In a surprising development, the apex court has laid down 16 guidelines to be followed by cops in such killings. but there are gaping holes in the judgment
By Rakesh Bhatnagar
The Supreme ...
Sangeeta Madan, an additional judge from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh rocked the judiciary when she recently quit saying she could no more tolerate the continuing sexual harassment by a high court judge....
Markandey Katju’s accusations have served as a handy excuse for denigrating the judiciary and helping the Modi government to push the twin bills in parliament for scrapping the collegium system.
By ...
APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES
By Pravin H. Parekh
Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
The independence of Judiciary is rightly held by the Supreme Court as the basic feature of our Constitu...
Batting for e-courts
Backlog of cases is an issue that has bothered the judiciary no end. The chief justice himself has suggested measures to tackle the issue.
Now it’s the turn of Justice B Lokur t...
Courts need to be seen as working in public interest and upholding the confidence of the common man in the judicial process.
Bull’s eye judgment
You can no longer take the bulls by the horns if ...
Excerpts from the letter written by President, Supreme Court Bar Association, to Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha, on June 6, this year while rejecting Lodha’s idea that courts should work 365 days in...
Whenever a new government comes to power, things are set to change. But at times, it is the executive which is handicapped and the Modi government is no exception. This is especially so in judicial ap...