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Actor Johnny Depp, second right, leaves the High Court in London.

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Actress Amber Heard, center, leaves the High Court in London. Johnny Depp accused Amber Heard of hitting him with a haymaker punch during an altercation near the end of their volat...

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Senior BJP leader Kalyan Singh arrives to appear before a special CBI court in connection with the 1992 Babri mosque demolition case, in Lucknow.

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Acharya Dharmendra Dev arrives to present himself at a special court in connection with Babri Masjid demolition case, in Lucknow.

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Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, reacts as he describes the pain of losing his brother as he testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to ...

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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari along with CM Uddhav Thackeray and new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Dipankar Datta during the swearing-in ceremony at Rajbhava...

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New Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta wearing face mask amid COVID-19 outbreak sits along with his family members during his oath ceremony at Rajbhavan ...

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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari (L) and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray being thermally scanned in the view of COVID-19 outbreak as they arrive for the swearing-in cerem...

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray (L) greets the newly sworn-in Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta during his oath ceremony at Rajbhavan in Mum...

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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari (C) and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray (L) with the newly sworn-in Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta (R) at ...

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Justice Biswanath Somadder takes oath as the ninth Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, in Shillong

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Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal (L) administers the oath of office to to Justice Mohammad Rafiq (R) as the new Chief Justice of the High Court of Odisha, during the nationwide lo...

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Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice Ravi Shankar Jha administers the oath of office to Justice S Muralidhar (R) as Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge, in Chand...

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Nirbhaya's parents along with Advocate Jitendra Kumar Jha leave from Supreme Court, in New Delhi.

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Nirbhaya's mother leaves from Patiala House Court, in New Delhi.

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Advocates during farewell party of Justice S Muralidhar after announcement of his transfer to Punjab and Haryana High Court, at Delhi High Court in New Delhi. Muralidhar received a...

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Delhi police personnel take suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain into custody after Delhi Court rejected his plea to surrender before it, at Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi. Huss...

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Former Assam Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Guwahati (ABOCWWB) chairman Gautam Baruah comes out of a special court after a hearing related to misappropriati...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with CJI SA Bobde during a meeting with the foreign and Indian judges, at the International Judicial Conference 2020, in New Delhi.

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Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad (C) being taken to a special CBI court to record his statement in fodder scam cases, in Ranchi. Lalu is...

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Fault Lines Of India's Criminal Justice System: Warning Bells And The Way Forward

The criminal justice system is an integral part of the democratic setup. Therefore, it is imperative that comprehensive steps are taken to make the system more effective.

May 30, 2020

| Joysheel Shrivastava Vishavjeet Chaudhary
Judges Cannot Live In Ivory Towers, Must Ensure Justice To Poor: Retiring SC Jurist Deepak Gupta

Justice Gupta, who superannuated on Wednesday became the first judge in the history of the Supreme Court to be given farewell through video conferencing due to the lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, said that judges have to identify the problems and deal with them.

May 07, 2020

| PTI
Digital Courts: Are We Really Availing Infinite Possibilities Of Technology?

'The game of catch-up being played right now has uncovered the fault lines in the system. A reactionary approach can at best serve short term needs.'

Apr 30, 2020

| Prashant Nadaraj Solaiappan Odayappan
Intelligence Bureau Jeopardizes Independence Of Judiciary

The misuse of the Intelligence Bureau to intimidate independent judges like Justice Muralidhar is worrying and an attack on the independence of the judiciary.

Mar 14, 2020

| Utsav Singh Bains
S Muralidhar, Judge Hearing Delhi Riots Case, Transferred To Punjab & Haryana HC

A government notification about the transfer was issued on Wednesday which said that after consultation with Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday transferred Justice S Muralidhar, judge of Delhi High Court, as Judge of Punjab and Haryana High court.

Feb 27, 2020

| Outlook Web Bureau
54 Cases, 426 Murdered And None Convicted: How Police, Judiciary Ensured 1984 Rioters Are Not Punished

The SIT concluded that the “lack of interest shown by the police...” during the early stages and the manner in which judges “routinely” handed out acquittals to accused ensured that “there is no possibility of further investigation” in any of the 199 cases it scrutinized.

