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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicJudiciary

Topic: Judiciary

Collegium system back under scanner after Justice Patel and Justice Shakdher’s cases

The assumption that the independence of the judiciary is entirely safe in the hands of judges is now in question again.

Courts should be about more transparency, not restricting media

The judiciary crawls back every time issues of internal reforms come up.

Global Pulse: Sharifs could lose in their bastion in 2018, watch for Trump at UNGA

PML-N's vote share has been declining in its bastion since 2013, with a parallel increase in PTI's vote share, making a defeat for the Sharifs in NA-120 in 2018 possible.

Death for Disagreement

While Gauri Lankesh's killers are brought to justice, her courage and sacrifice should also shock our violent and abusive discourse back to civility.

Delhi High Court’s acting CJ cracks the whip on subordinate judiciary

The Delhi High Court has directed the abolition of a dozen lower courts and transferred 87 judicial officers in a bid to improve judicial functioning in Delhi.

“Right to privacy is protected under Articles 21 and Part-III of the Constitution”

The SC ruling also confirms about a dozen rulings of smaller benches that had held that privacy is a fundamental right are valid.

Put The Dog Down

When real judges won’t trust a 24-year-old with knowing what’s good for her, you decide what’s more curious, real life or reality TV? Shekhar Gupta

SC to decide appointments to subordinate judiciary, states irked

State governments are upset over the proposed unified selection process for the appointment of judges in the lower judiciary. Apurva Vishwanath

The power of one

Last Saturday, I found myself at an unusual sort of book release. This was the launch, at India Habitat Centre, of The Cobra Dancer,...

With all due respect

The halo around the higher judiciary is dimming and this is dangerous.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.