He said every democratically elected government has a primary duty to uphold rule of law in the country and make citizens secure from divis...

Chief Justice of India HL Dattu is worried about the vacancy in judges posts in high courts caused by the lingering vacuum on appointment.

“It is an in-house meeting, a discussion, not a celebration,” the CJI told the media on the sidelines of the conference which closed on Eas...

Besides the HC's Chief Justices, some of the senior judges of the SC will also attend the event. On Sunday, state CMs will attend the event.

The CJI was full of praise for PM Modi who he had met four times on formal occasions. “He is a good leader, a good human being."

"The petitioner is directed to implead Animal Welfare Board (AWB) as a party to the Special Leave Petition," a bench of Chief Justice HL Da...

India’s justice system is seen as an exemplar in sloth and inefficiency, with over 3 cr cases pending and average closure time being over a...

Observing that the HC chief justice didn't have the "authority" to set up the panel, the apex court ruled that he shouldn't have any furthe...

Kannan has also requested Dattu to "withdraw" the letter in which he had asked for the information needed to make the assessments.

Lodha, in his letter, had also asked HC chief justices to consult two senior lawyers for the purpose of making recommendations to the SC.

He said the “main factor contributing to the menace of huge and evermounting backlog of cases” is HC vacancies, of which there are about 30...

The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the Centre's decision to de-control prices of 108 cardiac and diabetes drugs.

The President is pleased to appoint Justice Dattu as CJI with effect from September 28, 2014, the Law Ministry announced here.

The govt on Monday cleared H L Dattu's appointment to the topmost judicial post, promptly clearing the file it received from CJI R M Lodha.

Swaraj has now sought time from President's for a meeting, pleading for his intervention to bring about unanimity in the appointment of the...

Dattu is likely to be one of the members of PM Manmohan Singh-led selection panel to choose chairperson and members for anti-corruption bod...

The five corporate executives had moved the SC challenging the order of the Delhi high court denying them bail in the case.