US president Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on the American judiciary after a federal judge halted his administration’s plan to cancel legal protections for over half a million migrants. In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump accused the courts of being politically biased and obstructing his agenda. Posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote:…
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in a landmark judgement ruled on Wednesday that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 refers strictly to biological females, and not transgender women. The unanimous verdict by five judges is expected to have widespread implications for single-sex services such as domestic violence shelters, hospital wards, and…
NEW DELHI: At a time when language has become politicised, with incidents of people being attacked in several states for not speaking the local language, Supreme Court has said India’s linguistic diversity should be celebrated and it should not cause divisions. It said language was not related to any religion and Urdu was as much…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing Congress‘s charge of vendetta after Enforcement Directorate (ED) chargesheeted Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, BJP on Wednesday said no one had the “licence to loot”.Senior party functionary Ravi Shankar Prasad said the law would take its own course under the Modi govt and probe agencies would not…
AICC leaders Abhishek Singhvi and Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Calling ED’s National Herald case a “political hit job scripted by BJP”, Congress Wednesday said there is not a whiff of a crime of any sort as Young India is a not-for-profit company, with no money or property transfer. It said the case is a ploy…
KOCHI: Kerala HC issued Wednesday notices to chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter T Veena, and others in a PIL seeking a CBI inquiry into alleged financial dealings between Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd and Veena’s firm Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd. The next hearing is scheduled for May 27. Before admitting the petition, the HC…
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary and leader of the opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami clarified Wednesday that the party’s alliance with BJP is purely an electoral pact for contesting the 2026 assembly election and not a commitment to form a coalition govt after the polls.Addressing reporters Wednesday, Palaniswami emphasised that the distinction is critical to dispel misconceptions…
Teachers have the onerous task of inculcating values. They have the task of creating and maintaining a pristine atmosphere around a student so as to nurture creativity. It would be naive to accept such qualities from persons obtaining employment by dubious means,” observed Calcutta high court while setting aside the recruitment process for teaching and…
NEW DELHI: SG said there was no basis for the apprehension of fresh scrutiny of ‘waqf by user’ properties. It was meant to enable only those Muslims who had already created a trust for charity, by assuring that their properties would not be treated as waqf property, he said. CJI said, “Before the British came…
Justice Dinesh Maheshwari (LEFT, Image Credit: X/@MLJ_GoI) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday appointed former SC judge, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, as chairman of the 23rd Law Commission. The terms of reference of the panel includes submitting a report on UCC, a study on laws affecting poor, and identifying laws that are hindrance to India’s economic…
