The order to release Prabir Purkayastha is significant because it emphasises that proper procedure and due process are the guardrails against arbitrary action, even in stringent terror cases. Here are the facts of the case.

The majority of the petitioners' arguments hinged on the idea that the legal profession must be differentiated from other businesses or trades and that even among other professions, lawyers occupy a unique space.

To curb market dominance by tech companies, India has taken a cue from the European Union. Here is what the draft Bill proposes, and why big tech companies are against it.

Officials behind the nomination process have told the Indian Express that the three texts were picked due to their enduring worldwide appeal.

Nakba, literally “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the forced displacement of Palestinians to facilitate the creation of Israel. Nakba Day is observed on the day after Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948. But the dispossession and displacement…

Wong is the fourth PM to lead the city-state and only the second leader who is not a member of the founding Lee family.

Extending procedural safeguards to UAPA is crucial as the law gives the state wide powers — from relaxing timelines for the state to file chargesheets and its stringent conditions for bail — compared to the Indian Penal Code.

In the lead-up to the 1989 Lok Sabha elections, Rajiv Gandhi’s aura dissipated rapidly as he made political mistakes and the government was mired in the Bofors corruption scandal. What followed was a turbulent phase in Indian politics. Here is part 9 of our…

The two states that are still to vote in the Lok Sabha polls have played saviour this year, amid El Niño and 16-year-low wheat stocks in government godowns.

In 2023, the court underlined the safeguards against arrests made under the PMLA. In Purkayastha's case, the court said these safeguards also apply to the UAPA, another stringent special legislation

Online frauds and criminals typically call potential victims and tell them that they have sent or are the intended recipients of a parcel containing illegal goods, drugs, fake passports or any other contraband item. Here's what you should do.

A state of emergency has been imposed in New Caledonia, an island located near Australia and under French control. The ongoing protests have to do with a recent Bill giving its French residents voting rights.

Some researchers are developing new evolutionary explanations for music. Others maintain that music is a cultural invention, like writing, that did not need natural selection to come into existence.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that lawyers were not liable under the Consumer Protection Act. This judgment, however, is at odds with a 1995 verdict of the apex court which answered the same question regarding doctors

Putin is on his 19th visit to China since becoming Russia’s leader. The West expects Xi to nudge Putin to end the war in Ukraine. India is watching the bonhomie between Moscow and Beijing closely.

The coalition aims to expand offshore natural gas extraction and nuclear energy production as part of plans to reduce the Netherlands’ dependence on “unreliable countries”

Following a relatively mild contraction of 1.2% in 2022, the Russian economy again outperformed expectations in 2023, growing by 3.6 per cent. How did this happen despite the West’s sanctions?

With rising global temperatures, countries, including India, are witnessing more intense and frequent thunderstorms as at warmer temperatures, the atmosphere can hold more water vapour

Wood from the Stone Age rarely survives in the archaeological record. But a recent study suggests that wooden tools played a pivotal role in the daily lives of early humans

The attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico didn't occur in a vacuum. Slovakia has a long history of political strife and violence