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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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Moneylife Digital Team 28 November 2025
The Maharashtra revenue department has announced a major crackdown on fraudulent birth and death certificates, declaring that Aadhaar will no longer be accepted as a supporting document for issuing delayed birth certificates. All birth certificates issued solely on the basis of Aadhaar after...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 November 2025
The Maharashtra revenue department has announced a major crackdown on fraudulent birth and death certificates, declaring that Aadhaar will no longer be accepted as a supporting document for issuing delayed birth certificates. All birth certificates issued solely on the basis of Aadhaar after...

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In a move that resembles long-overdue damage control rather than a proactive reform, the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated more than 20mn (million) (2 crore) Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals as part of a nationwide clean-up exercise aimed at...

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In a move that resembles long-overdue damage control rather than a proactive reform, the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated more than 20mn (million) (2 crore) Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals as part of a nationwide clean-up exercise aimed at...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 November 2025
In a move aimed at ending jurisdictional blame games that have repeatedly delayed relief to victims of potholes, the Bombay High Court (HC) has warned that any municipal corporations or authorities disputing who controls a road where a pothole or open manhole has caused death or injury will be...

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KBS Sidhu 24 November 2025
New Labour Laws Come into Operation On 21 November 2025, five years after the Industrial Relations Code and the Code on Social Security received presidential assent, India finally made its four Labour Codes effective. The wait was long, the path protracted, but the destination—a consolidated...

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Arna Chatterjee (Bar  and   Bench) 18 November 2025
There are both "Sita Maiyas" and "Surpanakhas" in society, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit recently said while speaking ahead of International Men's Day.   Justice Lalit said that discussing men’s issues should not be interpreted as compromising women's rights, but rather as an...

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