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'District Judiciary Breathes Life Into Law' : CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Madurai Additional District Court Complex
The Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, today expressed that the District Judiciary has to be viewed as the legal system's "lifeblood, its vital organs, the sinews", and having a good infrastructure at the grass roots lays "the groundwork for a more responsive, more dignified system of justice." The CJI was speaking at the inauguration of the Additional Court Buildings at the Madurai...
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Inaugurates Court, Mediation And Housing Facilities In Madhya Pradesh
On 17 April 2026, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Chief Justice, High Court of Madhya Pradesh and Patron-in-Chief, M.P. State Legal Services Authority, Jabalpur, virtually inaugurated the District Court Building at Shahdol, the Civil Court Building at Buxwaha (Chhatarpur), mediation centres at Nainpur (Mandla), Sanawad and Badwaha (Mandleshwar), Ajaygarh and Pawai (Panna), Kolaras and...
DMK MP Moves Private Bill For Immediate Implementation Of Women's Reservation, Seeks Postponing Delimitation By 25 Years
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Rajya Sabha MP Wilson has introduced a private bill seeking immediate implementation of women's reservation in the parliament, legislative assemblies of the State, etc, without linking it to the delimitation exercise. Wilson has also sought postponement of the delimitation process for a period of 25 years, till 2051. The objects of the bill are stated to...
Ad Hoc Employees Appointed Without Recruitment Advertisements Or Interviews Cannot Be Regularised: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently partly set aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment which had quashed a set of Haryana government policies aimed at regularising contractual, ad hoc and daily wage employees. The Court upheld the validity of two notifications issued on June 16, 2014 and June 18, 2014, but struck down two notifications issued on July 7, 2014.A bench of Justice PS Narasimha...
Delhi Court Convicts CBI Officials For Assault, Trespass During IRS Officer's Arrest In 2000; Holds Raid Malafide
A Delhi Court today convicted two Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials for offences of assault, criminal trespass and mischief during the arrest of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in 2000, holding that the search and arrest operation was carried out with “malafide intent” and in abuse of official powers. Judicial Magistrate First Class Shashank Nandan Bhatt of Tis...
Prospective Accused Needs To Be Heard? Allahabad HC Withholds Dictated Order Directing FIR Against Rahul Gandhi
In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has withheld its final order on a BJP worker's petition seeking the registration of an FIR against the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in connection with claims that he is a British national.A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi effectively deferred the operation of the judgment that had already...
Judges Who Can't Live Within Their Income & Fall Prey To Greed Must Be Weeded Out : Justice BV Nagarathna
Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court today said that the Supreme Court has accepted the 2nd National Judicial Pay Commission's recommendations on the increase in salaries and allowances for the judges of the District Judiciary. She added that if judges are still unable to live with their known source of income and fall prey to greed and temptation, they must be weeded out of...
Sabarimala Reference | Correct Test Is If Religious Belief Is Bona Fide, Not If It's Essential : Rajeev Dhavan To Supreme Court
Dhavan also argued that a superstitious belief has protection under Article 25, though its external manifestation can be subject to riders on public order, morality, or health.
Judicial Independence Also Means Independence From Undue AI Influence: Justice BV Nagarathna
Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna has cautioned that the traditional understanding of judicial independence must adapt to the realities of artificial intelligence, stressing that excessive reliance on AI could subtly influence judicial reasoning and threaten cognitive autonomy.Addressing the 22nd Biennial State Level Conference of Judicial Officers held in Bengaluru on the...
Srinagar Court Denies Protection To Cable Operator Against JioStar, Cites Suppression Of Piracy FIR, Illegal Broadcast Of Pakistani Channels
A Srinagar court has vacated an ex-parte ad-interim injunction that was granted to a local cable operator against JioStar India Private Limited, holding that the plaintiff had suppressed material facts including lawful disconnection of signals due to non-payment of dues exceeding ₹2 crore, pendency of criminal proceedings for piracy, and illegal retransmission of banned Pakistani channels....
Constitution Demands That We Dismantle Structures That Produce Inequality: Ex-CJI BR Gavai
Former Chief Justice of India Justice BR Gavai stated that the Constitution does not treat equality as a mere formal guarantee but requires the State and institutions to actively address and dismantle structural conditions that perpetuate inequality.Delivering the inaugural Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture titled “Sustainable Development & Substantive Equality: A Constitutional Dialogue”...