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Ease of doing business: Why India is faltering in enforcing contracts

To move the ease of biz needle up, experts say there is need to adopt a multi-pronged approach

'Contempt threat' to lawyer in SC: Justice Arun Mishra apologises

The issue has cropped up as Justice Mishra had warned senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan on Tuesday of contempt while he was advancing his arguments in the matter

US House Panel approves Trump charges, sets up vote to impeach president

Democrats and Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee voted along strict party lines

SC judges, lawyers' bodies hold hectic parleys over top court crisis

The apex lawyers' body had held a meeting to discuss the developments that has surfaced after the January 12 press conference by justices Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian

Hold full court on institutional issues plaguing court, SC judges urge CJI

Letter by Justices Gogoi and Lokur urged the CJI to convene a full court on judicial side to discuss institutional issues, 'future' of top court

Nibbling at judicial powers

The Supreme Court has launched a move to overhaul tribunals

Constitutional morality ought to dictate terms

The Vision of Justice was indeed attained in the courtroom

Lawyers unwilling to be judges, higher judiciary 'losing majesty': Gogoi

The CJI said that it was the aura and majesty of the higher judiciary that attracted the talent of the Bar as lawyers were willing to work hard and make sacrifices in terms of money

Delhi HC Judicial Service Prelims 2019: Revised results out; details here

The Delhi High Court has released the revised Delhi HC Judicial Service Prelims Result 2019 on delhihighcourt.nic.in; here are steps to download

Too many laws unnecessarily cause problems, lead to corruption: Debroy

Debroy added there are lots of talks about the economy, education etc but hardly anyone says anything about the judiciary

Lawyers' expect CJI SA Bobde to dispose of pending cases, regulate PILs

New CJI, Bobde, has succeeded Justice Ranjan Gogoi who retired on November 17 after remaining in office for over 13 months.

Won't play adjudicator in alleged corruption in judiciary: Govt

It also asked judiciary to evolve a robust mechanism within to deal with complaints against judges

Judiciary shouldn't be influenced by events of the day: Arun Jaitley

His remarks came in the wake of some recent judgements like that on the national anthem and the social media, where the judiciary adopted a different approach than in the past

Why Indian judiciary is yet not ready for the advent of space-crunching AI

Since the judiciary is still slow to adopt AI, it is natural that the legal profession is also sluggish in this field

Best of BS Opinion: Reviving economic growth, containing China, and more

Judicial intervention, though effective, is one step away from being an arrangement in which the people have a say.

Justice S A Bobde to take over as 47th CJI, will assume office on Nov 18

He will have a tenure of 17 months and would demit office on April 23, 2021

Time to revisit incentives for justice system

The abiding faith of the society that the man in uniform would never fake his case is of no value unless there is real disincentive for ruining the lives of accused

Need safeguards against 'state' violence

Fairness in regulatory trials might be some way off in a society that makes movies on "encounters" and has wide following of gurus who philosophise abject violence

Letters to BS on Indian judicial system being tardy in recent years

The Bench and the bar together should share the major portion of the blame for the present pendency of millions of cases across the country

Balancing acts

Both executive & judiciary should respect constitutional boundaries