Iran slams Netanyahu, US over ICC prosecutor Karim Khan's removalIran's Deputy Foreign Minister criticized Israel and the United States. This followed remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
27 Jul, 2026, 06.32 AM IST
Twisha Sharma dowry death case: Court rejects bail plea of retired judge Giribala SinghA Bhopal court rejected retired judge Giribala Singh's bail plea. She is accused in the dowry death case of ex-model Twisha Sharma. The cou...
25 Jul, 2026, 08.04 PM IST
Fast-track courts fail to keep pace as 2.5 lakh rape, POCSO cases remain pendingIndia's fast-track courts have over 2.5 lakh cases pending as of December 2025. More than 1.4 lakh new cases were registered during 2025, w...
25 Jul, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
Supreme Court has more than 96,000 pending cases; 26 over 30 years old: Arjun MeghwalCollectively, 5.64 crore cases are pending across courts, including the top court, the 25 high courts and district and subordinate courts.
23 Jul, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
Mahakala in Baghdad: How Buddhism and Tantra reshaped Islamic thoughtA compelling historical transformation uncovers the distinctions between early Muslim rulers, known as Sultans, and the Mughal Badshahs tha...
03 Jul, 2026, 11.58 PM IST
8th Pay Commission: Key deadline ends today; why this step is important for central government employees’ salary hikeCentral government departments must submit pay revision data for the 8th Pay Commission by today, June 30, 2026. Submissions are strictly o...
30 Jun, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Punjab & Haryana HC judge Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu passes awayJustice Mahabir Singh Sindhu, a respected judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, passed away at 59 in Gurugram. Elevated in 2017, he w...
28 Jun, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
Hold senior bureaucrats accountable for lapses: Allahabad High Court to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathThe Allahabad High Court has called for accountability from senior bureaucrats from Uttar Pradesh. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been ...
05 Jun, 2026, 11.57 AM IST
A total of 4,855 posts of judicial officers in district and sub-ordinate courts are vacantDistrict and subordinate courts in India face a significant shortage of judicial officers. There are 4,855 vacancies against a sanctioned s...
04 Dec, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
Soon, file case and pay fees for lower courts onlineDistrict and subordinate courts across the country will soon have e-filing facilities where cases will be filed electronically from anywher...
24 Jul, 2018, 02.11 PM IST
Lower courts short of 5k judges as no suitable candidatesThere are only 17,576 court rooms/court halls and only 14,363 residential units available for district and subordinate courts in the countr...
04 Dec, 2017, 05.36 PM IST
Lower courts: India has more sanctioned judges and less court roomsIt says that this is against 22,288 sanctioned strength of judicial officers/judges of district and subordinate courts in the country.
26 Nov, 2017, 01.00 PM IST
Government proposes NEET-like exam to recruit judges in subordinate courtsThe proposal comes close on the heels of several states, including some ruled by the BJP, opposing the formation of an all-India judicial s...
12 Jun, 2017, 07.44 AM IST
Lower courts face shortage of over 5000 judgesLatest data made available by the Law Ministry shows that there is a shortage of 5,111 judicial officers who run subordinate courts across ...
18 Oct, 2016, 02.42 PM IST
Over 4,000 vacancies of judges in subordinate courtsRavi Shankar Prasad said 2,447 new court rooms were under construction, even as he assured that the government was concerned about improvin...
29 Jul, 2016, 03.33 PM IST
All district and subordinate courts to be digitally connected by MarchUnder the project, all the district and subordinate courts will be linked to the National Judicial Data Grid, a common repository of case r...
13 Feb, 2015, 04.10 AM 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