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Topic: Judiciary

After success in metros, SC panel & NALSA working on module to train community mediators in villages

New Delhi: In an effort to reduce workload for courts, a mechanism is being developed to encourage out-of-court mediation. The National Legal Services Authority...

SC ruling is forcing rethink among judicial services aspirants. ‘Is it even worth the struggle?’

SC ruled in May that at least 3 yrs of legal practice would be mandatory to appear for judicial service exams—a move that some hail as reform, others call exclusionary.

50 years since Emergency: How judges, lawyers enabled & resisted Indira Gandhi’s crackdown

As many as 21 judges were transferred without their consent, 200 chambers of lawyers practising in Tis Hazari courts were demolished without notice back then.

There is no scope for politicking, says Kiren Rijiju on impeachment motion against HC judge Yashwant Varma

‘The impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Varma is a matter related to corruption in the judiciary...So, we would like to have a united stand,’ added Union Minister Rijiju.

Something’s up in Allahabad High Court. And everybody wants to know

A series of questionable orders by the Allahabad High Court has made the Supreme Court fume. Women's rights organisations are enraged. Lawyers are scrambling to find reasons for the slide.

Citing ‘volatile’ India-Pakistan situation, Rajasthan HC lawyers seek ‘no-work period’ from 12-16 May

In resolution, association asks Rajasthan HC Chief Justice to declare 12-16 May as 'no-work period'. HCs of Punjab & Haryana, J&K, Ladakh have also restricted court activities.

India’s courts place conditions on women’s rights—can’t drink, trust men, get married

Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh of the Allahabad High Court recently ruled that a woman who was sexually assaulted 'invited trouble' by drinking alcohol with the accused.

At Ahmedabad meet, Congress calls for ‘mechanism for judicial accountability’ amid judge cash row

A resolution adopted by AICC says that accountability, without compromising judicial independence, is the need of the hour. The party stands committed to the idea of INDIA bloc.

Congress MP Manish Tewari urges law minister to clarify timeline in Justice Yashwant Varma cash row

Raising the matter during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Tewari also highlighted the need for Parliament 'to exercise its oversight over the judiciary'.

‘People should not presume judiciary will perform Opposition’s role,’ says ex-CJI DY Chandrachud

New Delhi: Reacting to a recent remark by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi that the Opposition has taken it upon themselves to...

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.