Abhinav Verma

The naming of Karnataka High Court judge BV Nagarathna, among the nine judges, is highly significant as she may become India’s first woman chief justice.

The Court has struck down some provisions of the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance. This could see those below 50 years being appointed to these Tribunals.

While observing that the centre could not stay away from paying the amount to the kin of Covid-19 patients who died, the Court asked NDMA to frame guidelines in this regard while abstaining from specifying the compensation.

After many ifs and buts, the government decided to cancel the Board exams due to the pandemic. This has led to mixed reactions.

The second wave of coronavirus has been especially virulent and fatal. Like other professions, the judiciary too has lost many stalwarts to the pandemic.

With social media giant WhatsApp legally challenging the new IT rules, which mandates message tracing, the stage is set for an unseemly battle which could affect its huge base of subscribers.

While rights activist Gautam Navlakha was denied default bail by the Court, the bench allowed courts to order house arrests as another form of detention under Section 167 of the CrPC.

A division bench constituted to take up matters related to Covid-19 has for the last two months been industriously and on a daily basis trying to ensure that citizens are saved at any cost.

As the pandemic raged ac...