The Prime Minister's announcement of fast-track courts to handle exam paper leak cases has put renewed political attention on FTCs as a fix for judicial delay, prompting questions about when such courts can legally be created and how well the existing network of over 1,600 FTCs and FTSCs has actually performed.
The order is among the first major tests of the 2024 Rules, which replaced the 2017 framework with tighter geographic boundaries and a 15-day duration cap, changes sold as a proportionality reform following the Supreme Court's Anuradha Bhasin judgment. The gap between the declared 1.5-km radius and the actual, wider disruption raises the question of whether "micro-geofencing" is a genuine technical constraint on state power…
The clash tests, in real time, a principle the Supreme Court laid down in the 2012 Ramlila Maidan case - that police must use the "least invasive" method available before escalating force. With Delhi Police invoking BNSS Section 163, the direct successor to CrPC Section 144 and video evidence of unidentified officers using force, the incident forces a comparison between what the law and case law require on paper and what…
The attack matters because it closes off the one workaround Saudi Arabia had built for exactly this scenario. Saudi Arabia constructed the East-West Pipeline decades ago to move crude from its eastern fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, sidestepping any closure of the Strait of Hormuz. With Iran already restricting Hormuz and the Houthis now blockading the Red Sea exit, both the primary route and its backup are compromised…
Jaishankar's remarks at the 21st EAS and 33rd ARF came against the backdrop of a fresh terror attack in Kashmir and continuing attacks on merchant shipping linked to the West Asia conflict, giving both his terrorism and maritime-security points immediate real-world weight. Pakistan's attempt to internationalise Kashmir at the ARF and India's swift rebuttal, also reopened a recurring diplomatic contest that plays out at…
The Hindu (via AFP) reported Trump's public assurance of "no enrichment," while the Indian Express (via Reuters) reported the deal explicitly lets Saudi Arabia enrich uranium and build nuclear reactors without the snap UN inspections Washington has demanded of Iran - a direct contradiction neither side has reconciled. Trump has also declared the deal is "totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining... the Abraham Accords," even…