By Prof Upendra Baxi Revolutionary theorist Vladimir Lenin once framed a famous political question: What is to be done? The question acquires a quieter-yet-urgent relevance when courts confront litigation that is plainly frivolous, vexatious, or motivated by vengeance. Such litigation continues to haunt India’s justice system, even as the nation recently marked seventy-five years of…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday declared Sikkim as the country’s first fully paperless State judiciary, marking a decisive shift in court administration and adjudicatory processes towards a digitised, technology-driven framework. Making the announcement during a national conclave on technology and judicial education in Gangtok, the CJI characterised the initiative as a…
The Gujarat High Court has extended the temporary bail granted to self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu, who was convicted by a Gandhinagar sessions court in a 2013 rape case, till June 15. The High Court passed the order on Thursday on the grounds of Asaram’s medical condition. It further took note of the fact that ‘no…
The Supreme Court has issued a criminal contempt notice to Advocate Dhanya Kumar Jain, President of the Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association, Jabalpur, on a writ petition filed by the Bar Council of India (BCI). The Bench of Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order on Thursday,…
The Supreme Court has directed the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gujarat, to conduct a forensic examination of an audio recording allegedly linking former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh to the 2023 ethnic violence in the state. The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K Vinod Chandran issued the direction on Thursday while…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a criminal case registered by the Assam Police alleging offences of defamation, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. The Bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice AS Chandurkar set aside the order of the Gauhati High Court, which had earlier rejected Khera’s plea…
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has cautioned litigants and members of the Bar against making unsubstantiated and scandalous allegations against judicial officers, stating that such conduct undermines the independence and institutional integrity of the judiciary. The single-judge Bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal on Wednesday directed the petitioners to file unconditional…
Former Punjab & Haryana High Court judge Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal has been appointed as the President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). A government notification stated that the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the proposal of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to appoint Justice (Retd.) Grewal for a tenure of five years…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted interim injunctive relief to Samaira and Kiaan Kapoor, the children of Bollywood actor Karisma Kapoor, restraining their stepmother Priya Sachdev Kapur from creating any third-party rights or interests in the estate of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur. The single-judge Bench of Justice Jyoti Singh, while allowing the application…
The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to defer the Advocates-on-Record (AOR) examination for the year 2026, taking into account the prevailing strength of the AOR cadre. As per a formal notification issued by the Registrar (Judicial) and Secretary to the Board of Examiners, the competent authority has accorded approval for the postponement of the examination…