CJI

Lawyer writes to CJI seeking early hearing of pleas challenging polygamy, 'nikah halala'

Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay said the matter deserves to be heard at the earliest as the issue is of public importance, gender justice, gender...

New RS members assigned to committees; Scindia gets HRD, Ranjan Gogoi to foreign affairs

New Rajya Sabha members have been assigned to various parliamentary committees. Jyotiraditya Scindia has been assigned in HRD panel. Former...

SC collegium to meet after July to consider 120 proposals for appointment to high courts

The proposals to be taken up include recommendations from the courts of Madras, Karnataka, Bihar, Punjab & Haryana, Allahabad, Delhi, and K...

Housing ministry moots a bigger office-cum-residence complex for CJI

The collegium and the staff associated with it currently operates from two rooms at the residence of the CJI. There are no meeting rooms at...

Legal fraternity speculates on a woman CJI in future

The Supreme Court has two vacancies and with Justices R Banumathi and Arun Mishra set to retire in July and September, respectively, there ...

Courts must test government response, policy on pandemic: Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi

The former CJI conceded that there were limits to the Supreme Court’s power to intervene in any case. Courts will not normally interfere wi...

Physical court hearings can never be completely dispensed with: former CJI Dipak Misra

Former CJI Dipak Misra's remarks assume significance in the context of the recent debate over the pros and cons of virtual courts versus ph...

SC registry discriminatory in listing cases: Lawyer to CJI

A lawyer has in a letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde alleged that its registry, the executive wing of the court, indulged in discrim...

Supreme Court to hear on June 2 plea seeking replacement of word India with 'Bharat'

The plea has sought a direction to the government to take appropriate steps to bring amendment in Article 1 of the Constitution, which deal...

Collegium to clear judges’ name through phone or by circulation

“Another safety protocol the collegium has worked out is to dispense with personal interaction with candidates recommended to be appointed ...

SC issues notices on a PIL by Muslim women

SC on Wednesday sought formal responses from the central and Maharashtra governments on a PIL filed by a Pune-based woman seeking entry int...

Supreme Court refuses to stay CAA yet again

SC on Wednesday refused to stay the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) yet again on a fresh plea that it was inconsistent with t...

Lawyers say virtual courts not working, urge return to physical mode with distancing

Sometimes a lawyer is invisible and sometimes inaudible, a lawyer said. At times, the audio link snaps so that either the judges cannot hea...

Courts embrace tech but CJI's AI goal still a distant dream

Civil society organisation Daksh’s programme director Surya Prakash said that AI or complex algorithms which help quicken the pace of justi...

Some didn't want temple ruling in my tenure: Ranjan Gogoi

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday dismissed criticism over the Ayodhya judgement for not revealing who wrote it, insi...

Judges, lawyers shouldn't wear coat, gown as they make it easier to catch virus: S A Bobde

During the lockdown, the benches usually assemble at the residences of the judges and the lawyers are allowed to join the video conferencin...

Overcrowded jails cause for worry: CJI SA Bobde

Social distancing in such places is difficult, Justice SA Bobde said, even as he sought an action plan from prison authorities throughout t...