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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicDistrict courts

Topic: district courts

4000 Indian courts have done away with typing. An AI revolution is on

Kerala High Court has mandated the use of Adalat AI to transcribe witness depositions in district courts, citing the need to tackle 'procedural delays' in India’s legal system.

In rare move, MP HC takes suo motu note of own judge’s ‘disparaging remarks’ against sessions judge

Court directs state to move SC within 10 days against Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta’s order suggesting disciplinary action against first ASJ of Shivpuri, Vivek Sharma.

Punjab & Haryana HC restricts functioning of Amritsar, Ajnala courts amid India-Pakistan tensions

Order issued by the Registrar General of Punjab & Haryana HC has restricted public entry to courts in the Pakistan-bordering city and town, and moved urgent hearings online.

Why is compulsory retirement used to mass-fire district court judges? Origins go back to British

In 'Tareekh Pe Justice', Prashant Reddy T and Chitrakshi Jain conduct a deep dive into the dysfunction plaguing the district judiciary.

Over 1000 e-Sewa Kendras established to give free legal information

1072 centers in district courts and 27 in high courts across the country have been set up.

SC report on district courts: Just 2.8% have sign-language interpreters, 6.7% toilets female-friendly

Report by SC’s Centre for Research and Planning calls for urgent action to improve accessibility, hygiene of district courts & their washrooms for women and persons with disabilities.

Japan court rules that not allowing same-sex marriage is ‘in a state of unconstitutionality’

Weeks after another district court's similar ruling, this bolsters hopes of the LGBTQ community in Japan, the only G7 nation without legal protection for same-sex unions.

Chennai visually impaired lawyer creates history by clearing Supreme Court’s advocate-on-record exam

N.Visakhamurthy, a patient of Retinitis Pigmentosa with Macular degeneration, is among 26O candidates to clear exam held in December last year. He had earlier cleared TNPSC & UPSC.

Haryana is hurrying to make courts Hindi-only. Some things are getting lost in translation

Civil and criminal courts in Haryana have to switch to Hindi by 1 April. Task involves re-training clerks, translating court documents, preparing judges to ditch English verdicts.

What’s stopping India’s judicial infrastructure upgrade? The absence of Centre-state unity

Justice DY Chandrachud raised the dismal state of affairs in district courts where female judges don't have access to toilets. But judicial infrastructure needs more than momentary focus.

On Camera

Rajnath Singh is discovering India-Pakistan civilisational ties

Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

India eyes more S-400s with upcoming Putin visit, Su-57 likely to stay off radar

Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.