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TopicRajasthan High Court

Topic: Rajasthan High Court

Days after Justice Mehta’s letters to CJI, Collegium picks Sanjay Agrawal as Rajasthan Chief Justice

The Collegium’s move came on a day when lawyers gathered outside acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma’s court and chanted: 'Gali gali mein shor hai, hamara mukhiya chor hai'.

Why Rajasthan HC advocates are protesting Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma

The protesting lawyers chanted, 'Gali gali mein shor hai, hamara mukhiya chor hai (There is noise in every street, our leader is a thief).'

SC judge Sandeep Mehta flags ‘favouritism, roster misuse’ in Rajasthan HC. CJI Surya Kant reacts

Justice Sandeep Mehta writes to SC Collegium, raising serious concerns about the functioning of the high court. Justice S.P. Sharma is the acting Chief Justice of the high court.

SC ex-judge moves top court against Rajasthan HC order calling Tribunal led by him ‘lethargic’

On 27 May, Rajasthan HC had fixed timeline to decide arbitration dispute between HCL Infosystems & Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (JVVNL) over a tech contract.

1996 Rajasthan bus blast: Death row man with no lawyer examined witnesses himself; SC gives him 2nd chance

SC’s primary concern was not immediately evidence against Abdul Hameed, but whether he received a fair trial. It has set aside his death sentence, and ordered a fresh trial.

SC holds back award declaration in HCL arbitration dispute with Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam

The tribunal, headed by former SC judge and comprising two former HC judges, had been hearing arbitration proceedings between HCL and Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd since 2019.

Rajasthan High Court’s rare husband-wife bench orders 46 years of pension arrears for IAF veteran

Rajasthan High Court judges Pushpendra Singh Bhati & Nupur Bhati were on a division bench and gave relief to 79-year-old former Corporal deprived of entitlements for over 40 years. 

Why arbitration in India has become more ‘luxury litigation’ than speedy, affordable alternative to courts

Rajasthan HC last month called out 'exorbitant' per‑session fees, repeated and lengthy adjournments, and extensions that had allowed proceedings to extend far beyond statutory timeline.

In HC, Asaram claimed ‘media propaganda’ vitiated trial in rape case. How court deflated his argument

In 2018, Asaram was convicted and given life term for raping a minor when she came to him for ‘spiritual healing’, The HC has upheld the conviction and sentence.

Rajasthan HC omitted its own criticism of Transgender Bill same day it became law—‘included by mistake’

The Rajasthan High Court removed its remarks on the Transgender Amendment in a 2 April order, noting the law had not received assent when the 30 March ruling was finalised.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.