Jan 24, 2020

| Puneet Nicholas Yadav
Justice Loses Its Character When It Becomes Revenge: CJI S A Bobde A Day After Hyderabad Encounter

CJI S A Bobde says justice is never ought to be instant, and must never ever take the form of revenge

Dec 07, 2019

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Justice Sunil Gaur, Who Rejected Chidambaram's Bail Plea, Appointed Chairperson Of PMLA Appellate Tribunal

The Delhi High Court judge, who replaces Justice Manmohan Singh as the chairperson, had kept his verdict on Chidambaram's plea reserved for seven months and pronounced the judgment just 72 hours before he retired.

Aug 28, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
Court Cancels Bail Of 3 UP Cops For Allegedly Framing, Murdering Unnao Rape Survivor's Father

Earlier in the day, the court framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar and others for the alleged murder of the Unnao rape survivor's father in judicial custody.

Aug 13, 2019

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CJI Gogoi Writes To PM Modi, Seeks Increase In Number Of Supreme Court Judges

CJI Ranjan Gogoi, who wrote three letters to PM Narendra Modi, said there was a pendency of 58,669 cases in the top court and the number was increasing due to the filing of more fresh cases.

Jun 22, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau

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Do Virtual Courts Reserve Access To Justice Only For The Privileged Few?

Supreme Court’s decision to hear matters of “extreme urgency” via virtual means face questions of transparency and efficiency

May 01, 2020

| Puneet Nicholas Yadav
Opinion | Stones, Blades And Sticks: 92 Rapes In A Day, And The Thought of Justice Hanging On A Tree

Capital punishment for rape leaves me more scared than before -- for self and society -- writes poet-playwright Annie Zaidi, after the Nirbhaya hanging.

Mar 27, 2020

| Annie Zaidi
Opinion | It's Time To Pass Judicial Standards And Accountability Bill In Parliament

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

Mar 27, 2020

| Manish Tiwari
Misplaced Priorities Or Simply Towing The Line? Why Top Supreme Court Judges Have Been Caught Napping

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

Mar 19, 2020

| Puneet Nicholas Yadav
Nirbhaya Rape And Murder Case: 'Still Have A Lot To Raise, Will Defend Convicts For As Long As I Can'

A.P. Singh, a lawyer for death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya case, is in the eye of a storm for using the law and delaying their hanging

Mar 04, 2020

| Jeevan Prakash Sharma
To Hang Or Not To Hang: Death Penalty Often Depends On Judges’ Perception Of Crime

Judges assess the severity of a crime in their own way, often leading to different degrees of punishment for crimes of similar nature.

Feb 27, 2020

| Jeevan Prakash Sharma
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: The Courts Must Reform So That They Can Preserve -- Seven Must-Dos

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

Jan 23, 2020

| Ruma Pal Arghya Sengupta
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: Our Courts Need To Be More Welcoming, Accessible, Purpose Driven

All kinds of people access courts, including persons with special needs. Any institution that seeks to be accessible to a diverse audience must be prepared to accommodate and make comfortable everyone, write Sumathi Chandrashekaran and Reshma Sekhar

Jan 23, 2020

| Sumathi Chandrashekaran Reshma Sekhar
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: Height Of Administrative Mismanagement Best Highlighted By Plight Of High Court Judges

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

Jan 23, 2020

| Chitrakshi Jain Shreya Tripathy
No Hanging On Feb 1

The gallows will have to wait longer for Nirbhaya convicts

Jan 23, 2020

| Jeevan Prakash Sharma
Is Judiciary Living Up To The Indian Constitution @ 70?

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.

Jan 23, 2020

| Ruben Banerjee
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: A Multilingual Nation Like India Is Incapable Of Conveying The Law To All Its Citizen

It is necessary that the law be made available to citizens in an affordable and accessible manner, writes Malavika Rajkumar

Jan 22, 2020

| Malavika Rajkumar