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Justice U U Lalit: Only a 74-day tenure for a 'very good interim Pope'

As a lawyer, he had been a special public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case, besides representing clients like Amarinder Singh, and Salman Khan

Dhanbad judge murder: 2 including auto driver get life term by CBI court

CBI court judge Rajnikant Pathak on July 28 held autorickshaw driver Lakhan Verma and his associate Rahul Verma guilty of murdering 49-year-old additional sessions judge Uttam Anand.

Judges should face narco-analysis test to disprove allegation: Justice Bhat

This must be applied when allegations are made against judges and if there is a feeling that the complaint is motivated and false even then the complainant should undergo such tests.

Court holds autorickshaw driver, aide guilty in Jharkhand judge murder case

The 49-year-old judge was run over by an autorickshaw while he was out on a morning jog on July 28, 2021.

Judges shouldn't provoke critics, decide cases without fear: Pardiwala

Calling them bedrock on which stands the entire edifice of justice, Pardiwala urged officers of the district judiciary to avoid fear or favour at all costs to keep the river of judicial process clean

With 14.4 judges per million people, undertrials at historic high

The pendency debate between Law Minister Rijiju and CJI Ramana might come down to judicial vacancies

Courts have become spectator sports but can't degenerate into public brawls

The advent of 24x7 news channels, continual live-tweeting and YouTubed webcasting of proceedings have made judges and lawyers participants in a judicial content-creating version of Big Boss

Supreme Court adjourns plea challenging tenure of NCLT judges

The Centre on May 25 had told the apex court that a Committee chaired by the Chief Justice of India held a meeting on April 20 in which the question of the tenure of 23 members of NCLT was discussed

Jury picked for first trial stemming from US Capitol riot last year

A federal jury is scheduled to hear attorneys' opening statements on Wednesday for the first trial stemming from the riot at the US Capitol last year.

No one is above law, not even those in power: Kerala High Court

The court was hearing a matter related to encroachment of public land

Not necessary for court to give elaborate reasons while granting bail: SC

The top court's observations came on appeals against an order of Patna High Court which granted bail to an accused in a murder case

India has 21.03 judges for every million people, Lok Sabha informed

The Law Commission had not considered the judge population ratio to be a scientific criterion for determining the adequacy of the judge strength in the country

More female representation

Structural biases against women must be addressed

Nine new judges administered oath of office by CJI, SC strength rises to 33

Nine new judges, including three women, were on Tuesday administered oath of office as judges of the Supreme Court, taking its strength to 33

Judge-population ratio stood at 21.03 judges per million people in 2020

The Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday

Two arrested in Dhanbad Judge death case; heavy autorickshaw recovered

The arrests were made following the recovery of the three-wheeler involved in the incident

Illegal surveillance

Govt must reveal who is targeting Indian citizens

A legal journey towards civil right

Book review of The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero

SpiceJet gets relief on aircraft lease default case in British court

The court refused to take any action against SpiceJet on the grounds that forcing the airline to pay at this stage could result in the airline's insolvency

Cutting through the noise

Book review of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment