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Statutory recognition of emergency arbitration and the establishment of a dedicated Gujarat High Court bench at GIFT City could significantly streamline India’s dispute resolution framework, Delhi High Court Justice Tejas Karia said on Friday. Justice Karia was speaking at a panel discussion organised by the Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre (GHAC) as part of Arbitration…

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by a practising advocate seeking directions for registration of an FIR against Jagadguru Rambhadracharya over his alleged remarks concerning the ‘Upadhyay’ community and revered religious personalities, including the Shankaracharyas. A Division Bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Tarun Saxena held that a person…

The Supreme Court has taken another significant step towards widening access to justice in geographically remote and digitally underserved parts of the country with the launch of Mobile eSewa Vans, designed to take essential judicial and legal services closer to citizens. Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant, who is the Patron-in-Chief of the eCommittee…

By Shaan Katari Libby In any sexual harassment or POCSO case, the name of the victim is not revealed if they are a minor. The logic is that the victim should not bear the stigma or the association for years to come. However, the perpetrators of any case anywhere in the country currently have no…

By Dr Swati Jindal Garg In Indian labour law, few words have carried as much socio-economic weight as “industry”. To the layperson, it may conjure images of factories, machinery and assembly lines. To a labour lawyer, however, the word has a far greater significance. It determines whether workers fall within the protective framework of industrial…

By Sujit Bhar The last will and testament of a person is often regarded as an almost sacred document. It is the final expression of an individual’s wishes about what should happen to his or her property after death. When such a will is registered, the sense of security becomes even greater. Families tend to…

By Sanjay Raman Sinha Thirteen years after the horrific Nirbhaya tragedy, Delhi and the National Capital Region have witnessed another chilling reminder that the moving bus remains an unsafe space for women and children. On the night of August 4, a 16-year-old student from Mainpuri was allegedly gang-raped inside a moving bus by its driver…

In a significant step towards deepening judicial diplomacy among emerging economies, the BRICS Chief Justices’ Forum opened in New Delhi today, bringing top judicial leaders from across the Global South onto a common platform for the first time on Indian soil. The three-day Forum, being hosted by the Supreme Court of India from September 4…

Had the government not been under pressure, it would have tried to push the FCRA, or Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, in Parliament.  But the students’ protest has perhaps taught it to tread with caution and give up its past tactics of bulldozing matters even while being on a weak wicket.  Take the Delimitation-cum-women reservation…

Rarely does this publication focus on individual judges, unless there is a scandal, a landmark ruling or an assessment of a retiring chief justice’s tenure. Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan deserves that space for another reason: his willingness to speak openly about the judiciary, democracy and the constitutional values that sustain both. He is…