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Bombay HC gets a woman chief justice

Justice Manjulla Chellur took over as the new chief justice of the Bombay High Court on August 22. She is the second woman after Sujata Manohar (1994) to occupy the august post. The Governor of Mahara...

UK Supreme court refers gender issue to ECJ

Recently in MB vs Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2016), the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court had to decide on a plea challenging the provisions of the Gender Recognition Act. According to the...

Apprehensions about the new trafficking bill

The minister of women and child development, Maneka Gandhi, will be presenting the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill in parliament during its winter session. In a...

Can Judges Get Blanket Protection? 

While the Judges Protection Act of 1985 gives protection to judges for acts done during the discharge of their duties, they are also made liable for civil, criminal and disciplinary action either on t...

The Fight of the Generals

There is an old saying in the Indian Army that politics and generals make strange bedfellows. But despite the army establishment staying clear of politics, individual officers have politicized issues ...

SC to examine RTI’s ambit in judicial appointments

On August 17, the Supreme Court passed an order referring to a five-judge constitution bench the issues of whether disclosures of information about appointments and transfers of judges can come under ...

Judges’ appointment: CJI expresses worry

At a time when pendency of cases has become a cause of concern, media reports recently quoted the Chief Justice of India as having stated in an open courtroom: “We are working on framing of a Memorand...

No railway budget, come 2017

From next year, India will not witness a separate railway budget. It is set to be merged with the general budget, come 2017. The Union finance ministry has accepted the proposal of the railway ministr...

Judiciary has always nudged good samaritans

In a shocking incident recently, a man who had been hit by a three-wheeler goods carrier on a west Delhi road, bled to death lying on the roadside even as more than 400 vehicles, including a PCR van, ...

Judiciary’s efforts to reduce backlog

Pendency of cases is a major issue with the judiciary in India and attempts have been made to address the problem by the courts, contrary to what is generally believed.  This summer season found th...

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