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बातम्यांतील कायदा — त्यामागील तरतुदींनी समजावले.
2026-07-21
Can a Detainee on Hunger Strike Be Force-Fed? What Indian Law Actually Permits
The question raised around Sonam Wangchuk's detention and hunger strike opens up a rarely examined corner of Indian law — the tension between a person's right to refuse food or medical treatment and the State's duty to keep a detainee alive.
2026-07-21
Why the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 Is Being Challenged as Unconstitutional
Petitions pending before the Supreme Court argue that India's first standalone data protection law weakens the right to information and hands the executive unchecked control over an independent regulator, reopening the constitutional debate that began with the right to privacy judgment.
2026-07-21
The Supreme Court's SIR Verdict: What the Special Intensive Revision Case Means for the Right to Vote
The Supreme Court's engagement with the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls tests how far Article 324 powers can stretch before they collide with Article 326's promise of universal adult suffrage.
2026-07-21
Why the Supreme Court Told High Courts to Deliver Judgments Within Three Months of Reserving Them
A new Supreme Court directive tackles one of Indian litigation's quiet scandals — judgments reserved after arguments end but delivered years later — by fixing an outer time limit and tying it to the constitutional promise of a speedy, fair hearing.
2026-07-19
Why the Registrar General Cannot Discipline Judicial Officers: The Supreme Court Reaffirms Article 235 Control
The Supreme Court has held that a High Court's Registrar General, an administrative officer, cannot on his own authority set disciplinary proceedings in motion against judicial officers — that power belongs to the High Court itself, acting collectively as a court.
2026-07-19
Supreme Court Upholds Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls as a Step Towards Free and Fair Elections
The Supreme Court has declined to strike down the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, holding it consistent with the constitutional goal of clean, accurate voter lists — here is the constitutional architecture that makes such an exercise possible, and contestable.
2026-07-19
Supreme Court Permits India's First Actual Passive Euthanasia: What the Law on the Right to Die Actually Says
The Supreme Court has, for the first time, allowed passive euthanasia to be carried out in an individual case — moving the ten-year-old constitutional right to die with dignity from guidelines on paper to an actual withdrawal of life support.
2026-07-19
Supreme Court: Footpaths Are Not a Civic Amenity but a Facet of the Right to Life
The Supreme Court has held that safe, walkable footpaths on public roads flow from the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21, turning pedestrian infrastructure from a municipal convenience into a constitutional obligation.
2026-07-18
Section 106(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: The New Hit-and-Run Law and Why It Was Contested
A plain-language guide to the provision that replaced IPC Section 304A, the protests it triggered, and what it now means for drivers, victims and the criminal justice system.
2026-07-18
The Constitutional Right to a Clean Environment: The Law Behind India's Green Jurisprudence
As legal commentary increasingly tracks India's environmental case law as a distinct constitutional beat, here is the actual architecture — fundamental rights, directive principles, and the criminal law on nuisance — that makes environmental protection enforceable in Indian courts.
2026-07-18
Why Undertrial Bail Under BNSS Section 479 Is Becoming the Supreme Court's Favourite Tool for Article 21
A running theme in this year's Supreme Court round-ups — orders freeing long-detained undertrials — traces back to a specific statutory guarantee, BNSS Section 479, and its constitutional root in the right to a speedy trial.
2026-07-18
The Old Code and the New: How Courts Are Sorting Out the IPC-to-BNS Transition
A year after India's criminal codes were replaced, the Supreme Court's recurring case round-ups keep circling back to one recurring legal seam — which law, old or new, governs a case that straddles 1 July 2024.