Cabinet nod to raise SC strength to 37 plus CJIThe Union Cabinet has approved increasing the number of Supreme Court judges. The strength will rise to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of ...
06 May, 2026, 01.42 AM IST
Delhi HC says Priya Kapur must clear ‘legitimate suspicions’ raised by Karisma Kapoor’s kids in Sunjay Kapur family estate disputeDelhi High Court mandates that doubts surrounding Sunjay Kapur's Will must be cleared. Priya Kapur, the Will's proponent, faces the task of...
01 May, 2026, 12.32 PM IST
Supreme Court flags NCLT delaysThe Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of the grim situation at NCLT benches. Delays in approving resolution plans are causing sig...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.39 AM IST
Sunetra Pawar gets relief as ITAT scraps Rs 32.14 crore tax addition against Ajit Pawar, calls evidence linking ‘DD’ to leader insufficientThe Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has cancelled tax proceedings against Sunetra Ajit Pawar. A Rs 32.14 crore addition treated as unexplaine...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.32 PM IST
AI cannot replace human conscience in justice delivery: Karnataka CM SiddaramaiahKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urged caution regarding artificial intelligence in the justice system. He stressed that human empathy...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.34 PM IST
The logjam need not be: A list of administrative means for reducing India’s painful judicial pendencyOne, SC should mandate summary disposal of all ‘hibernating’ PILs – those pending for more than 10 years before HCs – if they do not concer...
24 May, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
“Judges say HC stay, absconding accused reasons behind cases pending for decades”Of the nearly 25,000 cases for which the judges have so far provided reasons, “accused absconding” has been cited as the chief reasons for ...
25 Mar, 2019, 11.02 AM IST
End misunderstanding among judges: Ex-SC judge Santosh Hegde to CJI Ranjan GogoiJustice Gogoi was among the four senior-most judges who had in January criticised the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
03 Oct, 2018, 02.08 PM IST
Mechanism to assess judges' work soon: CJI Dipak MisraAt present, judicial officers retire at the age of 58 years, HC judges at 62 years and SC judges at 65 years.
29 Jul, 2018, 01.00 PM IST
Cut pendency in litigation to improve business rating: SurveyThe survey 2017-18, tabled in Parliament, said that there is a need to address the issues of pendency, delays and backlogs in the appellate...
29 Jan, 2018, 03.02 PM IST
Pending cases go down in SC, HCs; but see upward swing in lower courtsAccording to figures compiled by the ministry, the apex court had 62,791 pending cases at the end of 2014. The figures went down to 59,272 ...
01 Oct, 2017, 12.46 PM IST
Courts disposed of over two crore cases in 2014: GovernmentThe judiciary in India, including the lower courts, have disposed over 2 crore cases in 2014, while they still face a backlog of over three...
07 Dec, 2015, 06.27 PM IST
Government seeks judges' appraisal from Supreme CourtThe court-specific data will help the NJAC set judges' performance standards and could be key in determining promotions of judges to higher...
01 Oct, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
Pendency of cases to reduce after National Judicial Appointments Commission is put in place: GovtPendency of cases in courts will reduce sharply once the National Judicial Appointments Commission is put in place, government said.
30 Apr, 2015, 10.05 PM IST
Over 2 crore cases pending in lower courts; 3,272 posts lying emptyOver two crore cases are pending in subordinate courts in the country which also face a shortage of over 3,000 judicial personnel, a Parlia...
09 Feb, 2014, 11.14 AM IST
- Balance of three organs of state should not be disrupted: President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee today said reforms in judicial system should not disrupt the fine balance among the legislature, executive and j...
12 Jan, 2013, 03.59 PM IST
- Over 1,000 posts to be created for Delhi Judicial Service
Delhi Cabinet today cleared a proposal to create over one thousand new posts, including 160 posts of officers, for Delhi Judicial Service t...
25 Aug, 2008, 09.46 PM IST