Apurva Vishwanath is the National Legal Editor at The Indian Express, where she leads the organization’s coverage of the Indian judiciary, constitutional law, and public policy. A law graduate with a B.A., LL.B (Hons) from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Apurva brings over a decade of specialized experience to her reporting. She is an authority on judicial appointments and the Supreme Court Collegium, providing critical analysis of the country’s legal landscape....Read More
Apurva Vishwanath is the National Legal Editor at The Indian Express, where she leads the organization’s coverage of the Indian judiciary, constitutional law, and public policy. A law graduate with a B.A., LL.B (Hons) from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Apurva brings over a decade of specialized experience to her reporting. She is an authority on judicial appointments and the Supreme Court Collegium, providing critical analysis of the country’s legal landscape.
Before joining The Indian Express in 2019, she honed her expertise at The Print and Mint.
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Aug 25, 2022 04:20 IST
The Supreme Court will take up a review of its July 27 judgment upholding the law in an unusual...
Thu, Aug 25, 2022
Aug 25, 2022 00:59 IST
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Aug 21, 2022 22:22 IST
Significantly, in 2003, it was the NHRC’s crucial intervention that ensured legal assistance for...
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Aug 16, 2022 02:20 IST
According to data from the Ministry of Law and Justice, there are 380 vacancies against the...
Tue, Aug 16, 2022
Aug 15, 2022 05:00 IST
Justice U U Lalit begins 74-day term August...
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Aug 15, 2022 04:04 IST
A fortnight before he takes over as Chief Justice of India for a term of 74 days, Justice Uday...
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Aug 09, 2022 03:37 IST
Currently, there are 30 vacancies against a sanctioned strength of 63 and it is learnt that a...
Tue, Aug 09, 2022
Aug 06, 2022 03:03 IST
“To my mind, threat to ‘Independence of Judiciary’ is a myth. Independence of judiciary is...
Sat, Aug 06, 2022
Aug 04, 2022 04:10 IST
Hours after the meeting, the Secretariat of the CJI said that it has received a communication from...
Thu, Aug 04, 2022
Aug 03, 2022 04:10 IST
Besides Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, the collegium includes Justices U U Lalit, D Y...
Wed, Aug 03, 2022
Aug 01, 2022 05:15 IST
The SC ruling did not mandate publication of the photograph of the PM and President, but only...
Mon, Aug 01, 2022
Jul 30, 2022 04:13 IST
In his six-year tenure in the top court, Justice Khanwilkar has upheld the constitutionality of...
Sat, Jul 30, 2022
Jul 27, 2022 12:56 IST
In upholding the reverse burden of proof condition for grant of bail, the Court also overruled its...
Thu, Jul 28, 2022
Jul 22, 2022 03:30 IST
The idea of increasing the age of retirement for judges has been mooted for decades as a solution...
Fri, Jul 22, 2022
Jul 21, 2022 20:13 IST
The 25-year-old woman, a permanent resident of Manipur who currently resides in Delhi, moved the...
Fri, Jul 22, 2022
Jul 21, 2022 02:41 IST
On Wednesday, a bench led by HC Chief Justice Sanjay Karol dictated a 22-page order in open court...
Thu, Jul 21, 2022
Jul 21, 2022 01:19 IST
The order underlines that multiple criminal processes cannot be pursued by the state with the goal...
Fri, Jul 22, 2022
Jul 20, 2022 14:49 IST
Arrested on June 27 following a case filed in Delhi, he was released from the Tihar Jail Wednesday...
Thu, Jul 21, 2022
Jul 20, 2022 11:29 IST
The law recognises change in the relationship status of a pregnant woman in the case of divorce and...
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Jul 19, 2022 15:40 IST
The same bench on 1 July had declined to entertain Nupur Sharma's plea, saying she has a “loose...
Wed, Jul 20, 2022
Jul 19, 2022 02:19 IST
The collegium recommended names of advocates Shishir Jain, Manu Khare, Rishad Murtuza, Dhruv Mathur...
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Jul 19, 2022 02:16 IST
The collegium recommended names of advocates Shishir Jain, Manu Khare, Rishad Murtuza, Dhruv Mathur...
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Jul 16, 2022 21:21 IST
The only recommended name that is yet to be cleared by the government is that of senior advocate...
Sat, Jul 16, 2022