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Friday, November 14, 2025
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Topic: CJI

Court vacancies, reforms: what chief ministers & judges must tackle when they meet this week

The chief justices-chief ministers’ conference is a rare forum where the executive and judiciary come together to talk about issues that matter to both.

‘What kind of petition is this?’ SC pulls up petitioner for ‘defective plea’ on Article 370

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that the plea filed by advocate M.L. Sharma has 'no meaning', and that it could be dismissed.

Courts, unlike govts, not bound by single hierarchy, must keep public faith: CJI Gogoi

CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the right to adjudicate the affairs of citizens has an "element of divinity", and this privilege must be exercised with humility.

CJI Gogoi says over 1000 cases pending for 50 years now, even more for the past 25 years

Taking about the volume of pending cases, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said about 90 lakh were civil cases, of which even summons hadn't been served in more than 20 lakh cases.

SC collegium’s two new judge picks set to give India its second Dalit chief justice

If the Modi govt clears Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai's elevation, he will be on track to become India's second Dalit CJI after K.G. Balakrishnan.

Learn to trust judges, says CJI Gogoi to activist seeking his removal from hearing case

CJI Ranjan Gogoi dismissed a petition, filed by activist Harsh Mander, on the detention and deportation of declared foreigners in Assam.

Women lawyers don’t feel safe anymore in Supreme Court, says lawyer Indira Jaising

Senior advocate Indira Jaising called for an independent inquiry into the sexual harassment allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi.

Narendra Modi ‘spews’ nuclear missiles and Lord Buddha puns on ‘right’

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SC body expresses ‘reservation’ on CJI Gogoi’s response to sexual harassment charges

Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association says charges must be dealt with according to law. But SC staffers come out in support of CJI Ranjan Gogoi.

Supreme Court reserves verdict on whether CJI and SC are public authority under RTI Act

An apex court bench heard appeals against the Delhi high court's order, which states that the CJI's office comes under the RTI Act and is liable to part with information to RTI applicants.

On Camera

From Virat & Anushka selling sarias to dentist ads, Bihar walls tell a ‘rurbanisation’ story

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.