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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.