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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicHigher judiciary

Topic: Higher judiciary

India’s higher judiciary lacks professional diversity. It’s now a monopoly of lawyer-judges

Of the first 25 Supreme Court judges, only three had any experience in subordinate judiciary. The collegium system has only deepened this professional homogeneity further.

No conspiracy, Justice Muralidhar’s transfer to ‘pave way’ for his appointment as CJ

Justice Muralidhar of Delhi HC has been transferred to Punjab and Haryana HC, where Chief Justice Justice Ravi Shanker Jha is likely to become SC judge.  

Protest, rumours and speculation — row erupts over transfer of high court judges

HC lawyers in Delhi to stay away from work tomorrow to protest the transfer of Justice S. Muralidhar, the third senior-most judge of the Delhi HC.

Supreme Court will hear plea alleging govt’s delay in judicial appointments after 8 weeks

The plea claimed the Centre has been "indefinitely sitting" on names suggested by the apex court collegium for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary. 

With all due respect

The halo around the higher judiciary is dimming and this is dangerous.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.