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Topic: Judiciary

India’s FDI debate is missing a key factor that can unlock growth—judicial reform

The gap between gross inflows and net retention is, in large part, an operational business execution problem driven by judicial uncertainty.

4 HC chief justices, 1 first-gen female lawyer: Collegium’s recommendations for elevation as SC judges

Senior advocate V. Mohana marks the Collegium’s first recommendation of a woman after five years. She is also the only one from the Bar.

We’re not ready for ‘One Case One Data’. Court records are too unorganised for digitisation

No AI tool can reliably extract or interpret intelligible court documents without the contextualised human intelligence that created them. As a system, OCOD will be ripe with such files.

India’s contempt law has three problems. Reform is difficult

The question of why the judiciary alone requires this protection, among all institutions whose public trust is constitutionally indispensable, has never received a satisfactory answer.

‘Sensational’ attacks on judges—Why Delhi HC convicted YouTuber in ‘classic’ case of criminal contempt

Gulshan Pahuja’s videos were not a critique of any specific judgment but a deliberate intent to ‘mock the system, bringing it to disrepute’, HC ruled

Indian courts are operating like a lottery. They need smarter case scheduling

Our court scheduling has been unpredictable for so long that every participant has adapted to it. Litigants, too, have learned that non-appearance is tolerated, and adjournments are the norm.

22 judges per million, 26 lakh cases pending: India’s judicial gap widens despite years of reform

While the judge-population ratio rose from 17.48 in 2014 to 22 in 2025, pendency of cases climbed from 2,20,736 in 2016 to 26,85,836 in 2025.

Indian judiciary is letting citizens down. When liberty is in danger, judges are looking away

If you are charged with a crime for which there is not a single scrap of evidence the judge will still send you to jail.

Winners’ remorse in Indian litigation—2 ways to resolve execution delays

A 19th-century system that forces the winner of a litigation to run from pillar to post to enforce a hard-won decree, poses an existential question for the judiciary.

5 days after President Murmu’s directive, Kerala HC notifies Justice Banu’s swearing-in on Dec 19

Centre notified Justice Banu’s transfer from Madras to Kerala HC nearly two months ago. But she did not immediately assume charge and was on earned leave since transfer was approved.

On Camera

Industrial revolution conquered nature. Technology is conquering what it means to be human

What is being lost is not information. It is the capacity to do anything with information that requires a sustained, reflective, and internally coherent self.

Modi inaugurates Rajasthan refinery: Why India’s first greenfield plant in a decade matters

PM Modi inaugurates the Rs 79,459-crore HPCL-Rajasthan refinery, boosting refining and petrochemical capacity and advancing India's ambition to become a global refining hub.

Indonesia seeks more BrahMos missiles from India. Delhi eyes critical minerals as Modi visits Jakarta

India is looking at setting up joint ventures with Indonesian firms to establish processing factories for critical minerals, especially nickel.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.