Seema Chishti

Justice Joseph was among four seniormost Judges at the time of the former CJI Dipak Misra who on January 12 made public the letter they wrote on what they thought was inappropriate allocation of cases.

Ayodhya, the RSS chief’s Dussehra address and the BJP’s utterances on Ram Mandir have been discussed extensively in the Urdu press.

UP PAC is one of several State Armed Police Forces who operate in addition to the regular state police, and are equipped to handle severe law and order situations. The ‘anti-Muslim’ narrative around the PAC gained traction after the 1987 Hashimpura killings.

The appointment of CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who was sent by the government on administrative leave along with CBI Director Alok Verma, had been challenged in the Supreme Court last year.

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath wants to rename it Prayagraj. The historical context.

A lookback at the life and times, poetry and prose of Shahryar, and the journey of Urdu-Hindi poetry in Aligarh Muslim University

It ruled that states no longer need to collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of SCs and STs in granting quota in promotions, but will have to back it with data to show their inadequate representation in the cadre.

In coming days, there will surely be a spate of arguments on the "correct" import of the 1,448-page verdict, with varying and possibly conflicting interpretations.

The study also says that mobility levels for African Americans in US are better than those for Muslims in India but the movement of Dalits and Scheduled Tribes is comparable to that of African-Americans.

As Justice Ranjan Gogoi gets set on course to meet this destiny, his colleagues in the topmost court term him as “a man of few words, strong and deep convictions and also a man of action. He speaks little but acts.”

“I categorically state that I have never given Rs 50,000 to hold any programme in Moga. Nor do I know any Com. Ankit who is in touch with Kashmiri separatists,” Sudha Bharadwaj wrote.

Battles rage and freedom cries ring loud as people live and love in fictional Pipli town, in this novel set in the 1940s

The Law Commission said it was doing this with the “intention to initiate a healthy and sustainable debate on the issue” since simultaneous polls are “not possible within the existing framework of the Constitution”.

On Thursday, the first day after the Supreme Court order, the police stayed inside the house, watching and monitoring everything they did.

He said the arrests were “an attack on freedom of speech... and an act to undermine the fundamentals of Constitutional democracy”.

Investigations and a series of arrests made by the Maharashtra ATS and Karnataka Police point to connections among these murders, and suggest the involvement of radical Hindutva groups.

Do films echo reality? Or do they influence the reality? And can a film like Mulk get viewers to change their thinking?

Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead: His role in making Sangh ideology palatable to India beyond its core supporters is what made his contribution crucial.

Indications are that the recommendation will be part of the final report which will be submitted to the government by the commission before its term ends on August 31.