Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has said that while the Supreme Court of India is rapidly embracing technological innovation and artificial intelligence to improve the justice delivery system, the country’s judicial future must remain anchored in a distinctly Indian or “Swadeshi” jurisprudential framework rooted in constitutional values, social realities and institutional needs. Delivering…
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday remanded former Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla to 14 days of NIA custody in connection with the Bhangar bomb blast of West Bengal, which claimed the life of a woman and left several others injured. The NIA informed the court that Molla, a former MLA from…
A major woman has the fundamental right to live according to her own wishes and cannot be subjected to illegal detention by the police. However, she cannot be permitted to reside as the wife of a man who has not attained the legally prescribed age for marriage, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has held. A…
The Delhi High Court on Saturday declined to order a fresh election for the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD), holding that the alleged irregularities detected during the counting process did not justify setting aside the entire electoral exercise. The Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Tejas Karia held that the petitions challenging the…
By Inderjit Badhwar Justice is often imagined as a grand constitutional ideal—blindfolded, balanced and impartial. Yet, for millions of Indians navigating the legal system, justice is experienced in a far less abstract form: as waiting. Waiting for a hearing. Waiting for a trial. Waiting for a verdict. Waiting for closure. This week’s cover package examines…
By Sujit Bhar The electoral setback suffered by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the recent assembly elections in West Bengal has opened up a crisis far deeper than a simple defeat at the ballot box. Political parties recover from electoral reverses all the time. What they find much harder to recover from is a crisis…
By Pawan Kumar The government of India’s recent approval of the appointments of Justice Sheel Nagu, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Justice Arun Palli, and Senior Advocate VS Mohana to the Supreme Court marks a significant moment in the evolution of India’s judicial system. Acting on the recommendations of the Collegium headed by the…
By Kenneth Tiven The D-Day invasion of Europe began on June 6, 1944. As Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, America and much of the free world held its breath. Eighty-two years later, the memory of that extraordinary act of courage remains a benchmark for leadership, sacrifice, and democratic resolve. The men who fought…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg The Indian judiciary has long wrestled with a paradox. While the maxim “justice delayed is justice denied” remains a cornerstone of legal philosophy, courts have also cautioned that “justice hurried is justice buried”. The challenge has always been to find the balance between thoughtful adjudication and timely delivery. The Supreme…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha India’s online real-money gaming industry suffered its most significant legal setback in decades when the Supreme Court, in two landmark judgments delivered on May 27, effectively dismantled the legal framework that had enabled the sector’s rapid growth. In rulings that strike at both the legality and economics of the industry, the…