By Dilip Bobb Last week, the Union Law Ministry provided the latest pendency statistics in all courts in India—and they were shocking. Over five crore cases are pending at various levels. This huge backlog slows down justice delivery, affecting governance, economic growth, and human rights. The issue of cases pending in India’s judicial system is…
By Binny Yadav In the opening scenes of the 1953 classic, the camera follows Shambhu, played by Balraj Sahni—once a proud farmer—now hunched over the wooden shafts of a hand-pulled rickshaw in Kolkata’s teeming streets. His bare feet slap against the scorching road. His lungs gasp for air as the weight behind him tugs at…
A petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray over his alleged hate speech targeting Hindi-speaking citizens. Filed by Sunil Shukla, President of the Uttar Bhartiya Vikas Sena, the plea accused Thackeray and MNS members of inciting violence and making repeated…
The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court verdict that ordered Hindustan Times and its former reporter Neelesh Misra to pay Rs 40 lakh as damages to a businessman over an allegedly defamatory news article. The single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the interim order on Thursday on a petition filed by Hindustan…
Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Friday said the Supreme Court could not dictate the High Courts to consider lawyers practising in the Apex Court for appointment as judges as neither was superior to the other and both were equal courts under the constitutional scheme. Speaking during the function organised by the Supreme…
The Supreme Court issued a compelling directive to the Election Commission of India (ECI), mandating the public release of names and reasons behind the removal of approximately 65 lakh individuals from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The Court underscored that such proceedings must uphold fairness, given the grave risk…
In a significant judicial development, the Supreme Court of India has issued a directive to the Union Government to furnish a comprehensive response to a set of writ petitions seeking the reinstatement of full statehood for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Bench, presided over by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai and Justice…
The Bombay High Court has set up a 12-member expert panel to examine the public health risks linked to pigeon feeding, in response to petitions challenging the BMC’s ban on the practice at public Kabutarkhanas. A bench comprising Justices Girish S. Kulkarni and Arif S. Doctor decreed that, although the court lacks the scientific expertise…
A petition filed in the Supreme Court of India has spotlighted what it calls a disturbing pattern of detaining Bengali Muslim migrant workers on unverified allegations of illegal entry into the country. The petitioner, the West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board, alleges that laborers from the state are being indiscriminately apprehended—targeted purely on the basis…
In a defining judicial intervention, the Supreme Court on Thursday annulled the bail previously granted to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and actress Pavithra Gowda, along with five co-accused, in the high-profile Renukaswamy murder case. A bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan decisively overturned the December 13, 2024 Karnataka High Court bail order, asserting…