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Topic: Judges

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.

A judge cannot ignore ground realities, isolation not an effective approach for those in judiciary’—CJI Gavai

At a Bar Council of India felicitation event, the CJI emphasised the crucial role of judges in understanding and responding to societal realities.

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.

Haryana is hurrying to make courts Hindi-only. Some things are getting lost in translation

Civil and criminal courts in Haryana have to switch to Hindi by 1 April. Task involves re-training clerks, translating court documents, preparing judges to ditch English verdicts.

On Camera

Bengaluru & Hyderabad share many of Dubai’s characteristics. Why they don’t function the same

Luxury is visible everywhere in Dubai, but what impressed me more was order. Parks, pathways and crossings seemed designed for actual use, not symbolic display.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.