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This story was first published on February 23, 2019. It has been republished today.

After multiple twists and turns throughout the course of the week, a Special CBI court today sent ex-Union Minister P. Chidambaram to judicial custody till September 19, in connection with his role in the INX Media case.

It’s a cold February day and it’s a cold table. Sixteen-year-old Abda is asked to lie down on it. She must do as she’s told. There are people standing around her. One person rolls her clothes up to her knees, holds her feet, and opens her legs. She shuts her…

Goa’s iron ore mining scam may seem like an old story. It is.

Yesterday morning Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu rejected the notice to initiate the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. It was expected that the Opposition parties including the Congress party will pounce on the opportunity to hit back at the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Barely hours later, when…

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the public interest litigations (PILs) seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya. Terming the petitions “frivolous and motivated”, Justice DY Chandrachud said that these litigations were an attempt by the petitioners to “malign” the judiciary.

Motoring smoothly towards 2019 and the aim of securing a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Hindutva juggernaut has hit a road bump shortly after tasting success in Tripura in early March. Top of the list of concerns for Modi and BJP president Amit Shah ahead of next…