That Was The Week That Was

The President Rejects the mercy petition of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, sentenced to death for the 1990 rape-murder of a Calcutta schoolgirl.

Ex-A-G Soli Sorabjee will chair the UN Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.

The SC sets up yet another high-powered panel on Cleaning Up the Yamuna. Some Rs 1,000 crore has so far been spent—to little effect.

J&K’s Jamaat-e-Islami gives the nod to separatist hawk S.A.S. Geelani to set up his own party.

The HC wants Cattle off Delhi roads by Sept.

The SC rules that doctors are Not Criminally Liable if patients die due to error of judgement.