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Topic: Judiciary

Placed low in seniority list, Justice K.M. Joseph won’t have say in HC judges’ appointment

Supreme Court itself has created and carefully nurtured a hierarchy among the judges.

The quiet, unassuming judge at the centre of the row between Modi govt & Supreme Court

Justice K.M. Joseph, who became famous for standing up to the Modi government with his 2016 Uttarakhand judgment, enters the Supreme Court today.

Fear of opposition attack, political fallout forced Modi govt to change its mind on Justice Joseph

The Centre finally relented in elevating the judge to the SC, but not before a serious run-in with the higher judiciary.

India not only doesn’t want to scrap Victorian adultery law, it wants women included too

The adultery law does not exclude women to supposedly 'protect' them, but to deny them an equal right in a marriage.

Mob lynching is a complete failure of law and order, says former CJI T.S. Thakur

At launch of Veerappa Moily’s book, Thakur says an independent judiciary is necessary to ensure the survival of democracy.

More than 5,000 lower-judiciary level posts vacant: Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad says Centre is laying an emphasis on fair representation for SCs, STs and OBCs when vacancies are filled.

Blatant reliance on social media needs to be checked by citizens themselves, says CJI Dipak Misra

CJI Misra delivered the presidential address at an International Law Association event in New Delhi Wednesday. Here's the full text of his speech. My esteemed peers,...

All the pillars of democracy are on trial in Pakistan as elections come knocking

Media and judiciary in the country are cracking, and won't survive long if it is pro-establishment.

Modi government too wants pliant judges & that’s why post-retirement jobs will stay

If judges knew there’s no job with a bungalow and car at the end of the tunnel waiting for them, they would become more independent.

Lawyers argued women are untouchables at Sabarimala, because Constitution left term vague

Constituent Assembly did not restrict scope of Article 17 to caste-based untouchability. Lawyers in Sabarimala cas e invoked it to argue ‘gender untouchability’.

On Camera

Wintrack vs Chennai Customs has unleashed middle class anger. And BJP must worry

It’s hard to build a house, run a business, or do anything without paying bribes. And yet, citizens’ anger about this open, unchecked corruption won’t erupt into Anna Hazare-type rallies.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.