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Instruct staff properly: Karnataka HC after students forced to remove sacred thread at CET exam centres
11+ hour, 37+ min ago (246+ words) The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the High Court that it has initiated a probe into the incident in which certain student-candidates were asked to remove their sacred religious thread before entering the examination centres for the Common Entrance Test…...
TNNLU Vice-Chancellor apologises for remarks on women wearing shorts
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (212+ words) Protests at Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU) eased after Vice-Chancellor Prof V Nagaraj issued a statement with an apology for his remarks on women students wearing shorts on campus. The Vice-Chancellor's statement dated April 19 read: The statement further reads,…...
Judges in the executive: A quiet erosion of judicial independence
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (349+ words) These are not abstract principles. They go to the heart of public confidence. The legitimacy of adjudication rests as much on the absence of bias as on the absence of the possibility of bias. Justice must not only be done,…...
Karnataka High Court upholds earlier directive not to use new SSLC grading system for 2025-26 exams
1+ week, 2+ day ago (475+ words) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain the State's plea to review the correctness of an April 15 directive not to use a recently revised Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) evaluation system to compute marks for the 2025-26 SSLC exams…...
The illusion of judicial inefficiency: Why the State is equally responsible for the staggering pendency
1+ week, 1+ day ago (771+ words) Bar and Bench...
Adult dyslexia tests to be developed within 3 years: NIMHANS tells Supreme Court
1+ week, 5+ day ago (412+ words) The Supreme Court on April 15 disposed of a plea seeking the development of proper testing methods for diagnosing dyslexia in adults after being informed by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) that such tools would be developed…...
Delhi High Court rejects plea seeking age relaxation for EWS candidates in government jobs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (766+ words) The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking relaxation in age and number of attempts for candidates from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in Cen The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking relaxation in age and…...
3-year practice condition to become judge needed to understand courtroom realities: Justice Rajesh Bindal retires
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (426+ words) Supreme Court Justice Rajesh Bindal on Wednesday said that mandating prior legal practice before joining the judiciary as munsiff/ magistrate helps young judges understand courtroom functioning and the realities faced by litigants and lawyers. Justice Bindal demitted office today. Speaking…...
IDIA Delhi Chapter to host 3 part webinar series: Do Law School Right
2+ week, 2+ day ago (195+ words) The IDIA Delhi Chapter is organising 'Do Law School Right', a 3-part online webinar series from April 20-22, 2026 designed to help incoming law students start their law school journey with clarity and confidence. Law school often comes with a steep learning…...
[Courting Controversy] Now You See Me, Now You Don't: The Illusion of Authorship
2+ week, 4+ day ago (371+ words) Now You See Me is a Hollywood trilogy built on spectacle, that is, magicians who blur the lines between reality and illusion, leaving audiences questioning what they just witnessed. The entire premise rests on deception that feels real, even when…...