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Moneylife Digital Team 26 December 2025
A fresh first appeal filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has once again brought scrutiny on the management of government bungalows located in the Lutyens bungalow zone (LBZ) of New Delhi, raising questions over illegal retention of official residences, allotments to private trusts,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 December 2025
In a sweeping move aimed at long-term ecological conservation, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) has directed all concerned States to impose a complete ban on the grant of any new mining leases across the entire Aravalli Range, stretching from the National...

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Prashant Jha (Bar  and   Bench) 24 December 2025
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that an urgent meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council (GST Council) should be convened to consider the issue of classifying air-purifiers as 'medical device' and slashing the GST levied on them from 18 to 5 percent (Kapil Madan vs Union of India &...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 December 2025
This article is the fourth and final part in a multi-part series examining the condition of the Mumbai–Goa National Highway (NH-66), based on field documentation and Right to Information (RTI) data gathered by engineer and activist Chaitanya Patil, along with representations submitted to...

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Neha Joshi (Bar  and   Bench) 23 December 2025
The Bombay High Court today expressed concerns over rising air pollution and unsafe conditions at construction sites in Mumbai, warning that the city could face an air quality crisis like Delhi if authorities fail to act decisively (High Court of Judicature at Bombay on its own motion).   A...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 December 2025
This article is the third in a multi-part series examining the condition of the Mumbai–Goa National Highway (NH-66), based on field documentation and Right to Information (RTI) data gathered by engineer and activist Chaitanya Patil, along with representations submitted to authorities.   After...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 December 2025
Expressing strong displeasure over the continuing failure of civic and regulatory authorities to effectively curb air pollution in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has directed Bhushan Gagrani, the commissioner of BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and M Devender Singh, member secretary of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 December 2025
This article is the second in a multi-part series examining the condition of the Mumbai–Goa National Highway (NH-66), based on field documentation and Right to Information (RTI) data gathered by engineer and activist Chaitanya Patil, along with representations submitted to authorities.   This...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 December 2025
This article is the first in a multi-part series examining the condition of the Mumbai–Goa National Highway, based on field documentation, official data and representations submitted to authorities.   For years, the Mumbai–Goa National Highway (NH-66) has been synonymous with delays,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 December 2025
Comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG) Sanjay Murthy has flagged serious structural weaknesses in the government’s direct benefit transfer (DBT) framework, warning that thousands of crores of rupees are flowing into beneficiary accounts without mandatory checks due to poor data...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 18 December 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday remarked that a judicial officer was not expected to file requests under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to uncover the reasons for his suspension.   A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made the observation while...

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Charu Bahri (IndiaSpend) 18 December 2025
Rice and wheat, protected by extensive irrigation and relatively resilient to climate variability, form the backbone of India’s food security, preventing millions of Indians from going to bed with an empty stomach. But this is not the same as nutrition security.   A balanced diet requires...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 17 December 2025
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions for the recording of intersex births and deaths in the upcoming census (Gopi Shankar M v. Union of India and Ors).   A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 December 2025
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended lives and healthcare systems across the country, the Supreme Court has delivered long-awaited relief to families of doctors who died while treating patients during the crisis, ruling that their kin cannot be denied insurance benefits merely because...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 15 December 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to The Hindu journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case.   As bail condition, the bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi restrained Langa from writing any article with...

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Nidhi Jamwal (IndiaSpend) 15 December 2025
Anita Tripura wakes up at 3.30 a.m., pulls out her teesing—a large bamboo basket with aluminium pots stacked up inside it—and marches downhill in darkness. The teesing is attached to a long cloth-band that hangs from her forehead. A flickering kerosene lamp that she holds lights up the path...

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Priya Verma (IndiaSpend) 12 December 2025
Several Indian states now provide fare-free bus travel for women, and this has a measurable impact on labour force participation, health-seeking behaviour and overall mobility, studies show.   But that is not enough. Buses and other modes of public transport are overcrowded, street sexual...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 December 2025
On the eve of Human Rights Day (10th December), more than 50 organisations and over 200 prominent individuals from across India have issued a sharply worded international warning against adopting Aadhaar-style biometric identity systems, urging governments worldwide not to be swayed by what...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 December 2025
On the eve of Human Rights Day (10th December), more than 50 organisations and over 200 prominent individuals from across India have issued a sharply worded international warning against adopting Aadhaar-style biometric identity systems, urging governments worldwide not to be swayed by what...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 December 2025
The Maharashtra government has formally accorded full legal recognition to digitally downloaded land records, allowing citizens to use online copies of 7/12 extracts, 8A records and mutation entries for all official, banking and judicial purposes. The decision, announced by the state’s revenue...

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