When Algorithms Raise Children, Who Takes The Responsibility?
In Asti, northern Italy, Rossella’s death has moved from private grief into public litigation. The 12-year-old died by suicide after what her parents ...
Tag: PIL
Supreme Court Rejects ‘Legislative Vacuum’ Claim on Hate Speech, Shifts Focus to Enforcement Gaps
The Supreme Court ruled that India does not face any legislative vacuum on hate speech. It dismissed petitions seeking fresh judicial directions and ...
‘Singham’ Targeted? PIL Against Ajay Pal Sharma Sparks Pushback Debate Over Poll Enforcement
A fresh political storm has broken over West Bengal’s Assembly elections after a PIL in the Supreme Court sought the removal of Uttar ...
Supreme Court Backs EC’s Bengal Officer Reshuffle Ahead of Polls, Keeps Larger Legal Issue Open
The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the Election Commission’s decision to transfer senior administrative and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal, ...
CJI-led bench to hear PIL against Places of Worship Act tomorrow; Congress also petitioner supporting the Act
The Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Tuesday, a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the ...
A CJI Chandrachud decision that we totally stand with
The outrageous bravado of the two great legal luminaries, Justice V R Krishna Iyer and Justice P N Bhagwati pioneered judicial activism in ...
Delhi will soon have 1,152 wine shops
In the last few years, the Delhi government has focused on only one source to increase its revenues - the sale of liquor. ...
Is Congress too bankrupt to afford their rent or are they hoarding stacks of cash?
The Congress had no cash deficits until 2014. It ruled over India for close to 60 years, and even when it was not ...
No more legal immunity for the Waqf Board!
The Supreme Court of India has given a big jolt to the Waqf Board with a clear directive that the religious institution is ...
Decoding the dark world of crowdfunding
Saket Gokhale is in the news. No, not because of his PIL and RTI activism, but because a like-minded Twitter user, Hussain Haidry claimed, ...
With the government’s new rules and regulations, a drone revolution is about to begin in India
While a lot of countries are witnessing congestion in air traffic, India has not been able to fully capitalise on its civil aviation capacity. Now, ...
Karnataka High court’s fitting response to a frivolous PIL petitioner
In recent times it has been seen that Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been grossly misused by some to further their personal interests. ...
