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Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Topic: Judiciary

SC junks pleas challenging words ‘socialist’, ‘secular’ in Preamble to Constitution

The terms were added to the Preamble through a 1976 amendment to the Constitution. The petitions do not require a detailed hearing, the CJI said.

‘Executive can’t be a judge,’ Supreme Court lays down strict rules to curb ‘bulldozer justice’

Top court says no demolition without a 15-day prior notice, which should detail the nature of unauthorised construction; it also said high-handedness of officers won't be tolerated.

No oral submission for urgent hearing, send mail, says new CJI Sanjiv Khanna

In his 1st statement, the 51st chief justice outlined a citizen-centric agenda for judicial reforms, highlighting many challenges that plague the judiciary, including backlog.

‘Tareekh pe tareekh’ is not it. Here’s why India’s district courts are staring at massive pendency

National Judicial Data Grid data identifies reasons for delay in nearly 2 cr criminal & civil cases pending before India's district judiciary. Of these, about 1.51 cr are criminal.

SC must consider the economic impact of its rulings. A good law may have a bad effect

The book, ‘Supreme Court and the Indian Economy’, examines the impact of six Supreme Court judgements on economic policy, privatisation, and environmental regulations.

BRS leader K Kavitha sent to 3-day CBI remand in excise policy case

Kavitha, who is the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the CBI while she was in judicial custody in the ED case.

Income tax notice at the stroke of the midnight hour & why every day is April Fool’s Day

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Modi & 600 lawyers unite to ‘protect’ judiciary, but who’s threatening it? Read between the lines

Modi's reference to the 'committed judiciary' takes us back to the 1970s, when Indira Gandhi’s government twice superseded senior judges while appointing the Chief Justice of India.

‘Lack of criticism deters judiciary’—Justice Sanjib Banerjee asks academia to step up

The judge stuck to the discussion on ‘Group of Companies’ doctrine but not without commenting on the issue of intolerance toward criticism of judgments in India.

On Camera

Defence, tech, education—Modi’s visit will boost India-UK ties

Given the immediate challenges on India’s borders, cooperation in the defence sector with partners such as the UK has achieved greater importance.

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.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

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.