Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has constituted four special Division Benches of the Supreme Court to exclusively hear the court’s oldest pending civil and criminal matters, as part of a major administrative reform aimed at reducing the judicial backlog through structured docket management. The new roster, which came into effect on July 13,…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday said his goal has been to build a judiciary that is modern and humane, which is technologically advanced but with a firm foundation in constitutional values. Speaking after inaugurating Tower of Justice, the new District Court Complex in Gurugram, on Sunday, he said, “The actual importance…
A federal judge in the United States has directed Indian industrialist Gautam Adani to clarify whether he is aware of any quid pro quo, undisclosed agreement, promise, assurance, or exchange of consideration connected with the United States Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to seek dismissal of the criminal indictment against him in an alleged securities…
The Sikkim High Court has upheld the conviction of a 42-year-old man for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old schoolgirl and abetting her suicide, holding that the prosecution had established an unbroken chain of evidence proving that his actions drove the victim to take her own life. The Division Bench of Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has called for a comprehensive overhaul of India’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) framework, stressing that the country must build an architecture of trust that inspires confidence beyond conventional courtrooms. Delivering the inaugural address at the ADR Summit 2026 organised to mark the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the Indian…
The Madras High Court has restrained the Election Commission of India (ECI) from issuing notifications for by-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu until July 31, observing that pending election petitions challenging the validity of the returned candidates’ elections raise substantial constitutional and statutory issues that require adjudication before fresh polls are held. The…
The Delhi High Court has stayed criminal trial proceedings against two persons accused of rape, cruelty and other offences, while expressing concern over the emerging trend of complainants invoking serious sexual offence allegations in matrimonial disputes to pressure the in-laws into monetary settlements. The single-judge Bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia passed the interim order while…
The Allahabad High Court has refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to restrain the Uttar Pradesh Police from allegedly removing portraits of prominent Iranian Shia religious leaders, including the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Al-Sistani, from private properties across the State. The Division Bench…
A Bengaluru court has granted bail to actor and former independent Lok Sabha candidate Prakash Raj in a criminal case alleging that he was registered as a voter in multiple Assembly constituencies across different States and suppressed those details in the affidavit submitted with his nomination papers for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Chief Judicial…
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the criminal appeal filed by Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti challenging his conviction in a decades-old cooperative bank fraud case, refusing to interfere with the findings and sentence recorded by the trial court. The single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain passed the order in Rajendra Bharti vs State (NCT…