Senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan, convenor, Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), has created a flutter in India’s top judicial echelons by charging an Andhra Pradesh High Court judge of allegedly committing atrocities against members of the Dalit…
Keep those elevated from the subordinate judiciary out, and nearly half of India’s top judges are kith and kin of ex-judges and top jurists “The typical Indian judge is Hindu, upper-class, upper-caste and male.” The statement drew a few titters…
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL by National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms which sought a new mechanism for the appointment of Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court outside the control of the judiciary and the…
Former SC judge Justice Ruma Pal tells Arghya Sengupta why she believes there’s merit in Justice Chelameswar’s insistence on the collegium making public its reasons for selecting someone as a judge Justice Ruma Pal, a former Supreme Court judge, says…
The Supreme Court of India has played a seminal role in recognizing and furthering peoples’ right to information. Through various judicial pronouncements, the Court has held that the right to information is a fundamental right flowing from Article 19 of…
September 12, 2016 Chief Justice of India T S Thakur Sunday reiterated the urgent need to increase the number of judges in India, and said that “we may keep on inviting foreign direct investment and raising slogans about progress” but…
September 7, 2016 To the highest court: Please do remember that the citadel never falls except from within. I have been greatly perturbed over the last few days over an otherwise excellent and sober judge in the Supreme Court (Judge…
September 7, 2016 It is unlikely that the Republican-controlled Senate will schedule the confirmation process of the Pakistan-born Abid Qureshi. Pakistan-born Abid Qureshi could be the first Muslim to be a federal judge of the U.S if the Senate confirms…
September 6, 2016 Justice M Y Eqbal and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, elevated respectively in December and April in 2012, retired this year. Since the retirement of two Muslim judges this year, the Supreme Court has been functioning without…