-The Telegraph Court quashed a Green Tribunal order that had stayed the construction of a resort by the Andhra Pradesh government on the Rushikonda Hills in Visakhapatnam New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the National Green Tribunal is subordinate in its jurisdiction to the high courts, which have a constitutional status. The NGT cannot pass orders contradicting those of the high courts as that would lead to an “anomalous” situation...

-PTI/ The Telegraph Hailing the apex court's decision, CID officer Shanti Das says every adult woman should have the right to choose her profession Winding by-lanes and the narrow streets of Calcutta's Sonagachi, one of the largest red-light districts in Asia, came alive amid music and merry-making on Friday as sex workers rejoiced over the recent Supreme Court verdict that recognised prostitution as a profession. Coloured powder was smeared on faces and sweets...

-TheWire.in As the police reform discourse has begun again, let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law. Police has been in the news recently, mostly for the wrong reasons. Let us recall some of the glaring incidents that have crossed the limits of the rule of law to contextualise the discussion on police reforms in India. The Justice V.S. Sripurkar Commission set up...

-The Telegraph Court expresses 'hope' that the states and Centre would 'restrain from registering any FIR, continuing any investigation or taking any coercive measures' New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed “until further orders” all pending proceedings under the sedition law across the country, overruling the Centre’s objections by citing the government’s own stated intention to “re-examine and reconsider” the provision. The court also expressed “hope” that the states and the Centre...

-TheWire.in "We welcome the Indian Supreme Court’s order to reconsider the sedition law, which has been used arbitrarily and widely against peaceful critics," the UN Human Rights said in a tweet. New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights office has welcomed the order passed by the Supreme Court on sedition and has called for the immediate release of all detained under the colonial law. “We welcome the Indian Supreme Court’s order to reconsider...