholds the basic tenet of law that a person is innocent till proven guilty, unlike what the PMLA Act forcefully presupposes

Catch Me If You Can

In a major policy shift, the Election Commission has decided to serve notice to the political party and not the star campaigner for Model Code of Conduct violations. Has this been done to insulate powerful wrongdoers?

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A Step Forward in Punishing Ecocide?

In this landmark order, the Court accentuates the environmental rule of law and principles of sustainable development and lambasts officials of the State who abdicated their duty of protecting forests

The Might Of The State

The apex court’s defence of private business and private property is par for the times when applying socialist interventions of yore can end up alienating investors

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Campus Confrontation

Student protests about the Palestine-Israel conflict may interrupt numerous college and university graduations that usually symbolize spring in America. The Gaza conflict has taken centrestage, with Columbia University in New York being the hub of protests. Fifty six years ago, also in a national election year, the focus of discontent was American involvement in the Vietnam War

Turncoat Culture

In the rough and tumble of politics, defections mar democracy and cast a shadow on the constitutional morality of politicians, and often end up in courts. Can political will be mustered to stem the malaise?

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If India aspires to be a a leading power in the world, its diplomacy has to be multi-layered and multi-pronged to maximise the partners and players, and minimise the problems, Senior Advocate Ashok Bhan said. Speaking at the executive meeting of the Kashmir (Policy and Strategy) Group (KOSG) in New Delhi, Bhan, who is also the Chairman of the KPSG, said Bharat needs to develop deep national strengths. The political narrative has to be inclusive, science and modern technology have to fundamen...