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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Dec 12, 2019 03:22 IST
Describing the law as "patently unconstitutional," former Union minister P Chidambaram said he is...
Thu, Dec 12, 2019
Dec 10, 2019 04:26 IST
Congress MP Manish Tewari said the proposed law violates Article 14 that guarantees the right to...
Tue, Dec 10, 2019
Dec 06, 2019 06:14 IST
The observations of the Bench have put the spotlight back on the Supreme Court’s controversial...
Sat, Dec 07, 2019
Nov 25, 2019 04:00 IST
Supreme Court will review Sabarimala judgment but will not do so in Rafale case; a review plea is...
Mon, Nov 25, 2019
Nov 25, 2019 03:12 IST
As in the Karnataka case, the petitioners also alleged that the Governor overlooked a post-poll...
Mon, Nov 25, 2019
Nov 25, 2019 02:56 IST
The Governor has to convene a brief session of the Vidhan Sabha to facilitate the floor test and...
Mon, Nov 25, 2019
Nov 15, 2019 01:52 IST
The Supreme Court has deferred its decision on review of 2018 Sabarimala verdict until a larger...
Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Nov 15, 2019 01:46 IST
Sabarimala verdict: Justice Nariman and Justice Chandrachud differed with the majority opinion that...
Fri, Nov 15, 2019
Nov 14, 2019 05:00 IST
Says 2018 ruling did not discuss effect of ‘only’ in Art 110(1) on money Bill. Like the Aadhaar...
Thu, Nov 14, 2019
Nov 14, 2019 04:40 IST
The Bench, also comprising Justices N V Ramana, D Y Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna,...
Thu, Nov 14, 2019
Nov 13, 2019 04:00 IST
Basis of the ban: The petitioners have argued that the court erroneously concluded that the ban is...
Thu, Nov 14, 2019
Nov 10, 2019 04:35 IST
The court, while using the “preponderance of probabilities” as a standard of proof, picks the...
Sun, Nov 10, 2019
Nov 10, 2019 02:12 IST
The CBI has to prove charges against more than 47 BJP leaders and hundreds of unknown kar sevaks in...
Sun, Nov 10, 2019
Nov 10, 2019 01:57 IST
The Article gives the court necessary powers for “doing complete justice in any cause or matter...
Sun, Nov 10, 2019
Nov 09, 2019 11:55 IST
The court directed the central government to frame a scheme within three months to allocate land...
Sat, Nov 09, 2019
Nov 07, 2019 04:53 IST
The petition filed by Mumbai-based National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms...
Thu, Nov 07, 2019
Nov 07, 2019 04:30 IST
Leading to its 2010 verdict, Allahabad HC had examined eight key questions in the Ayodhya title...
Thu, Nov 07, 2019
Nov 07, 2019 02:07 IST
The Supreme Court will soon begin the hearing on Rafale verdict review, Sabarimala ruling review...
Fri, Nov 08, 2019
Nov 06, 2019 05:35 IST
Senior advocate and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Vikas Singh, condemned...
Wed, Nov 06, 2019
Nov 06, 2019 04:49 IST
Ayodhya verdict: The Supreme Court will decide on the 2010 ruling of the Allahabad High Court that...
Wed, Nov 06, 2019
Oct 25, 2019 02:00 IST
The verdicts, delivered in 2018, had held that the CJI has the last word in assigning cases to...
Fri, Oct 25, 2019
Oct 23, 2019 04:29 IST
The two significant questions of law that the court will look into are: whether mandatory linking...
Wed, Oct 23, 2019
Oct 18, 2019 04:42 IST
The collegium published Thursday seven resolutions of decisions taken on October 15 which are mere...
Fri, Oct 18, 2019
Oct 17, 2019 01:35 IST
In any settlement, the role of the Sunni Waqf Board, a key party to the case, would be significant...
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
Oct 15, 2019 02:13 IST
The scheduled hearing will decide the legality of several cases of land acquisition that took place...
Tue, Oct 15, 2019