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Topic: judicial system

Bathroom, beer & court proceedings. Virtual hearings now face more questions than answers

Members of legal fraternity call for protocols for online hearings after advocate appears sipping beer. Some say such hearings being treated as luxury, others call them boon.

Retd Punjab & Haryana HC judges to be reimbursed for driver, security & internet. What new rules say

Notified by Haryana govt on 30 May, rules entitle former chief justices, judges, or their surviving spouses to post-retirement assistance covering a range of expenses.

Why is compulsory retirement used to mass-fire district court judges? Origins go back to British

In 'Tareekh Pe Justice', Prashant Reddy T and Chitrakshi Jain conduct a deep dive into the dysfunction plaguing the district judiciary.

Consistency in judicial decisions fundamental to maintaining trust in legal system, says Allahabad HC

Single-judge bench of Justice Krishnan Pahal overruled trial court order that declined a man anticipatory bail even though it had granted relief to co-accused who faced similar charges.

‘Labourers forced to fight tooth & nail’ — HC rules against Safdarjung Hospital in 2-decade-old dispute

Court upholds 2002 labour court ruling against the hospital, says judicial delays lead to 'poor litigants losing faith in the justice system'.

‘Empowered judicial system is part of Viksit Bharat,’ says PM Modi at Diamond Jubilee of SC

The Prime Minister further said that with the enactment of three new criminal justice laws, India’s legal, policing and investigative systems have entered a new era.

‘Illegal detention’— How UP man of ‘unsound mind’ spent 22 years in jail without a trial

Jai Parkash's family learned he was in jail after he featured on list of undertrials to be granted special remission as part of govt's ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’. He is now out on bail.

Insolvency code is one of India’s success stories. But it now needs a new life

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is not immune to the shortcomings of India's justice system like delays despite being one of the key reform initiatives of the government.

MCOCA, conflicting evidence, 44,000 pages of confusion — 7/11 train bombing case drags

Buried inside 44,000 pages of court records—some completely illegible—and flitting between ‘overburdened’ judges, the 7/11 case is far from over.

Tejpal verdict exposes fault lines in Indian judicial system. It favours powerful people

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

On Camera

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.