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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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Mother of Nirbhaya case victim is seen outside Patiala House Court in New Delhi. The court reserved its order on issuing of death warrants against four death row convicts in the se...

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A 19 year-old British woman, center, that was found guilty of making up claims she was raped by up to 12 Israelis arrives at Famagusta District Court for sentencing. The woman was ...

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JuD chief Hafiz Saeed being produced at a court in Lahore.

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In this file photo, expelled BJP MLA and accused in the Unnao rape case Kuldeep Singh Sengar is taken to Tihar jail after being produced Tis Hazari court, in New Delhi. Delhi cour...

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Nirbhaya rape case victim's mother outside the Patiala House Court in New Delhi. The four convicts in the case, who are on death-row, are being produced in the court through video-...

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JuD chief Hafiz Saeed being produced in ATC Lahore.

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Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik arrives at the District Court for Datta Peeta case final judgement, in Chikmagalur.

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President Ram Nath Kovind (3R), Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu (3L), Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2R), Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bodbe (...

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Former Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, is greeted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the oath-taking ceremony of Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, as the 47th Chief J...

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Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde signs on a register after taking oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi. Justice Bobde will have a tenure of ...

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President Ram Nath Kovind administers the oath of office to Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde after he was appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in Ne...

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Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde is greeted by the dignitaries as his mother (L) looks on after he took oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks on as Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde is greeted by the dignitaries after he took oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan...

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Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu administers the oath of office to newly-appointed Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Ravi Ranjan, at Governor House in Ranchi.

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Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi being sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Tripura High Court by Governor Ramesh Bais at Raj Bhawan in Agartala

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Outgoing Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi with CJI-designate Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde during his farewell function at the Supreme Court in New Delhi

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Outgoing Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi being presented a memento by CJI-designate Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde and other dignitaries during his farewell function at th...

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CJI-designate Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde leaves the Supreme Court after the farewell function of Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi in New Delhi

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar greets Justice Sanjay Karol after taking oath as the 43rd Chief Justice of Patna High Court at Rajbhawan, in Patna

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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
'Independence Of Judiciary Not A One-Time Pill,' Says CJI Ranjan Gogoi

Stressing the need for nurturing the leadership in judiciary, CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the institution should endeavour towards protecting Constitutional ethos, even during trying times.

Jun 19, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
Colleague Judges Clear CJI Ranjan Gogoi In Sexual Harassment Case, What Next Now?

While the panel of his peers has now given CJI Ranjan Gogoi a clean chit in the sexual harassment case, the report is not expected to mark the end of the crisis that the former SC staffer’s complaint has triggered

May 06, 2019

| Puneet Nicholas Yadav
'No Substance In Charges': SC Panel Gives Clean Chit To CJI Ranjan Gogoi In Sexual Harassment Case

The three-member in-house committee of the Supreme Court has found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

May 06, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
CJI Sexual Harassment Case: SC Says Will Hear In Due Course PIL Seeking FIR Into 'Conspiracy'

ML Sharma, the lawyer behind the plea, has named activist lawyers like Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan, Kamini Jaiswal, Vrinda Grover, Indira Jaising, Nina Gupta Bhasin and Dushyant Dave as parties in his PIL.

May 06, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
CJI Ranjan Gogoi Appears Before Supreme Court Panel In Sexual Harassment Case

The woman, who levelled the allegations against CJI Ranjan Gogoi, walked out of the inquiry committee on Tuesday, raising objections over various issues, including denial of her lawyer's presence.

May 02, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau

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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
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: Indians In Their Mid-Twenties Are Delivering As Judicial Magistrates, How Alarming Is That!

Unlike the army or the police, the judiciary is an institution that should welcome older, more experienced lawyers to hold office, writes Prashant Reddy

Jan 22, 2020

| Prashant Reddy T.
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: Composition Terribly Skewed, Higher Levels Bastion Of Upper Caste Males

As the third pillar of democracy, the Indian judiciary, now an 'old-boys' club', needs to imbibe the principles it is mandated to protect, write Tarika Jain and Shreya Tripathy

Jan 22, 2020

| Tarika Jain Shreya Tripathy
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: Resistance To Transparency Makes Our Courts Mysterious Institutions

Even after 70 years of India as a Republic, the Supreme Court is yet to launch even the modest pilot project of webcasting constitutionally important cases, write Prashant reddy and Vaidehi Misra

Jan 22, 2020

| Prashant Reddy T. Vaidehi Misra
70 Years Of Indian Judiciary | Opinion: Electoral Majority Is No Licence To Bring In Immoral And Unjust Laws

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

Jan 22, 2020

| Faizan Mustafa
For People To Wield This Bound Aaron’s Rod

The Indian’s great, organic faith in the secular Constitution grew out of its emergence as a site for struggle since its earliest years

Dec 25, 2019

| Rohit De
India’s Judiciary Is Facing An Increasing Lack Of Trust By Public

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

Dec 25, 2019

| Madan B. Lokur