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Why India’s lower judiciary rarely reaches high courts. Supreme Court looks into ‘anomaly’

Subordinate judiciary plagued by stagnation, bleak promotional avenues & disillusionment, with most only dreaming of being district judge. A constitution bench looks for solution.

SC sets aside man’s conviction as ‘law must yield to justice’. POCSO vs consensual love debate reignited

Supreme Court invoked Article 142, which empowers it to pass any decree or order necessary to do 'complete justice', while setting aside a Tamil Nadu man's conviction.

Supreme Court throws its weight behind lawyer-client privilege. Here’s what the new guidelines say

The court, taking suo motu cognisance of a Gujarat Police summons, says investigating agencies cannot interrogate lawyers for information on accused.

HC says 2nd FIR can be registered in a case with common background. ‘Test of sameness’ key to order

Two cases involve distinct offences, says Allahabad High Court, dismissing a plea by four men accused of cheating and forgery.

As SC looks at worth of life that could’ve been, how other countries deal with wrongful convictions

3 ex-convicts from Maharashtra, UP and Tamil Nadu, who were exonerated by SC, have sought financial compensation for their wrongful convictions, citing their ‘clean’ acquittals.

A famous Kolhapur pontiff was barred from entering a Karnataka district. Why SC didn’t interfere

Administration in Karnataka’s Vijaypura barred pontiff from entering district on ground that his statement against Lingayat pontiffs’ federation led to protests in parts of state.

HC extends PMLA’s reach to allocation of natural resources. How it interpreted ‘property’, ‘proceeds of crime’

HC order revives the Enforcement Directorate’s attachment of the gains made by Prakash Industries through the allotment of Chhattisgarh’s Chotia coal block.

Curious case of ‘widowed minor sister’ in 102-year-old law that caught Supreme Court’s attention

Matter came to light in a case filed by New India Assurance Company, which had challenged a 2009 Karnataka HC order awarding compensation to two widowed sisters of a deceased employee.

8.82 lakh execution petitions pending: The long wait for justice, even after victory in court

New Delhi: Concerned over the chronic delays in enforcement of court decrees in civil cases, the Supreme Court, in a recent order, mandated all...

‘Replica’ FIRs after defection—in HC’s relief to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, a hint at political vendetta

Calcutta High Court quashed 15 FIRs against West Bengal Leader of Opposition Adhikari, adding that remaining probe in 4 cases be handed over to an SIT including both CBI & state police.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.