Saurabh Kirpal had seen his candidature deferred four times since 2018 during the tenures of then Chief Justices of India Ranjan Gogoi and S.A. Bobde, sources said...
Senior lawyer Abhishek Singhvi argued that the high courts, with their local focus, were better placed to deal with specific issues and provide relief to petitioners...
Earlier, the HCs of Calcutta, Allahabad, Bombay and Delhi had rapped central and state authorities, including the EC, for their failure to contain the second wave...
Fourteen persons had died in 2018 following police firing and clashes after activists had demanded the oxygen plant’s closure over environmental and health concerns...
Apex Court asks centre to formulate a “national plan”, while indicating that the HCs should leave the decision on announcing lockdowns to the governments...