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Topic: Judges

8,630 complaints filed against sitting judges in past decade, data shows post-pandemic surge

In-house mechanism adopted by Supreme Court in 1997 handles thousands of complaints against judges, govt clarifies in Lok Sabha reply.

Supreme Court to host India’s 1st Commonwealth judges’ conference. Pakistan & Bangladesh not invited

Conference will focus on institutional challenges, use of artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and also discuss current arbitration ecosystem among Commonwealth countries.

Teacher, lawyer, minister—legal fraternity remembers the many hats AK Sen wore successfully

SC judges Justices Joymalya Bagchi & Vikram Nath, senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sanjiv Sen & Jayanta Mitra spoke at the AK Sen Memorial Lecture in Delhi.

Why India’s commercial tribunals need reforms—few judges with domain expertise, executive control, delays

DAKSH report on ‘State of Tribunals 2025’ flags pendency, vacancies & structural gaps in the system, says many tribunals have become 'parking spots' or retirement houses for govt officers.

SubscriberWrites: Justice and blockchain smart contracts with AI

Why judges must disclose assets in the digital age?

‘Inquiry based on presumptions’—Justice Varma moves SC against in-house panel report

The Allahabad HC judge faces possible impeachment for alleged discovery of half-burnt currency notes at his official premises that he occupied as a Delhi HC judge.

House panel discusses judges’ ‘misconduct’, ‘cooling-off period’ before taking up post-retirement jobs

The parliamentary panel, chaired by BJP MP Brij Lal, also saw lawmakers discuss raising the retirement age for judges and concerns over the political ambitions some of them harbour.

Those in constitutional posts shouldn’t act as party spokespersons—Sibal on Dhankhar’s barb at judges

He was referring to V-P's remark that judges were acting like 'super Parliament'. Sibal added it is because executive is fallible that Constitution gives court right to interfere.

Shinde govt forms board of retired judges to look into Maratha quota demand as protests escalate

A reservation sub-committee will also meet activist Manoj Jarange-Patil Tuesday to persuade him to drop the hunger strike.

Arbitrator pool should go beyond ex-judges, ad-hoc arbitrations must end — former SC judge Hemant Gupta

The India International Arbitration Centre chairman believes process of arbitration needs to be institutionalised so arbitrations become effective alternative dispute redressal mechanism.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.