The whole question of judicial independence needs a fresh look in the context of the jurisprudence of checks and balances, writes lawyer and former Union minister Manish Tewari

With senior Supreme Court judge Arun Mishra openly praising the Prime Minister and former CJI Ranjan Gogoi 'gifted' with a ticket to the Rajya Sabha, the civil liberties of the dissenters and opponents seem to be compromised

By calling district courts and magistracy the 'lower' judiciary, great disservice is done to their role in justice delivery, write Justice (Retd) Ruma Pal and Arghya Sengupta

The judiciary must understand that high court judges lack the time and skill for complex managerial tasks. It's time to recruit skilled managers from government or private sector, say Chitrakshi Jain and Shreya Tripathy

An opaque judiciary is a cause for concern since on it rests our hope of defending our constitutional rights and liberties, writes Editor-in-Chief Ruben Banerjee.

On India's 70th anniversary as a Republic, one hopes the court will live up to people's expectations as the defender of their liberties, writes academician Faizan Mustafa

There is no controversy that the biggest problem facing the judiciary is the number of pending cases

It is difficult to pick the most egregious lapse in Gogoi’s stint as CJI because there are so many.

Ranjan Gogoi is grabbing headlines for all the wrong reasons. He made a telling impact when he became the Chief Justice of India but his reputation has taken a beating

There may be mixed reactions on the way the sexual harassment charges against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi were dealt with but absence of a mechanism to deal with such charges against sitting judges is the bigger worry.

Flimsy petitions are simply clutter to be dealt with by judges in absence of a filtering mechanism. And they’ve been stacking up.

Alok Verma’s term as CBI director ends on January 31.

The CJI, who retires in October, cannot give a ‘final verdict’ on Ayodhya, contrary to media speculation

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra seems set for a smooth ride until he hangs up his boots

Eminent jur­ist and former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee on impeachment motion against the CJI, the unprecedented press-conference by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, and the rights of the CJI as 'master of the roster'.

Former SC Judge R.V. Raveendran responds to some questions about the administrative functioning of the Supreme Court that have flooded the public domain recently...

The ‘mutiny’ raises some fundamental questions about the judiciary, and its relation with the executive. It was a moment of rupture created by many backstories.