The Union government on Monday notified the appointment of new Chief Justices for the High Courts of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gauhati, Patna and Jharkhand. It also approved the transfer of four High Court Chief Justices. A notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice said Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, (parent High Court, Delhi), was appointed as…
The Union government on Monday approved the transfer of 17 High Court judges. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the transfer of 22 judges on May 26. Out of these, the Ministry of Law & Justice approved 17 names today. The judges chosen for transfer included four from the Allahabad High Court; three from the Punjab…
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, who contracted a severe infection during his recent visit to Telangana, is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Delhi. Sources said the CJI was responding well to the treatment and was expected to be discharged soon. He would resume duties in a day or two, they added. Details about the…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg Sandra Day O’Connor, former Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, once said: “The courts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputes begins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternative methods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.” Taking a…
By Vikram Kilpady Regulators introduced a sudden ban on July 1 that prevented refuelling of old vehicles at petrol pumps, hoping to reduce transport emissions. Authorities impounded around 80 vehicles on the first day, but the number quickly plunged to single digits as enforcement proved unreliable. Faulty Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras, sensor malfunctions, inÂcomplete…
By Sujit Bhar In an extraordinary and deeply worrying development, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has initiated suo motu proceedings to examine a dangerous trend—investigative agencies, particularly the Enforcement Directorate (ED), summoning senior advocates for questioning in relation to the legal advice they offer to their clients facing criminal prosecution. This act of overreach…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The Supreme Court, under growing scrutiny following the cash scandal involving Justice Yashwant Varma and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s warnings about judicial integrity, has moved decisively to restore its credibility. Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai acknowledged that corruption erodes public trust and emphasized that the Court’s legitimacy depends on…
By Neeraj Mishra Early morning on a rain-fed Friday last week, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team descended on the Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SRIMSR), located on the outskirts of Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh. Unlike the usual orchestrated welcomes at the spiritual empire of the turbaned Shri Ravi Shankar…
By Kumkum Chadha Till Rajiv Gandhi was alive, the word Amethi spelt magic in north India. There were standing instructions: no one from Amethi should be stopped at the gates of 10, Janpath—then Rajiv Gandhi’s home. Ditto at the prime minister’s house on Race Course Road, now rechristened Lok Kalyan Marg. Being from Amethi—the prime…
By Dilip Bobb There are no lengths to which governments—state and centre—will not go to redefine the meaning of “fake news”. And more often than not, the provocation is viewed through a deeply political lens. The latest—and arguably most chilling—example is the Karnataka Misinformation and Fake News (Prohibition) Bill, 2025, introduced as a draft on…