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The words “enforceable order” are extremely crucial to any ongoing proceedings, especially regarding freebies. How legitimate and legal is the insistence by lawyers, litigants, media, and the activists that particular types of disputes and controversies shall always get a priority in the exercise of the prerogative of Master of Rolls exercised by the CJI or chief justices of the High Courts? Does jurisdiction of evasion exist in the first place, and second, if it does, how does it operate—within (or outside) the intricacies of discretion of the chief justice acting as a Master of Rolls?

Women lawyers especially have been suffering for the past several decades and agitating over the issue of non-existent toilets in various district court complexes across the country. This lack of infrastructure is felt not only by the hapless litigants, but also internal stakeholders such as judges and staff

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has strongly condemned a new tactic where multiple lawyers bring up the same issue to get a favourable hearing date. He had pulled up lawyers earlier in his bid to bring decorum to court proceedings, but such antics are fairly common in courts

The apex court was critical of the Commission for Air Quality Management for meeting once in three months as stubble burning picks up ahead of the winter. Is bureaucratic delay the lone reason holding up action against polluters?

October 7 marks a devastating year of genocide in Gaza, a year of unchecked suffering, where the world has failed to act. Iran’s missile attacks on Israel and Israel’s operations against Hezbollah have heightened fears of trade disruptions. The prolonged conflict in the region has broader implications, particularly for global trade and India

While one not-so-upright deputy conservator of forests in Karnataka allowed the illegal felling of 800 trees on Bane land, supposedly held by locals for centuries, opaque government policies in this regard may have contributed to the growth of such corruption

The Bombay High Court has quashed an office memorandum issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change which allowed project proponents to seek post-facto clearance for projects constructed in Coastal Regulation Zone areas in violation of rules

In a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court ruled that a trial court lacks the authority to take up a case in which a broker is accused of misappropriating investor funds. The case had come up in the court of judicial magistrate, Agra. The verdict is significant as it involves share brokers and investors

The apex court directed that a minimum of 1/3rd seats for women members must be reserved in the executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association from the 2024 elections. Taking a cue, the Delhi High Court also issued notice on a plea seeking reservation of 33 percent seats for women lawyers in various Bar associations in the national capital

The apex court has once again taken a strong legal stand for a poor-but-deserving candidate who was a victim of procedural technicalities and official apathy