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Supreme Court will soon come under data grid to track cases real time, announces Chief Justice

Justice Chandrachud said the aim was to enhance transparency and accountability in the judicial system.

SC tells govt to prep manual on media briefings by police — ‘balance of right to know & fair trial’

While hearing 2008 PIL, SC said reportage implicating a person being probed could impinge on their ‘personal dignity’. At the same time, media & consumers have a right to know, it said.

Media trial unfair, says Supreme Court, orders Centre to prepare manual for police briefings

The case will be next heard in the second week of January after the Ministry of Home Affairs comes up with the handbook.

Year after putting sedition cases on hold, SC refers petitions against law to 5-judge bench

SC says 1962 ruling upholding sedition was on basis of narrow understanding of fundamental rights then, declines govt request to defer hearings in light of pending bill to replace IPC.

SC rejects Centre’s request to defer sedition law appeals, transfers case to 5-judge bench

The top court said the new Bill to replace the Indian Penal code would not affect past cases.

SC-appointed panel on jail reforms slams solitary confinement of death row convicts — ‘most egregious’

Panel has submitted 5 reports on jail administration, one being related to condition of death row inmates. It says to confine them in solitary cells breaches a 1978 SC judgment.

‘Judge mute spectator, serious lapses in probe’ — SC order sending death row case back to Patna HC

SC was hearing appeal filed by man sentenced to death by a trial court for rape and murder of a 10-yr-old. Defence counsel argued that witness statements had contradictions.

CPI(M) warhorse, ‘crazy’ artist & ‘muted bystander’ — a look at petitioners in Article 370 case

Five-judge SC bench has reserved verdict on pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 & bifurcation of J&K. Here’s a run-through of some of the petitioners who moved the top court.

‘Shocked’ by ex-CJI Ramana’s appointment, top mediator Sriram Panchu quits Singapore panel

Last year, Panchu attacked then-CJI Ramana over involvement in setting up Hyderabad-based mediation centre IAMC, which has now signed MOU with Singapore International Mediation Centre.

Husband & wife closely related, Delhi HC declares 31-yr marriage void under Hindu law

Hindu Marriage Act prohibits marriage between 'sapindas' — those with common ancestor till 3rd generation on mother's side & 5th on father's.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.