On a September morning in 2025, YouTuber and educator Nitesh Rajput uploaded a video titled "Reality of SSC Exam" to his channel. Armed with Right to Information replies and publicly available government documents, he questioned the transparency of India's Staff Selection Commission examination process, specifically scrutinising tender allocations to private vendors conducting these high-stakes exams that determine the futures of millions of aspirants. The video, which rapidl

On a September morning in 2025, YouTuber and educator Nitesh Rajput uploaded a video titled "Reality of SSC Exam" to his channel. Armed with Right to Information replies and publicly available government documents, he questioned the transparency of India's Staff Selection Commission examination process, specifically scrutinising tender allocations to private vendors conducting these high-stakes exams that determine the futures of millions of aspirants. The video, which rapidl

In a series of landmark judgments that will reshape land acquisition jurisprudence across India, the Supreme Court has upheld thousands of land acquisitions undertaken by the Delhi Development Authority and other Delhi government entities between 1957 and 2006, while simultaneously providing relief mechanisms for affected landowners, marking a pivotal moment in resolving a decade-long legal crisis that had thrown urban development projects in the national capital into disarra

In July 2025, fifty schoolchildren in Bihar were rushed to a government hospital after consuming worm-contaminated food served as part of the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM-Poshan) scheme, which most Indians still call the Mid-Day Meal. Three months earlier, in Rajasthan, two separate food poisoning cases were reported from government schools within weeks of each other. In January 2023, parents in West Bengal were horrified when their children returned home, describi

India’s ongoing legal battle over the 2023 amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules represents one of the most significant constitutional confrontations in the digital era. At the heart of the dispute is the government’s attempt to empower a Fact Check Unit (FCU) to label online content related to the “business of the Central Government” as “fake, false, or misleading,” compelling social media intermediaries to rem

A policy born to heal cannot survive without reform There is an argument India cannot afford to ignore any longer. It is not the blunt, politically convenient demand to simply abolish reservations, an exercise in privilege dressed as principle. Nor is it the reflexive defence that treats every critique of the system as an attack on the marginalised. The real argument, the urgent, data-backed, morally serious one, is this: India's reservation policy, as it currently operates

As the National Human Rights Commission records nearly 2,740 custodial deaths in a single year, systemic failures rooted in colonial-era policing, political interference, and institutional impunity continue to erode constitutional guarantees. A landmark Supreme Court verdict issued nearly two decades ago remains largely unimplemented. Every day, on average, more than six people die in some form of State custody in India. This is not a statistic buried in activist reports; it

Court reiterates that habeas corpus is an extraordinary remedy; complex custody disputes must go to civil courts under the Guardians and Wards Act or the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act. A father approached the Orissa High Court by filing a habeas corpus petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, alleging that his child was being illegally detained by the maternal relatives. He argued that as the natural guardian of the child, the High Court should exercise its writ

A nation that commands a $3.9 trillion GDP cannot afford to educate its own children. A republic that positions itself as a global knowledge superpower ranks 114th in worldwide education indices. This is not a development story. This is a governance failure of historic proportions. India entered 2024 as the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, surpassing Japan, projecting an image of sovereign ambition and digital prowess. Prime Ministers speak of Viksit Bharat a D

In a significant ruling underscoring reproductive rights, the Supreme Court of India on Friday permitted the medical termination of a 30-week pregnancy for a minor girl, affirming that courts cannot compel any woman, particularly a minor, to continue an unwanted pregnancy. The Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan directed Mumbai's J.J. Hospital to undertake the procedure while ensuring all necessary medical safeguards. The case involved a girl who

The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man who spent approximately 23 years in jail after concluding that the prosecution's evidence was wholly insufficient to sustain his conviction for the alleged murder of his wife and three children. While allowing the appeal, the Division Bench comprising Justice Siddharth and Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay delivered a scathing indictment of India's criminal justice system, making it unequivocally clear that merely holding judicial confe

The Supreme Court of India has progressively expanded the doctrine of contempt of court to ensure that judicial authority is not undermined through indirect means. Traditionally, contempt jurisdiction was perceived as applicable primarily to parties formally bound by court orders. However, contemporary jurisprudence recognises that non-parties who knowingly aid, abet, or facilitate the disobedience of court orders may also be held liable for contempt of court. This expanded u