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TopicCJI DY Chandrachud

Topic: CJI DY Chandrachud

‘To create safe, appealing environment,’ says Chief Justice after inaugurating creche in SC

Justice Chandrachud said the play, feeding, sleeping and dining area for young children would encourage more women lawyers to participate in the legal profession.

‘Extremely disturbing,’ SC slams Kolkata police’s delay in registering case on medic’s rape & murder

Chief Justice Chandrachud said it was very surprising the postmortem was conducted on 9 August between 6.10 pm and 7.10 pm, before the case of unnatural death was even entered.

SC asks docs protesting Kolkata medic’s rape & murder to join duty, assures no ‘adverse action’

Bench headed by Chief Justice told by counsel for resident doctors at AIIMS, Nagpur that they were being victimised for the protests.

SC expunges ‘contemptuous’ remarks by judge, advises HC judges to exercise ‘greater restraint’

A 5-judge bench led by CJI took suo motu cognisance of remarks made by Punjab and Haryana HC judge Justice Rajbir Sehrawat in an order passed on 17 July.

No SC/ST groups will be excluded — how Supreme Court order treads sub-classification minefield

SC has allowed states to sub-classify Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes for reservation, but they can do so only on basis of demonstrable data on backwardness and representation. 

300 cases settled amicably on Day 1 of Lok Adalat in Supreme Court, being held for 1st time

2,000 cases listed for five-day Lok Adalat, an alternative resolution mechanism that settles disputes outside the conventional court system.

‘Judges should use sense of robust common sense when deciding bail petitions,’ says CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said that the trial judges prefer playing safe by not granting bail on important issues of crime.

SC directs NTA to publish city, centre-wise results of NEET-UG 2024 exam

Many other key issues were raised by SC during the hearing, from how much money govt makes from conducting NEET-UG to addressing admitted leaks at Patna and Hazaribagh.

CJI Chandrachud inaugurates multi-facilitation centre in SC, says it’s part of access to ‘justice mission’

The CJI also expressed hope that the facility would enhance the quality of service rendered by the top court to the citizens.

NUJS students write to CJI Chandrachud seeking V-C’s removal over sexual harassment allegation

The Chief Justice of India Justice Chandrachud also happens to be University Chancellor of National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.