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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
TopicIndian judiciary

Topic: indian judiciary

Indian judiciary is letting citizens down. When liberty is in danger, judges are looking away

If you are charged with a crime for which there is not a single scrap of evidence the judge will still send you to jail.

‘Don’t pin all hopes on institutions’—at JLF 2026 debate of lawyers

In a session titled 'The Measure of Justice' at JLF 2026, lawyers Ashwani Kumar and Vrinda Grover and US judge Ketu Shah discussed the Indian constitutional, moral and legal crises.

The Supreme Court is losing its credibility. It should frighten us all—Maneka Gandhi

The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.

‘Golden lining to dark cloud’: In 2025, disposal rate of POCSO cases was over 100% in 24 states

Disposal rate in 2025 reached 109 percent, meaning the courts cleared backlog of previous years. However, conviction rate has been reducing since 2019. System also struggling with delays.

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

The missing piece in India’s reform story—a strong tribunal system

The Supreme Court’s judgment pushes the conversation in the right direction, but it does not resolve the full range of structural issues that determine how tribunals work on the ground.

We blame the government for being too litigious. Data tells a very different story

Real gains can be achieved when the government focuses its reforms upstream in better contract design, stronger capacity to monitor performance and maintain documentation.

Gurugram unauthorised construction case: In rap to HC, why Supreme Court cited procedural fairness

Case stems from a bunch of PILs filed before Punjab and Haryana HC regarding rampant building violations in Gurugram. State submitted detailed reports that didn’t deny the allegations.

Why India’s lower judiciary rarely reaches high courts. Supreme Court looks into ‘anomaly’

Subordinate judiciary plagued by stagnation, bleak promotional avenues & disillusionment, with most only dreaming of being district judge. A constitution bench looks for solution.

Nothing suits dictatorship more than a subservient judiciary: Justice HR Khanna

The totalitarian states indeed are never tired of claiming a legal basis for their action and are too eager to make use of conventional legal institutions to further their ends, said Justice HR Khanna in 1980.

On Camera

There’s a new ‘K’ obsession in town. Not K-drama but Korean reality show

With anything 'K' prefixed winning the content game, dating show Singles’ Inferno and cooking competition Culinary Class Wars picked up fans in India with ease.

Work from beach: Sri Lanka woos remote workers with digital nomad visa, extends tourist visa validity

Signalling a shift in how it is positioning itself within the global tourism and remote-work economy, Sri Lanka joins list of countries, led by Estonia, that set up digital nomad visa programmes post COVID-19.

Australian amphibian aircraft firm eyes Indian civil & military market, ties up with Apogee Aerospace

Aligning with India's push to promote inter-coastal air connectivity, Apogee has ordered 15 seaplanes in a deal valued at Rs 3,500 crore.

Dear Narendrabhai, Bangladesh polls give India space to hit reset button

By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India’s moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the ‘ghuspethiya’ rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam.