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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicChief Justice of India

Topic: Chief Justice of India

410 vacancies but govt sat on names — why 2019 wasn’t a good year for judge appointments

Law ministry data says total number of vacancies in Supreme Court & high courts was 392 in the beginning of 2019, and increased to 410 by year-end.

As Chief Justice, SA Bobde must make sure no government can bend Indian judiciary’s spine

As Chief Justice, Ranjan Gogoi did everything he had accused Dipak Misra of. Justice Bobde must not go down the same road.

Why CJI Gogoi is under fire for defending Assam’s NRC while it’s still sub judice

CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the Assam NRC was a base document for the future, and 19 lakh or 40 lakh people being left off it was not the point.

Gogoi keeps up CJI tradition of retiring with a bang — has 4 big verdicts in last 2 weeks

CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s predecessors Misra, Khehar and Thakur also delivered numerous major judgments in their respective last months in the chair.

Delay in Ayodhya hearing was not deliberate, says CJI-designate SA Bobde

In an interview with ThePrint, Justice Bobde, who will be sworn in as CJI on 18 November, says the only problem afflicting Indian judiciary is high number of vacancies.

Aadhaar, air pollution, Ayodhya — next CJI SA Bobde has been part of landmark cases

Justice Bobde, who was elevated to the SC in 2013, was also head of the committee that heard sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi.

Seven high courts get new chief justices

The Centre notified the appointments of chief justices of high courts of Madhya Preadesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gauhati, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

Increase number of SC judges, raise retirement age: CJI Ranjan Gogoi asks PM Modi

In a series of letters, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has sought increasing the retirement age to 65 as well boosting the strength of judges to deal with the backlog of cases.

The mess in India’s higher judiciary is, sadly, of its own making

The judiciary has become cocooned while being the supreme force for transparency elsewhere. The complainant against CJI Gogoi has laid bare this hypocrisy.

On harassment charge, CJI Gogoi did what he accused CJI Misra of — betray natural justice

Attorney General too displayed ethical bankruptcy by comparing sexual harassment charge against CJI Gogoi to criticism for representing Modi govt.

On Camera

MCD is rounding up sterilised, friendly dogs just for optics—a moral and scientific failure

Since 1982, the resident dogs of JLN Stadium have peacefully coexisted with athletes, spectators, and staff. There hasn’t been a single recorded bite in over four decades.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.