Wrong to think only ‘fancy’ cases reach Constitution Benches, says CJI

Wrong to think only ‘fancy’ cases reach Constitution Benches, says CJI

Chief Justice of India Justice D.Y Chandrachud. File | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday told a lawyer to disabuse his mind of the notion that the Supreme Court constitutes Constitution Benches to hear “fancy” matters which have nothing to do with the daily travails of the ordinary people. The … Read more

Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: SC says keeping Navlakha under house arrest will set “wrong precedent”

Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: SC says keeping Navlakha under house arrest will set “wrong precedent”

A view of rights activist Gautam Navlakha’s residence, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court said on September 1 keeping activist Gautam Navlakha under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case further will set a “wrong precedent” and directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to apprise it of his current … Read more

‘Wrong dates, facts’: Sachin Pilot slams Amit Malviya over claim that Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs on Mizoram

‘Wrong dates, facts’: Sachin Pilot slams Amit Malviya over claim that Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs on Mizoram

File picture of Congress leader Sachin Pilot | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday hit out at BJP IT department head Amit Malviya for claiming that his father Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs as an air force pilot in Mizoram in March 1966, saying the facts and dates are wrong as he was … Read more

Nothing wrong in dismissing policeman for visiting women during night hours and misbehaving with them, says HC

Nothing wrong in dismissing policeman for visiting women during night hours and misbehaving with them, says HC

The Madras High Court has not found anything wrong with the police department for dismissing dismissed from service a Special Sub Inspector of Police (SSI) for visiting a house at midnight and misbehaving with a woman and her daughter. Justice S.M. Subramaniam wrote that the punishment imposed on the SSI could not be termed disproportionate … Read more

How We Treat Acute Pain Could Be Wrong

How We Treat Acute Pain Could Be Wrong

June 17, 2022 — In a surprising discovery that flies in the face of conventional medicine, McGill University researchers report that treating pain with anti-inflammatory medication, like ibuprofen or aspirin, may promote pain in the long term. The paper, published in Science Translational Medicine, suggests that inflammation, a normal part of injury recovery, helps resolve … Read more

The Wrong Side of 70: How I Found Myself Surrounded by Specialists

The Wrong Side of 70: How I Found Myself Surrounded by Specialists

Ernest Hemingway famously wrote in The Sun Also Rises that one goes bankrupt gradually, then suddenly. Of course, Hemingway was referring not only to how money is lost, but to the way many things work and how humans fail to perceive those things until they’re done deals. Which brings me to this burning question: How … Read more

AI Systems Can Be Wrong and Not Admit It

AI Systems Can Be Wrong and Not Admit It

April 5, 2022 – Artificial intelligence systems are being built to help diagnose diseases, but before we can trust them with life-and-death responsibilities, AI will need to develop a very human trait: Admitting mistakes. And the truth is: they can’t do that … yet. Today, AI can more often provide the correct answer to a … Read more