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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicJudicial accountability

Topic: judicial accountability

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

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

SC expresses ‘pain’ at trend of benches overturning own verdicts, says it undermines court’s authority

Bhadra Sinha -
Top court said revering past judgments defeats Article 141 of Constitution, which says that a Supreme Court verdict is 'law of the land', meaning a bench’s pronouncement is final.

Issue of ‘cash’ found at residence of judge raised in RS, Congress calls for judicial accountability

Neelam Pandey -
Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he would consult the Leader of the House and the LoP to find a mechanism for a structured discussion during the session.

Governance accountability is a myth. Just see what has happened in India: Ex-IAS officer

T.R. Raghunandan -
Where does India stand, in today’s post-accountability world? The government has won, civil society has lost.

Can Supreme Court judges be criticised? That’s the key issue in lawyers’ association poll

Apurva Vishwanath -
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, who demanded a judicial probe into judge bribery allegations, is a top contender for SCBA president’s post.

‘Judges bribery’ allegations: SC to take a call on petition Tuesday

Apurva Vishwanath -
This is the same case that was referred to a constitution bench of five most senior judges by justices J. Chelameswar and Abdul Nazeer on 9 November.

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Opinion

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

Sagarika Ghose -
The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Has Modi forgotten India’s farmers? India-US trade deal hurts Atmanirbharta for pulses

Marco Rubio at Munich was wrong. Civilisations don’t determine foreign policies

Economy

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

Subatra AL -
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

Defence

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

Snehesh Alex Philip -
At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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