SC judge clarifies same-day listing permitted only when liberty or life is at stakeJustice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court addressed urgent case listing. He expressed reluctance to expedite cases unless someone faces immin...
24 Sep, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
Maintain work-life balance: Justice Datta on shortage of judges in Bombay HC and high workloadJustice Dipankar Datta spoke about the Bombay High Court judge shortage. He urged judges to balance work and life. He mentioned the court n...
06 Jul, 2025, 12.55 PM IST
Only 15 judges per million population in the country: 2025 India Justice ReportA 2025 report reveals India's judicial system faces critical challenges, with only 15 judges per million people, far below the Law Commissi...
15 Apr, 2025, 04.30 PM IST
Legal-Tech for a Developed India: Lexlegis.ai’s Role in Viksit Bharat@204721 Mar, 2025, 09.00 AM IST
SC seeks data on vacancies in tribunalsThe Supreme Court directed the central government to provide data on tribunal vacancies and the status of the selection process. The bench ...
06 Jan, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
Every institution can be improved, but it doesn't mean it is fundamentally flawed: CJI DY ChandrachudChief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud emphasized the potential for improvement within institutions like the judiciary while defending thei...
27 Oct, 2024, 08.34 AM IST
ET View: India needs an army of judges to resolve corporate distressGiven that companies in distress desperately need re-organisation and resolution, the judicial and legal fraternity should develop the expe...
25 Apr, 2018, 03.26 PM IST
Retd judicial officers can be appointed as HC judges: SCThe SC observations came in a case where the appointment of two retired judicial officers to the Rajasthan HC was challenged by Sunil Samda...
25 Feb, 2018, 10.30 AM IST
NCLT to set up three more benches in Bhubaneswar, Jaipur and KochiThere is just about one appellate tribunal and the government is said to have initiated process to set up for appallate benches to share th...
23 Jan, 2018, 05.09 PM IST
NITI Aayog for a 'judicial performance index' to check pendencyNiti Aayog has suggested shifting some workload out of the regular court system and introduction of an administrative cadre in the judicial...
29 Aug, 2017, 07.16 PM IST
Put an infrastructure in place for bankruptcy law to work: Rajnish Kumar, SBIIf that infrastructure does not match the requirement or the workload, then the delays are likely to happen and that derail the process.
12 May, 2016, 09.52 AM IST
Poor management of courts responsible for backlog: StudySimilarly, cheque bouncing cases, whose number he says is significant, can be disposed of by bringing an amendment to the existing law.
07 Feb, 2016, 01.22 PM IST
NDA govt to have relook at key Law Min bills pending in Rajya SabhaThe other key legislations pending in the Upper House include three dealing with creation of Legislative Councils in TN, Rajasthan and Assa...
15 Jun, 2014, 02.20 PM IST
- India-American Srikanth Sri Srinivasan to be first South Asian circuit court judge in US
Srinivasan, 46, born in India and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, is currently serving as the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the US.
02 Apr, 2013, 10.51 AM IST
- Lokpal drafters to debate rank-linked punishment of corrupt
The joint drafting committee for the Lokpal bill will have its fifth meeting on Monday to thrash out differences that persists.
30 May, 2011, 02.14 AM IST
- Govt disagrees on judicial powers of Lokpal; drafting of Bill begins
With agreement on nearly 50% of the basic principles, the committee decided to direct the legislative dept to begin drafting the Lokpal Bil...
24 May, 2011, 02.18 AM IST
- Debt recovery tribunals see NPA surge due to slowdown
The debt recovery tribunals (DRTs), set up by the government to help financial institutions recover bad debts efficiently, expect the numbe...
21 Apr, 2009, 01.09 AM IST