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Who is responsible for the pendency in Indian courts?
February 17, 2025 11:53 am
Judiciary has taken steps for faster case disposal, but all stakeholders should reassess their approach
Looking at 2025, Law: Key questions of religion, society
December 26, 2024 8:33 pm
The year 2024 saw a significant departure from alleged ‘judicial evasion’. In 2025, the Supreme Court, under three Chief Justices of India, will take up several important issues, impacting the personal lives and religious beliefs of citizens, as well as their relationship with the state and laws. Some very consequential new legislation are in the pipeline, even as multiple existing laws face challenges in court
President Murmu’s comments on affordable justice: Let’s begin by bringing down legal fees
December 24, 2022 2:17 pm
Affordable justice, much like affordable healthcare and housing, is a bedrock of modern democracies which place a premium on the welfare of their citizens.
Ideas of propriety must not be used by courts to control and silence lawyers
September 10, 2021 8:34 am
Nandita Rao writes: It appears that over the past decade, the relationship between the bar and bench has gone from one of mutual respect and equality to the one between ruler and ruled
Justice, bottom up
April 07, 2015 12:00 am
No amount of judicial reform is likely to yield results unless legal education is also cleaned up.
Brutality can't be sole criteria for terming case as 'rarest of rare',awarding death: SC
October 13, 2013 11:01 am
The SC cautioned courts to act with utmost responsibility when awarding death penalty.
Gurgaon gets fast-track court for crime against women cases
September 26, 2013 2:01 am
Following in Delhis footsteps,Gurgaon has set up an exclusive fast-track court on Wednesday to hear cases pertaining to crimes against women.
House arrest,election ban: Silvio Berlusconi ruling in detail
August 02, 2013 8:02 pm
Berlusconi cannot be a candidate for the next six years under a law passed in 2012.
Scenes in film 'Innocence of Muslims' blocked on Web: Police
October 10, 2012 9:10 pm
The Cyber Crime Investigation cell of Mumbai police's Crime Branch today informed the Bombay High Court that on police's request,video-sharing portal Youtube (a Google subsidiary),had blocked "objectionable scenes" in the controversial anti-Islam film 'The Innocence of Muslims'.
No place for corruption in judiciary
August 26, 2012 4:44 am
Acting Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Jasbir Singh on saturday said corruption has no place in the judicial system and everybody involved in the system should do the best to maintain the public faith in judiciary.
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