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Justice Nagarathna says appointing women to senior judicial posts can break gender stereotypes

SC Justice B.V. Nagarathna, who will possibly be the first woman Chief Justice of India in 2027, said visibility of women as judicial officers can advance representation.

SC to pronounce interim order on pleas seeking independent probe into Pegasus row next week

The pleas seeking an independent probe are related to reports of alleged snooping by govt agencies on eminent citizens, politicians and scribes by using NSO group's spyware Pegasus.

Govt ‘cherry picking’ appointments of tribunal members, our selection ‘waste of time’, SC says

Modi govt claims it had notified 84 appointments in three different tribunals —NCLT, AFT and ITAT — on 12 September. It was pulled up even for these appointments.

Polls no ‘guarantee against tyranny’ of the elected — full text of CJI Ramana speech

Delivering the 17th Justice P D Desai Memorial Trust lecture, CJI Ramana also spoke about how the rule of law would become 'illusory' if controlled by the legislature or the executive.

Justice Ashok Bhushan’s verdicts stand testimony to his welfarist & humanist approach: CJI

While bidding farewell, CJI Ramana said that Justice Bhushan's journey has truly been remarkable as he has spent nearly two decades delivering justice in constitutional courts.

UK MPs, Nobel laureates urge India to free jailed Bhima Koregaon activists ‘in grave danger’

Letter says 'human rights defenders' awaiting trials in jails have developed health issues because of 'neglect, absence of proper medical care, deplorable hygiene conditions'.

Farm protests as much of a super-spreader as Kumbh, Eid shopping. Suspend them immediately

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Justice NV Ramana sworn in as 48th Chief Justice of India

New Delhi: Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana was sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday. Justice Ramana...

If CJI meets the PM more regularly, a lot of issues could be resolved — Pranab Mukherjee

In ‘The Presidential Years’, former President Pranab Mukherjee had written about why India needs more frequent interactions between the executive and the judiciary.

Media ‘freely commenting’ on sub judice matters can cause damage, Attorney General tells SC

Attorney General K.K. Venugopal made his comments to a bench that had assembled to hear the 2009 contempt case against advocate Prashant Bhushan.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.