4 Supreme Court Judges Hail From Allahabad High Court; 9 High Courts Unrepresented
This article was first published on Bar and Bench, by Giti Pratap, 06 Oct 2026, 4:42 pm Earlier today, three…
When Judges Must Disclose Their Connections
This Article was first published in Frontline on Sep 28, 2026 19:53 IST by V.Venkatesan In 1998, the former Chilean…
Propriety Questions Emerge As Son Of Justice SC Sharma, Who Heard ECI & Medha Ropam Cases, Is Election Commission’s Lawyer
This article is being reproduced from the Livelaw.in portal Manu Sebastian, 25th September 2026 Certain serious questions concerning judicial propriety…
Marginalisation in Judicial Appointments
This Article was first published in Bar and Bench on 26 Aug 2026, 5:24 pm, By M R Shamshad The…
Well-Intentioned Reform With Potential To Delay Appointment Of Judges
This post was first published on Livelaw.in by Yashavanth H N, 19 Sept 2026 8:10 AM The Supreme Court’s recent…
The True Meaning Of Freedom
The Original Article was published in The Tribune by Justice Deepak Gupta retd on 01:10 AM Sep 07, 2026 IST…
How Allahabad High Court Has Been Exposing UP Police’s Encounter Narratives
The Original article was published in LiveLaw.in by Biswajit Mohapatra, 22 May 2026 8:00 PM From shooting accused in the…
Labour, Legality And Illusion Of Equality
This Article was originally Published on LiveLaw.in Biswajit Mohapatra, 22 May 2026 8:00 PM The Law of Dispensability “We’re prisoners…
The Realm of Pure Discretion: on the Supreme Court, Article 142, and the Quashing of the CJP FIRs
This Article was originally Published in Constitutional Law and Philosophy by Gautam Bhatia, 02.09.2026 In an order passed yesterday, the Supreme…
Facial Recognition at Jantar Mantar: The Limits of Dragnet Identification
The Original Article Was Published in Constitutional Law and Philosophy by Nitya Singhania, 29.08.2026 Introduction Recently, the Supreme Court began hearing petitions…
Indiscriminate by Design: The Case Against Pellet Guns
The Article was first Published in Constitutional Law and Philosophy by Gautam Bhatia, 29.07.2026 Pellet guns entered the conversation around Indian protest…
The Supreme Court’s (First) Order on the CJP Protests: Two Questions
The Original Article was published in Constitutional Law and Philosophy by Gautam Bhatia, 29.07.2026 The Supreme Court’s brief order of…
Protect our Republic, my lords.
THE HINDU Sriram Panchu NOVEMBER 16, 2020 00:02 IST The judiciary’s quick intervention in the Arnab Goswami case turns…
CJI Bobde’s Trip to Kanha: Is State Govt Hospitality Compatible With Judge’s Code of Conduct?
A special helicopter was provided by Madhya Pradesh for the CJI’s visit to Kanha National Park and Nagpur. Was this…
Imposition of Exemplary Costs on Petitioner Reignites Controversy Over Supreme Court’s Role
BY THE WIRE ANALYSIS ON 03/12/2017
Credibility of Supreme Court Has Come Under Serious Threat
BY DUSHYANT DAVE The Chief Justice of India’s actions reflect a complete neglect of the rule of law and have put the acceptability…
Should a Judge With a Serious Moral Flaw Become Chief Justice of India? – BY Shanti Bhushan
On August 27, Chief Justice of India (CJI) J.S. Khehar will demit office. The next in line is Justice Dipak…
Forgotten cogs in the wheels of justice – Prashant Bhushan & Cheryl Dsouza
The exploitation of judicial support staff continues to be widespread
Five Questions We Have to Ask Before the Birla-Sahara Payoff Case is Buried Forever – BY PRASHANT BHUSHAN
11/04/2017 The time has come for the judges of the Supreme Court to sit together to apply their minds and…
Statement showing Approved strength, Working Strength and Vacancies of Judges in the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts
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The Supreme Court Must Be Above Suspicion – But Is It?
BY ARGHYA SENGUPTA 15/03/17 Questions of legality and propriety loom over the Supreme Court’s investigation of Kalikho Pul’s letter…
EPW – The Zero Case: Deadly Implications of the Birla–Sahara Judgment – Vijay Simha
Vijay Simha (vijsimha@gmail.com) was executive editor of Tehelka.com and Financial World. He is now an independent journalist based out of…
The conspiracy of secrecy
Yogendra Yadav The Kalikho Pul suicide note needs to be investigated at the topmost level Mar 1, 2017 A RECENTLY…
What we need to guard
Fundamental rights are no gifts of the state, the Constitution only confirms their existence. Our freedom fighters and members of…
Indian Judiciary Report 2015-16 [Part I]: Six important Supreme Court facts and figures
The Supreme Court of India recently released its annual report on the Indian Judiciary for 2015-16. Running into nearly three hundred pages,…
Appointment Of Judges: Balancing Transparency, Accountability And Independence
A very good morning to all of you. I am extremely honoured to be here for the Justice Krishna Iyer…
Not NHRC’s finest hour
Rather than fighting for those displaced by the Muzaffarnagar riots, it appears to be parroting majoritarian, communal stereotyping. The National…
To be truly transparent
Only a full-time commission, which is independent of the government and the judiciary, can impart transparency and credibility to the…
Across the aisle The NJAC conundrum
Sober reflection will lead to the conclusion that the predominant role may belong to the Chief Justice of India (and…
Clear collegium mess to maintain public image of the judiciary
The present atmosphere is surcharged with strong emotions. To take action or steps on account of this atmosphere will be…
Scions Of Themis And Zeus
Keep those elevated from the subordinate judiciary out, and nearly half of India’s top judges are kith and kin of…
My unsolicited suggestion
September 7, 2016 To the highest court: Please do remember that the citadel never falls except from within. I have…
The road to genuine reform
September 2, 2016 The only way to break the executive-judiciary impasse is to make public future correspondence on the Memorandum…
Bombay High Court Allows Women’s Entry Inside Inner Sanctum of Haji Ali Dargah
Mumbai: In a landmark judgement, the Bombay high court today ruled that women are permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of…
State of the Indian Judiciary, A report by Daksh
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Rajasthan’s living dead: Thousands of pensioners without Aadhaar or bank accounts struck off lists
Some of the most vulnerable people have been denied meagre pensions due to errors in linking their details with Aadhaar…
The New Law Banning Child Labour is No Ban At All
The amendment seeks to abolish all forms of child labour, but includes a proviso that allows children up to the…
Chief Justice of India broke down. Whats going on?
Four months ago, while addressing the annual conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of the High Courts, the Chief…
Minstry of Law and Justice report on pendency of cases
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esolutions Adopted in the Chief Justices’ Conference, 2016 [22nd & 23rd April, 2016]
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