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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicIndian judiciary

Topic: indian judiciary

DY Chandrachud is right about using tech in courts. Learn from Germany’s IBM AI assistant

With just 0.1 per cent of India's budget allocated to the law and justice ministry, AI's potential to address resource gaps, especially in underserved areas, could be revolutionary.

Indian courts are increasingly progressive in all areas except one—marriage

In ‘Who is Equal’, senior Supreme Court lawyer,Saurabh Kirpal, seeks to untangle legal inequalities prevalent in our country in different sectors such as marriage, education, employment, and more.

‘Tareekh pe tareekh’ is not it. Here’s why India’s district courts are staring at massive pendency

National Judicial Data Grid data identifies reasons for delay in nearly 2 cr criminal & civil cases pending before India's district judiciary. Of these, about 1.51 cr are criminal.

British distorted India’s diverse judicial practices. Even created a North-South divide

Political historian Meenakshi Jain delved into the origins of India’s judicial systems in a recent public seminar at Delhi’s PM Museum and Library.

If parties co-opt judges into political system, the last bastion of Indian democracy will fall

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?

India’s system of live-streaming court proceedings is unmatched, says SC’s Justice Surya Kant

He further said that having access to live proceedings in courts leads to a better understanding of law and justice for the common man and that strengthens the system itself.

31% of judges’ posts vacant in high courts, 21% in district judiciary, finds SC report

Report by SC's Centre for Research and Planning also looks at representation of marginalised sections, says 492 of 650 judges appointed to HCs since 2018 were from general category.

‘Armed robbery’, MCOCA & 15-year trial — a timeline of 2008 Soumya Vishwanathan murder case

In 2008, journalist Soumya Vishwanathan was shot dead on Nelson Mandela Road, Delhi, while on her way back from work. Saket court set to deliver verdict today.

SubscriberWrites: The ascendancy of fundamental rights over personal laws — a quest for equity

Amidst constitutional symphony, an enigmatic flaw emerges - do the tendrils of personal rights find refuge within the embrace of the term 'law' enshrined in Article 13?

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.