Mahesh Chandra

ICICI Bank-Videocon Loan Case: CBI Questions Dhoot's Aide, Rajiv Kochhar. 10 Points

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Sunday April 8, 2018

CBI on Saturday questioned Rajiv Kocchar, brother-in-law of ICICI Bank's CEO Chanda Kochhar, and Mahesh Chandra Pugalia, a close aide of Venugopal Dhoot in connection with Rs 3,250 crore loan to the Videocon Group that is under the scanner of investigative agencies for Chanda Kochhar's alleged conflict of interest. Rajiv was asked about the role o...

Not Just CS Karnan. Controversial Remarks By India's Judges: 10 Points

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday June 18, 2017

Days after Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan, who faces an arrest warrant for his controversial remarks, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Justice Karnan episode calls for a greater scrutiny of the judiciary. Justice Karnan became the first sitting High Court judge to be awarded a jail term for his defamatory remarks against the t...

Sunoji, Twinkle Khanna Posted About Peacock Sex. You Should Read

India News | Monday June 5, 2017

Twinkle Khanna was on vacation in Paris when a judge of the Rajasthan High Court educated us about how baby peacocks are made

Opinion: Chaste Peacocks Show We're On Worrying Turf Now

Opinion | Brinda Karat | Friday June 2, 2017

When belief in mythology replaces logic in judicial pronouncements, and when resultant judgments contain the most outlandish, unscientific assertions, the very credibility of the system of justice-delivery is threatened.

'Peacocks Don't Have Sex' Rajasthan Judge's Remark Stumps Twitter

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Thursday June 1, 2017

"Peacocks don't have sex". That bizarre remark came from a Rajasthan High Court judge and it kept Twitter hooked to their keyboards for hours.

Peacocks Don't Have Sex, Says Judge Who Recommended Cow As National Animal

India News | Reported by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Thursday June 1, 2017

A Rajasthan High Court judge who recommended that the cow be declared the national animal of India shared a baffling view on the national bird peacock, as he described both the species as "pious".

Opinion: The BJP's Alibis For the Lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq

Opinion | Mukul Kesavan | Sunday October 4, 2015

Mohammad Akhlaq's widow, remembered filling the tiffin boxes of Hindu neighbours with the mutton she cooked every Id. These neighbours, young men she recognised and named to the police afterwards, broke down her door, dragged out her husband and bludgeoned him to death with bricks.