Sunil Baghel
How one of India’s biggest jobs scandals was executed
It’s all in court records. Answer sheets went missing, candidates who had submitted blank answer sheets were selected, appointment letters were issued to those who did not even sit for exams. No wonder one of the court orders striking down the recruitment for teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal called the entire process ‘unashamedly’ manipulated
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Why SC verdict on Congress MP could help BeerBiceps, Kunal Kamra
The apex court’s judgment quashing an FIR over a poem gives the police and courts clear guidelines on how to act in cases filed against works of art, performances and literature.
- Sunil Baghel
- TNN
He fondled her, tried to disrobe her: 'Attempt to rape' or just 'preparation'?
Justice Ram Manohar Mishra’s remarks on what constitutes an attempt to rape have drawn widespread criticism. However, Justice Mishra isn’t the first, there are precedents of high courts and even the Supreme Court passing similar judgments.
- Sunil Baghel
- TNN
Will Muslims get a quota in govt contracts in Karnataka?
Karnataka’s proposal to reserve 4% of government contracts for Muslim contractors has ignited a fierce political and legal battle. While the Congress calls it ‘affirmative action’, the BJP says it is ‘appeasement’
- Sunil BaghelBhavika Jain
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Took parents' property but not taking care of them? Trouble ahead for you
Madras high court has ruled that if a son/daughter goes back on the promise of taking care of their parents, they could lose the property received from them
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Too many ads before a movie? This court ruling could change that
A Bengaluru court recently ordered PVR Cinemas to pay damages for delaying the start of a movie, sparking debate on how cinemas, in their quest to increase profits, could be taking their customers’ time for granted
Explained: How a ₹5,000cr battle that pitted Lodha against Lodha was resolved
The legal battle in the Lodha family – one of the biggest real estate businesses in India – dealt with the family name, family agreements and allegations of dishonouring them
- Sunil BaghelBhavika Jain
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Do party whips curtail MPs’ freedom of speech?
Vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar’s comment on the growing use of whips in Parliament has sparked a fresh debate over the delicate balance between party discipline and the rights of MPs to make independent decisions on key legislative issues
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Will the SC finally ensure better medical help for road accident victims?
Hundreds of lives could be saved if accident victims get medical treatment in time. A Supreme Court order could be the required push to ensure victims get help in the ‘golden hour’.
- Sunil Baghel
- TNN
Can a man end his ‘child marriage’ when he is 23? SC to decide
The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on whether a ‘child marriage’ can be annulled by the man until the age of 23 under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. This follows a woman challenging an Allahabad High Court ruling favouring her husband’s petition to void their marriage
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
He wanted 26/11 terrorists honoured. Will he stand trial in India?
Over 15 years after 26/11 attacks shook Mumbai, India has secured the extradition of Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 62, who helped David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani identify targets in India. Rana’s trial in India could provide answers to many questions, especially those involving Pakistani establishment’s direct involvement in the attacks
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Supreme Court wants to get rid of ‘uncle judges’ syndrome. Can it?
The Supreme Court Collegium is considering asking High Court Collegiums to not consider inducting as judges those lawyers and law officers whose relatives are or were judges in a constitutional court
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
What a judge got terribly wrong about law by majority, UCC and Muslims
Legal experts point to the many flaws in Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav’s controversial speech at a right-wing organisation’s event as well as the questions it raises about how India’s judges behave in public
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
38 years after scandal broke, is Bofors coming back to bite the Congress?
A case before the Supreme Court, challenging high court orders discharging nearly everyone in the Bofors bribery case is pending. The CBI has moved a step closer in getting private investigator Michael Hershman – the man who was hired by VP Singh in 1987 – to help the agency uncover new details. Trouble ahead for the Congress?
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
You demolish, you pay: Is this the end of “bulldozer justice”?
The Supreme Court of India drafts tough guidelines for the kind of demolitions UP is now famous for. Now, any official responsible for contravening these conditions will not only pay from his own pocket to rebuild the structure but will also be liable to pay damages.
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Will Justice Sanjiv Khanna’s rise to CJI’s post bury another Emergency ghost?
Defying the Indira govt cost Justice Hans Raj Khanna the CJI’s chair in 1977. Now his nephew, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, has become CJI after leapfrogging 32 other senior judges on the way
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How will India remember Chief Justice Chandrachud?
As a Constitutionalist who had the courage and the conviction to overturn a judgment his father wrote decades ago, or as the judge who sought “a solution” from God in one of the most important cases he heard?
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
This is how police could have saved Baba Siddique
In India, GPS tracking of an accused out on bail – even in serious crimes like murder and rape – is not allowed. If it were, police would have known what one of Baba Siddique's shooters – out on bail in another murder case – was up to
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Why UP judge citing ‘love jihad’ to sentence Muslim man to life term is worrying
The use of an unfounded, polarising term in a recent court ruling raises serious concerns about judicial impartiality and communal harmony in India
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Control sexual urges; Pakistan in Bangalore: When judges forgot they were in court
A Karnataka high court judge has apologised for letting his personal opinions colour his judicial observations. But he is not the first to forget that that a judge must rise above beliefs and biases
- Sunil Baghel
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM