The higher judiciary is poised for a salary upgrade that will bring it on a par with the bureaucracy, with the Chief Justice of India maintaining his slight edge
~By Sucheta DasguptaThe wait is almos...
Above: Advocates and lawyers struggle as the Supreme Court experiments with its digital transformation. Photo: Bhawna Gaur
As the Supreme Court opens after the summer recess, advocates and judges a...
Above: MP’s Minister of Public Relations Narottam Mishra welcoming President Pranab Mukjherjee on his arrival at Datia in June this year. Photo: UNI
In a first case of paid news before a high court...
Above: Unfair and unequitable land acquisition often results in displacement and reallocation of the population. Photo: mangaloresez.com
A PIL seeking the return of unutilised land to the farmers h...
Above:There is an increasing demand to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
Photo: abortionuae.com
The inordinate delay by parliament in amending this Act to allow abortions beyond 20 ...
As the Supreme Court gets back to work after its summer recess, five cases which impact Indian society and politics will be decided. India Legal looks at the status of the cases, the arguments so far ...
The government accepting the Collegium’s recommendation for the appointment of nine chief justices of high courts is a welcome step
With the government accepting the Supreme Court Collegium’s recom...
The Supreme Court has asked Kerala to pay this compensation to victims of Endosulfan poisoning, giving a ray of hope for their slow rehabilitation and recovery
~By Ramesh Menon
Ver 5,000 Endosulfan ...
In life as in death, J Jayalalithaa had brushes with the judiciary. Her DA case is pending in the Supreme Court and now, numerous petitions want courts to look into her death
By R Ramasubramanian i...
~By Sujit Bhar
The Supreme Court today said that the government needs to educate the public about the existence of an autonomous body that acts towards addressing complaints from the common man reg...