CJI inaugurates new Gauhati High Court Itanagar Bench building in Arunachal PradeshChief Justice of India inaugurated the new Gauhati High Court's Itanagar Permanent Bench building in Arunachal Pradesh, marking a significa...
10 Aug, 2025, 06.47 PM IST
Judiciary needs revamp: Former Attorney General Of India Rohatgi highlights flaws in appointments, removalsMukul Rohatgi, former Attorney General of India, stressed the need for judicial reform, particularly in appointment and removal processes. ...
22 Mar, 2025, 03.30 PM IST
CJI Chandrachud talks about the pressure judges face from private interest groupsIndia's Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud spoke about the pressures judges face from political and private groups. He said judges are often sub...
10 Nov, 2024, 11.39 AM IST
324 posts of high court judges vacant: GovernmentPrepared in 1998, the MoP is a set of documents which guide the appointment, elevation and transfer of high court judges. Since Supreme Cou...
07 Dec, 2023, 10.49 PM IST
Iran sentences two women journalists on charges linked to Amini protestsTwo women journalists in Iran have been sentenced to long prison terms for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish-Iranian wo...
22 Oct, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
Judiciary must be allowed to interpret Constitution: SC judge Hima Kohli"This itself will preserve the independence of the judiciary and protect its autonomy and impartiality. It is equally essential to recognis...
05 Mar, 2023, 07.25 PM IST
Judiciary plays important role in protection of environment: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaThe National Seminar organized by Gauhati High Court in collaboration with Government of Assam covered subjects on 'Environment and Sustain...
30 Oct, 2022, 09.30 AM IST
Judiciary plays important role in protection of environment: Himanta Biswa Sarma“Today climate change and global warming due to environmental degradation have emerged as real challenges to the existence of lives and liv...
30 Oct, 2022, 01.01 AM IST
23 names reiterated by SC collegium for appointment as HC judges pending with govtTwo of the names -- one for appointment as judge of the Karnataka HC and the other for appointment as judge of the Jammu and Kashmir HC -- ...
02 Jan, 2022, 03.35 PM IST
NITI Aayog suggests government set up legal tech hubsIt has suggested strengthening the existing legislative framework for ADR and introduce ODR related amendments and bringing in legislative ...
29 Nov, 2021, 04.35 PM IST
Maharashtra top state in delivering justice to its citizens: ReportThe ranking is part of the India Justice Report (IJR) 2019, an initiative of Tata Trusts in collaboration with Centre for Social Justice, C...
07 Nov, 2019, 02.51 PM IST
No plans to bring law to 'regulate appointment and conduct' of SC, HC judges: Government"There is no proposal under consideration of government for any Parliamentary initiative to regulate appointments and conduct of Supreme Co...
11 Jul, 2019, 06.00 PM IST
No strong disagreement with judiciary over judges appointment: GovtThere is no strong disagreement between the executive and the judiciary over appointment of judges, and any "difference of opinion" between...
21 Mar, 2018, 05.38 PM IST
Courts must speed up award of maintenance to women: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad had expressed “concern regarding the procedural hurdles/difficulties faced by women in accessing the money awarded to them as mainte...
24 Dec, 2017, 11.43 PM IST
No compromise on fundamental rights: CJI Dipak MisraThough no right was absolute, there should be no fetters which "destroy the central dogma of the constitution", the CJI said at the functio...
26 Nov, 2017, 05.22 PM IST
Supreme Court strikes down NJAC act as flawed, says collegium system more transparentThe Supreme Court struck down the Narendra Modi government's bid to give the executive a greater say in the selection of judges.
17 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Winds of change: Judicialization of mega-politics in India
The Supreme Court has set aside the appointment of P J Thomas as chief vigilance commissioner saying the recommendation made by the high-po...
04 Mar, 2011, 08.36 AM IST