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16 women among 91 judges: Gender, caste & minority representation in HC appointments under CJI Gavai

Chief Justice of India BR Gavai retired today after a six-month tenure. Details on appointments were disclosed by SC Collegium, a trend started by Gavai's predecessor Sanjiv Khanna. 

Decade after NALSA, trans citizens still rely on courts for what govts fail to provide—basic rights

New Delhi: Nearly a decade after the Supreme Court’s landmark NALSA judgment and five years after Parliament enacted the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act,...

CJI Gavai: The Ambedkarite judge who listened keenly & wrote simply

The 52nd Chief Justice of India insisted on 'Swadesi interpretation' — using Indian Constitution and legal history, instead of foreign judgments, to deliver rulings

AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case: Court dismisses Christian Michel’s extradition papers pleas

Special CBI judge notes AgustaWestland accused must already have documents he is seeking from investigating agency; CBI calls pleas a delaying tactic.

‘Maintenance cost would be more than value’—Court allows ED to auction Nirav Modi’s twin Mercedes

Three cars, valued at over Rs 1 crore, were attached as part of proceedings against fugitive diamantaire in the bank fraud case against Punjab National Bank.

HC rap for Haryana govt over action against doctor who didn’t stand for MLA while on Covid duty

Court imposes Rs 50,000 cost on state and calls disciplinary action against doctor ‘manifestly arbitrary’, orders health department to issue NOC for higher studies.

Mahua Moitra’s challenge to Lokpal nod for CBI charge sheet: The cash-for-query case & arguments so far

Delhi High Court reserved its order Friday on Trinamool MP's plea. Moitra challenged the Lokpal order on grounds such as violation of principles of natural justice & irreparable harm.

No PoSH for women lawyers? SC to hear plea against order depriving them of sexual harassment shield

With the Bombay HC ruling that the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act does not cover advocates, women lawyers have turned to the SC, pleading that they and legal workers have been left without protection.

SC ruling on sustainable mining in Aravallis: What continues, what stops & what comes next

Aravalli Hills exhibit ecological fragility & include significant biodiversity, act as green barrier against degradation of land in Indo-Gangetic plains, Haryana & UP, notes court.

20 yrs ago, Safdarjung cooperative scam opened a ‘Pandora’s box’. Convictions mark its final chapter

Ruling in Safdarjung Cooperative Group Housing Society case was delivered in two parts. The first dealt with conviction, and the second with sentencing.

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.