He added harmony can't be achieved merely by speeches. At Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad's event, senior judges & lawyers gathered to discuss issues linked to Constitutional values.
Oppn MPs have moved an impeachment motion against the Madras HC judge, saying his conduct 'raises serious questions regarding impartiality, transparency & secular functioning of judiciary'.
A 5 December open letter conveyed concerns over the CJI equating the Rohingya migrants with 'intruders' who 'dig tunnels' and questioning their basic entitlements.
A senior advocate at the SC recounted a conversation with an usher. 'He told us that the judge's flask wasn't water, but a spirit of a different kind to keep His Lordship happy.'
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’.
This is the second such report this month, with another judge being threatened by the man she convicted in open court. No FIR has been filed in that case.
Portal aims to show the 'human side' of legal system. 'We need to learn how to laugh at ourselves,' says chairperson of HC's IT, AI & Accessibility Committee, which conceived the idea.
We live in an age when the whole country looks to the judiciary to keep the legislative and the executive branches in check. Should we allow political parties to win judges over to their side?
Back in a revised paperback edition, ‘Intimacy Undone’ draws upon Malavika Rajkotia's personal encounters to comment on marriage, divorce & family law in India.
Over millennia, men, social groups, and countries have fought over land, resources, women, even honour, but the arrival of Abrahamic monotheism brought in a...
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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