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While the powers under Article 142 are extraordinary in nature, the apex court has defined its scope and extent through its judgments over time. Here is a look.

While politicians backed by the military seem set to come to power in Pakistan, the verdict has thrown up a massive challenge for Army Chief Gen Asim Munir. For India, both these developments have implications.

Hearing the case, the Supreme Court had said it would 'not allow democracy to be murdered'. Here's why the Chandigarh mayor poll, won by the BJP, ran into controversy.

The High Court has confirmed a life sentence for 11 people in the T P Chandrasekharan murder case. The killing shocked Kerala, and hurt the CPM politically.

A committee set up by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting had made recommendations ‘to rationalise the honours’, based on which the Ministry has brought in new regulations.

How many vacation days do judges get and what has been the rationale for them? What does the workday of a judge look like, in general? And why do some advocate retaining the existing duration of vacations? We explain the debate.

The Bombay HC said the Kochhars' arrest violated Section 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code. What is this Section, and why did the court say so? What are former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband accused of?

The proposed new formula is for NCCF, NAFED, and CCI to buy at a contracted MSP for five years. How will this arrangement work, and what have the farmers said?

In this series of explainers, we answer some of the most fundamental questions about climate change, the science behind it, and its impact. In the seventh instalment, we answer the question: 'How does climate change impact extreme weather events?'

The Black Death killed as many as 50 million in Europe from 1346 to 1353. Medieval Europeans, however, did not have access to antibiotics.