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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
TopicJustice Markandey Katju

Topic: Justice Markandey Katju

Former SC judge Katju admits he was once biased in court. It was in favour of a brother Kashmiri

In a post on social media platform X, Markandey Katju said that while he was always neutral and impartial in court, there was one occasion in 1995 when he wasn’t neutral.

Katju’s Twitter account suspended. The ex-SC judge requests it to be restored in letter to Elon Musk

Markandey Katju is an outspoken commentator on social media. He has said his account was 'suddenly suspended'. Twitter support has responded that the account will remain so.

Markandey Katju back on social media, with hot takes and tales of encounter with ‘young ladies’

From explaining why Urdu poetry is 'thoroughly secular' to hoping for reuniting India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the former Supreme Court judge is dishing out posts one after another.

Kailash Nath Katju rose from office to office ‘waging a war’. For him, India came first

Beyond politics, Katju was a man who could furnish a 'soldier's answer' to Mountbatten as easily as sleeping in a villager's hut on a small cot.

‘Astonishing, grossly insensitive’ — what UK court said on Katju comparing BJP govt to Hitler

Former SC judge Markandey Katju says UK judge's remarks were 'absolutely untrue and uncalled for'.

Justice Katju disagrees with Shivam Vij on ‘why Modi govt gets away with lies’

For about 90% of India's voters, PM Narendra Modi's lies are irrelevant and real issues don't matter in elections, says former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju.

AltNews co-founder Pratik Sinha takes a jibe at Justice Markandey Katju for copying tweet

Pratik Sinha took to social media to allege that Justice Markandey Katju copied an allegory for a piece on the Ayodhya verdict in Punjab Today.

Michelle Obama’s love note, Priyanka mourns a friend, & what Katju predicts

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Don’t lose your cool, you’re a judge now — Markandey Katju tells SC judge Rohinton Nariman

Former SC judge Markandey Katju writes letter to ‘younger brother’ Justice Rohinton Nariman after he threatened to throw lawyer Utsav Bains out of courtroom.

Justice Markandey Katju on why shoving corruption by judges under the carpet won’t help

In this excerpt from his book Whither Indian Judiciary, Justice Katju talks about his disclosures about the Madras HC corruption, the true facts and what happened.

On Camera

Indians turned Cannes into Cartoon Network. It’s not a fancy-dress show

The current ‘cash and carry’ environment in Cannes is encouraging people who have nothing to contribute to cinema to show up in clownish “couture” to parade their insecurity.

Waiver or no waiver, Russian crude remains centrepiece of India’s oil imports strategy

With Washington issuing a third 30-day waiver for Russian crude cargoes at sea, India signals continuity in import strategy while ramping up purchases from Venezuela and other suppliers.

Drones no longer enablers, they’re replacing manned aircraft roles—CISC Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit

Speaking at IAF think-tank seminar, Air Marshal Dixit was backed by Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, who said unmanned aerial systems are no longer just the eyes in the sky but ‘claws in the sky’.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.