Supreme Court

'A matter of survival’: In Colombo, incoming CJI urges India, Sri Lanka to be ‘guardians’ of Indian Ocean

Delivering a keynote address at the Indo-Sri Lanka Policy Dialogue on Advancing Environmental Sustainability in Colombo, Justice Kant asserted that key environmental duties and rights inherently transcend national borders

This Week in Explainers: How India’s air force has outranked China’s

India’s air force has surpassed China to become the world’s third strongest aerial power globally, as per the latest rankings of the World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA). The US and Russia dominate the rankings, while China is ranked in fourth spot. Here’s all this and more in our weekly wrap from India

Death penalty: Why India is debating lethal injection vs hanging

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 15) said that the Centre appeared hesitant to replace hanging with lethal injection as a method of executing death row inmates. It was hearing a plea that argued execution by hanging is ‘inhuman and cruel’. India is among the few countries where capital punishment remains legal. What are the methods of execution used by other countries?

FirstUp: Nobel Peace prize to be announced, Trump to get routine yearly checkup… Headlines of the day

The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo, Norway, today. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump will be heading to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to get his annual medical checkup. The check-up comes after his last physical examination six months ago. North Korea will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea

‘Divine force guided me’: What prompted Rakesh Kishore to hurl shoe at India’s Chief Justice?

A 71-year-old advocate, Rakesh Kishore, hurled a shoe at CJI BR Gavai in the Supreme Court during a hearing. While the CJI escaped unharmed, Kishore was escorted out of the courtroom and later suspended by the Bar Council of India. The now-suspended advocate claims he was guided by a ‘divine force’ and said he has ‘no remorse’ for his act

'Angered every citizen': PM Modi condemns attack on CJI Gavai, says spoke to him after shocking incident

PM Modi condemned the shoe attack on Chief Justice BR Gavai inside the Supreme Court, calling the incident “utterly condemnable” and saying it has “angered every Indian.”

Security scare in Supreme Court: Man in lawyer's robe tries to hurl shoe at CJI Gavai

A lawyer attempted to attack Chief Justice of India BR Gavai in the Supreme Court, but was stopped by security

What’s the Shah Bano case that upcoming film ‘Haq’ brings to the limelight?

Yami Gautam Dhar and Emraan Hashmi-starrer 'Haq' is inspired by the 1985 Shah Bano judgment. In April 1978, Bano, a 62-year-old Muslim woman, filed a petition in a court in Indore, demanding maintenance from her divorced husband, Mohammed Ahmad Khan, a renowned lawyer. The Supreme Court upheld the verdict of the lower courts that provided her alimony. However, her tale did not end there

This Week in Explainers: Is US military’s rising presence in Bangladesh a concern for India?

The Air Forces of the United States, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh conducted exercises in Chittagong this week. Earlier, America and Bangladesh held the Tiger Lightning 2025 exercise in Sylhet’s Jalalabad Cantonment. Should India be concerned about the increase in the US military activities in its neighbouring country? All this and more in our weekly roundup

SC backs Vantara elephant case: ‘We’re accepting the report…of an independent committee’

The Supreme Court has upheld an inquiry report finding no violations in Vantara’s animal acquisitions