2005 'fake' encounter of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh: High Court upholds acquittal of 22 personsThe Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal of 22 individuals in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case. Appeals filed ...
Family pension denied to daughter over divorce timing; Tripura High Court ruling explainedA daughter has been denied her father's family pension by the Tripura High Court. She divorced her husband after her father's passing. The ...
Women's Reservation Bill 2026: After 30 years, here's how India moves to reserve 33% seats for women in ParliamentParliament is considering a new law to bring 33 percent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies starting from the 2029 elec...
'Difficult to declare millions of beliefs wrong': SC hears PIL limits in Sabarimala case debateThe Supreme Court is examining the permissibility of public interest litigations concerning religious practices. A nine-judge bench is hear...
Woman can't be treated as 'untouchable' for 3 days: Justice Nagarathna in Sabarimala caseSupreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna stated women cannot be considered untouchable for three days monthly. This remark came during hearings ...
Lineage at play? Six of 27 apex court justices had fathers as SC or HC judgesRegional balance has seldom been achieved with many high courts going unrepresented in the SC for long years. Meritorious and senior judges...
Create system to hear appeals of convicts, undertrials: SC to Allahabad HCAcknowledging the seriousness of the backlog of bail applications, the SC bench said that normally those who have undergone eight years in ...
Chronology of events in Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute caseAs the Supreme Court granted the entire disputed land in Ayodhya to deity Ram Lalla, here is the chronology of events that led to the judge...
Appointment of 13 Allahabad HC judges on holdTo become a High Court judge, an advocate must have an average net professional annual income of Rs 7 lakh in the preceding five years befo...
Supreme Court collegium treads cautiously on appointing judge who is gaySeeks more info from govt; IB report says candidate’s partner a foreign national and could be security risk
Supreme Court collegium meets 6 times in 30 days, clears 9 High Court CJs & 29 judgesThe most difficult meeting of the collegium was on August 1, when it dealt with three of its earlier recommendations for appointment of cer...
Government studying Supreme Court's verdict to select judgesThe judgement is being examined by the government in its consultation pertaining to revised MoP for selection of HC judges, which is to be ...
CJI may not make any changes, say top SC officialsThe CJI, on his part, continued to work through his crowded roster for much of the day except for an hour-long break at noon. There was no ...
Collegium to defer 7 judges' selection till new Chief Justice of India joinsThe collegium agreed to leave the finalisation of names for the collegium under new CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar, who would take oath on Januar...
Women judges make up just 10% of HCs' strengthA list of 44 names recommended by the Allahabad high court collegium recently for appointment as judges has only two women candidates.
43% of High Court posts vacant, backlog may hit 1-crore mark by year-endWith trial courts having around 2.75 crore pending cases, the total backlog of the judiciary mounts to 3.25 crore cases.
Procedure for selection of judges should not compromise the independence of judiciaryCare will have to be taken by Parliament to ensure that the composition of the Judicial Commission should not compromise the independence o...