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    Law News

    1 vote, 2 readings: 2021 SC ruling at the heart of latest Tata boardroom battle

    The Tata Group logo is displayed on a pedestrian safety pole near Bombay House, the Tata Group headquarters building, in Mumbai, India,
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 1 day ago

    Woman quits law career to become dog walker, now earns up to $530 a day

    The woman shared that her daily earnings can range from roughly $400 to $530.
    Trending
    Updated 2 days ago

    PVR INOX refuses cash payment? Lawyer sends legal notice, expert explains law

    Lawyer sends legal notice to multiplex PVR INOX over "refusal" of cash payment
    India News
    Published 2 days ago

    SC nudges govt for rules on private detectives: How other countries regulate

    India has no dedicated law regulating private detective agencies. But there have been previous court orders.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 3 days ago

    Supreme Court weighs marital rape exception. Why is it a legal flashpoint?

    A view of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi, Aug. 13, 2026.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 12 days ago

    Trial in absentia for Hafiz Saeed: How law lets courts try absconding accused

    Hafiz Saeed will have to undergo collective imprisonment of over 36 years in five terror financing cases at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 30 days ago

    Bar Council chair rejects plea for resignation; co-chair alleges irregularities

    Members of the All India Lawyers Union (AILU) Telangana State Committee raise slogans during a protest demanding the resignation of Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, in Hyderabad,
    India News
    Published 31 days ago

    Rulebook review: Why SC will take another look at its 2022 PMLA verdict

    The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, has been the cornerstone of India's fight against financial crime. Image for representation only.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 33 days ago

    Is hanging cruel? The law, the methods, and the debate over executions in India

    Article 21 of the Constitution lays down that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 35 days ago

    Gun goes off at UP airport: How hijackings & bomb blast wrote aviation norms

    In India, BCAS norms dictate the rules on passengers carrying firearms and weapons carried by personal security officers assigned to VVIPs and VIPs.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 37 days ago

    New tribunal reforms bill promises structural change

    The first threat to tribunal justice is often not a dramatic assault on independence. It is an empty chair.
    Opinion
    Published 42 days ago

    Delhi HC stays FSSAI ban on Dabur selling food products with '100%' claims

    Bottles of Dabur honey at a supermarket in India,
    India News
    Updated 47 days ago

    Legal researcher says she was offered ₹50 for 500-word article

    The legal researcher questioned the low pay offered for legal writing.
    Trending
    Published 55 days ago

    SC shut door on post-facto green clearances. Experts say it left a backdoor open

    The ruling spared a slate of projects already given post-facto environmental clearances.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 55 days ago

    ‘No law bars eating chicken over Ganga’: SC judge slams Muslim students' arrest

    Justice Bhuyan pointed out that the people voicing concern over the environment are treated as criminals, and students spend over a month in jail for campus protests.
    India News
    Updated 59 days ago

    Stiffer jail term, task force, faster trial: Changes paper-leak bill proposes

    Students holding placards shout slogans during a protest in Amritsar in solidarity with the ongoing protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar over NEET paper leak.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 60 days ago

    Special courts, fast justice: Inside new draft law on paper leaks promised by PM

    CJP supporters wave the national flag during a protest demanding the resignation of Pradhan over NEET paper leak issue.
    India News
    Updated 61 days ago

    CJP protests | How much force is too much? Courts, not Parliament, drew a line

    Security personnel lathi-charge protesters during the CJP demonstrations, in New Delhi.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 62 days ago

    Is calling someone 'motherf***ker' punishable under obscenity law? What SC says

    The case arose out of a dispute over agricultural land in Tamil Nadu in August 2017.
    India News
    Updated 67 days ago

    ‘Samay Raina has taken court for a ride’: SC raps comic; fines him, 4 others

    Samay Raina's counsel told the court that <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>9 lakh was raised through the shows for disabled persons.
    India News
    Updated 71 days ago

    India's uranium diplomacy with Australia

    Law
    Ht Insight
    Published 72 days ago

    The case for a law against marital rape

    A four-kilometre-long saree was embroidered with thousands of signatures supporting the removal of the marital rape exception.
    Opinion
    Updated 73 days ago

    Can you be fined for pretending your pet is a service animal?

    According to the official legislation, the law applies to businesses and public accommodations.
    World News
    Published 74 days ago

    Supreme Court drama: Petitioner uses cuss words, calls bench ‘judicial servants’

    The petitioner was arguing a petition challenging an Allahabad high court order.
    India News
    Updated 75 days ago

    TS LAWCET Counselling 2026: Phase 1 registration begins, direct link here

    TS LAWCET Counselling 2026: Phase 1 registration begins at lawcetadm.tgche.ac.in, direct link here
    Education
    Updated 79 days ago

    How a 75-year-old ruling undid Tamil Nadu order on BCM quota

    The Madras high court, in its order, held that the executive cannot override a judicial precedent.
    India News
    Updated 84 days ago

    Registration without rituals doesn't validate Hindu marriage: Gujarat HC

    The HC referred to section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, which provides that a Hindu marriage may be solemnised in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies, such as saptapadi, to render the marriage complete and binding.
    India News
    Published 85 days ago

    Law that could follow Indians wherever they go

    Governance (Shutterstock | File)
    Ht Insight
    Updated 90 days ago

    Delhi court cites fundamental rights, lets money laundering accused travel

    Travelling abroad part of fundamental rights, says Delhi court, allows accused woman Thailand trip.
    India News
    Updated 91 days ago

    Despite earning ₹1 lakh a month, she decided to leave corporate law. Here’s why

    Harshita Agarwal explains why she left a high paying corporate law job.
    Trending
    Updated 95 days ago
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