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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicDistrict judge

Topic: district judge

Uneasy gavel of the district judiciary—opacity in dismissal, ‘perpetual fear’ of high courts

+TFP Khadija Khan -
Judge Jagat Mohan Chaturvedi, who was dismissed from service in 2015, is a case in point. Madhya Pradesh HC while reinstating him has pointed to the judiciary’s ‘colonial mindset’.

MP judge approved for HC was previously held back over woman judge’s caste discrimination complaint

Bhadra Sinha -
Aditi Gajendra Sharma has now written to top 5 SC judges including CJI Gavai, expressing concerns about collegium’s move to recommend district judge Rajesh Kumar Gupta for promotion.

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

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

Courts still use ‘jamadar’ as post, need to shed colonial mindset, says SC report

Apoorva Mandhani -
Citing SC judgment that discontinued use of the term 'subordinate judiciary', report calls for more respectful nomenclature for district court staff.

Can women judges do naagin dance at house party? No, only male judges can flex on Instagram

+TFP Jyoti Yadav -
It’s accepted if a male judge lifts weights in a gym, young women judges are forced to present a 'more acceptable' version of themselves.

All India Judicial Service won’t solve pendency. And no, the IAS, IPS parallel doesn’t work

Rangin Pallav Tripathy -
Supporters of AIJS argue that it can help reduce pendency, while opposers look at the lack of knowledge of local language and laws. Both are wrong.

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Opinion

US-Pakistan romance is not new. Why does India feel betrayed?

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
I don’t believe that the US-India relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. There are ways of handling Trump, even if the Pakistanis have outplayed us this year.

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Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

Shanker Arnimesh -
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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