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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Oct 28, 2021 04:54 IST
Supreme Court has set up a panel to investigate allegations of potential surveillance of mobile...
Thu, Oct 28, 2021
Oct 28, 2021 04:00 IST
The three-judge bench, in ordering a probe into Pegasus, flagged that its intervention is to...
Thu, Oct 28, 2021
Oct 27, 2021 01:05 IST
According to the ministry, the key agenda for the conference with law ministers is to discuss...
Wed, Oct 27, 2021
Oct 24, 2021 03:39 IST
The judges whose transfers remain on hold are Justice Soumen Sen of the Calcutta High Court and...
Sun, Oct 24, 2021
Oct 19, 2021 04:15 IST
The Indian Express has learnt that the Collegium reiterated for a second time its recommendation...
Tue, Oct 19, 2021
Oct 12, 2021 04:30 IST
Amid demands to withdraw the Bill, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Monday that the government...
Wed, Oct 13, 2021
Oct 08, 2021 04:00 IST
Ashish alias Monu is the only accused named in complaints filed with police. Two of Ashish...
Fri, Oct 08, 2021
Oct 03, 2021 04:15 IST
On September 1, the collegium headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana reiterated its earlier...
Sun, Oct 03, 2021
Oct 03, 2021 02:52 IST
Speaking on how Mahatma Gandhi pleaded guilty of sedition charges in 1922, justice Kureshi said...
Sun, Oct 03, 2021
Sep 25, 2021 04:15 IST
The Registry said in a statement that the National Informatics Centre (NIC), “which provides the...
Sat, Sep 25, 2021
Sep 18, 2021 04:22 IST
The Supreme Court collegium has not yet formally notified its recommendations. The decisions were...
Sat, Sep 18, 2021
Sep 17, 2021 15:30 IST
Sources said that the decision to transfer him to a “bigger high court” was one of the several...
Fri, Sep 17, 2021
Sep 17, 2021 11:48 IST
Sources told The Indian Express that this significant move was one of the decisions taken by the...
Fri, Sep 17, 2021
Sep 16, 2021 03:17 IST
Domestic violence, however, was the most prevalent crime against women, according to the...
Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Sep 16, 2021 03:12 IST
A total of 1,527 cases of fake news were recorded in the pandemic year — a 214 per cent increase...
Thu, Sep 16, 2021
Sep 06, 2021 02:03 IST
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana last week recommended...
Mon, Sep 06, 2021
Sep 05, 2021 04:07 IST
The 12 names were reiterated despite objections from the government as the Supreme Court Collegium,...
Sun, Sep 05, 2021
Sep 04, 2021 04:10 IST
A record 9 judges have taken oath at one go, taking the SC strength to 33, of whom 4 are women. How...
Thu, Sep 09, 2021
Sep 02, 2021 16:25 IST
The Texas law is being interpreted as one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the US since the...
Fri, Sep 03, 2021
Aug 29, 2021 00:40 IST
As Supreme Court finally gets nine new judges, one name remains conspicuously out: Justice Akil...
Sun, Aug 29, 2021
Aug 22, 2021 21:52 IST
The new anti-conversion laws shift the burden of proof of a lawful religious conversion from the...
Mon, Aug 23, 2021
Aug 19, 2021 02:07 IST
In June, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had told the High Court that the state had...
Thu, Aug 19, 2021
Aug 18, 2021 21:15 IST
If the recommendations are accepted, three more judges could be added to the line of succession for...
Thu, Aug 19, 2021
Aug 18, 2021 04:05 IST
The Indian Express has learnt that the Collegium, for the first time, has recommended the names of...
Wed, Aug 18, 2021
Aug 17, 2021 04:20 IST
Attorney General for India KK Venugopal, who had defended the Tribunals Reforms Ordinance in court,...
Tue, Aug 17, 2021