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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Mar 09, 2021 04:30 IST
The Supreme Court will examine whether it needs to revisit its landmark 1992 decision on...
Tue, Mar 09, 2021
Mar 05, 2021 03:30 IST
Haryana quota law: New law provides for reserving 75% of private sector jobs up to a specified...
Fri, Mar 05, 2021
Feb 25, 2021 03:29 IST
Disha Ravi case: What are Sections 120A and 120B of the IPC, dealing with the offence of criminal...
Tue, Mar 02, 2021
Feb 24, 2021 03:52 IST
Disha Ravi case: On both charges, conspiracy and sedition, judge Rana scrupulously applied...
Tue, Mar 02, 2021
Feb 18, 2021 04:38 IST
M J Akbar v/s Priya Ramani: “The woman has a right to put her grievance at any platform of her...
Thu, Feb 18, 2021
Feb 13, 2021 04:50 IST
The last time a CJI retired without a single appointment to the SC was in 2015 during the tenure of...
Sun, Feb 14, 2021
Feb 13, 2021 04:32 IST
“In exercise of power conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the...
Sat, Feb 13, 2021
Feb 13, 2021 01:26 IST
The case was part of the first batch of seven cases that the board had taken...
Sat, Feb 13, 2021
Feb 11, 2021 03:33 IST
Although the express recognition of freedom of press in the First Amendment to the US Constitution...
Thu, Feb 11, 2021
Feb 10, 2021 04:20 IST
The study looked at a dataset of 8 crore case records of all district and subordinate courts, from...
Wed, Feb 10, 2021
Jan 31, 2021 04:37 IST
“The only issue that was flagged before the collegium was that of the quality of the judgments...
Sun, Jan 31, 2021
Jan 27, 2021 01:21 IST
The Bombay HC has acquitted a man of sexual assault charges under the POCSO Act for groping a...
Sat, Jan 30, 2021
Jan 24, 2021 00:25 IST
Since 2016, the share of sexual crimes in the list of crimes for which trial courts are imposing...
Sun, Jan 24, 2021
Jan 22, 2021 04:31 IST
The government’s proposal to keep the laws in abeyance is distinct from the January 12 Supreme...
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
Jan 14, 2021 04:44 IST
Section 5 of the Special Marriage Act, the legislation that allows solemnisation of marriages...
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
Jan 13, 2021 04:37 IST
This is perhaps the first time the apex court has stayed a law passed by Parliament without sparing...
Wed, Jan 13, 2021
Jan 12, 2021 04:30 IST
A line of precedents shows that courts have been very cautious while passing interim orders to stay...
Tue, Jan 12, 2021
Jan 07, 2021 01:25 IST
The interlocking of the two types of reservation throws up a host of questions on how certain...
Tue, Aug 30, 2022
Jan 06, 2021 03:38 IST
“Before we part, we feel constrained to note that in the present case, the petitioners...
Wed, Jan 06, 2021
Jan 05, 2021 16:04 IST
In a split decision, the Supreme Court has cleared the Central Vista project. A look at the grounds...
Wed, Jan 06, 2021
Jan 02, 2021 04:29 IST
On December 26, the house of Abdul Rafeeq was razed by the administration who came looking for...
Sat, Jan 02, 2021
Jan 02, 2021 04:00 IST
While a common feature of all three laws is the declaration of such marriages as “null and...
Sun, Jan 03, 2021
Dec 28, 2020 02:07 IST
The state government’s Cabinet had written to the Governor last week and, after the denial, is...
Tue, Dec 29, 2020
Dec 26, 2020 04:35 IST
Several provisions in the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2019, have been emulated almost...
Sat, Dec 26, 2020
Dec 25, 2020 04:47 IST
According to Pracha’s associate, advocate Digvijay Singh, the law firm is handling nearly 150...
Fri, Dec 25, 2020