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SC bars unauthorised clipping, monetisation of court videos on social media

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Sharma in New Delhi. (PTI)

Updated 11 days ago

CJI launches campaign against substance abuse in Punjab

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during an event in Chandigarh on Saturday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Published 16 days ago

Delhi HC puts on hold decision on working Saturdays

The decision comes months after the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) raised strong opposition to the decision and urged the court to reconsider the same. (Representative photo)

Published 17 days ago

Delhi Police arrests two law students for disrupting Supreme Court proceedings

Visuals from the incident in the Supreme Court last week. (X)

Updated 20 days ago

CJI forms four special benches to fast-track Supreme Court's oldest cases

CJI Surya Kant said the initiative was intended to ensure that age-old cases receive sustained judicial attention.

Updated 22 days ago

Four women chief justices at the same time

Women representation

Published 43 days ago

Why Indian embassy condemned audience behaviour at CJI Surya Kant's London event

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant addresses a gathering in London.

Updated 59 days ago

‘Record everything, use sunscreen’: CJP's dos and don’ts for today's protest

A man works on a poster on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) ahead of CJP's protest on June 6th.

Updated 59 days ago

Right to vote is ‘constitutional’ but not absolute: Supreme Court in SIR verdict

The Supreme Court held that verification requirements and periodic revision of voter lists are intrinsic to preserving electoral integrity.

Updated 68 days ago

CJI's advice to aspirant: Join the bar, become a lawyer, don't hanker for judicial services post

CJI's advice to aspirant: Join the bar, become a lawyer, don't hanker for judicial services post

Published 88 days ago

Courtroom exchange row: CJI seeks report on viral Andhra Pradesh HC video

The incident occurred during the hearing of a petition challenging the issuance of an LoC and the impounding of a passport. (Andhra Pradesh High Court website)

Updated 89 days ago

The bench and the body

Supreme Court

Updated 92 days ago

‘You’ve been hacked': Porn videos played in Delhi HC’s virtual hearing

Virtual proceedings of the Delhi high court was disrupted when a person played pornographic content.

Updated 97 days ago

SIR exercise: Cal HC CJ cancels leave of all civil judges in West Bengal

SIR exercise: Cal HC CJ cancels leave of all civil judges in West Bengal

Published 161 days ago

Mind The Gap: The problem with rape judgments

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Updated 162 days ago

‘Chilling effect': HC judge seeks removal from bail roster after SC observation

Judge Bhatia emphasised that the observations made by SC in paras 4 and 29, have had “a huge demoralising and chilling effect” on him.

Published 171 days ago

Delhi HC hears more than 500 matters on first working Saturday

The move was communicated through a January 15 notification issued by registrar general Arun Bhardwaj.

Updated 197 days ago

Sujoy Paul sworn in as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court

Within three months of his transfer to the Calcutta HC, he became its acting chief justice on October 8, 2025.

Published 200 days ago

HC restrains BMC from deploying court staff for election duty

Bombay High Court (HT Photo)

Published 216 days ago

SC collegium recommends elevation of 2 Bombay HC judges

Justice Revati P. Mohite Dere

Published 228 days ago

Himachal Pradesh House clears bill to make chief secy as RERA selection panel head

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu addresses the House during the winter session in Dharamshala on Wednesday. (ANI)

Published 243 days ago

CJI Surya Kant joins union minister Kiren Rijiju on the badminton court | Watch

CJI Surya Kant, union ministers Kiren Rijiju and Arjun Ram Meghwal, and other judges during the All India Judges’ Badminton Championship.

Updated 248 days ago

‘Judicial activism shouldn't turn into judicial terrorism': Former CJI Gavai

Former CJI Bhushan R Gavai explained why judicial intervention is sometimes necessary.

Published 251 days ago

Ex-CJI Gavai leaves official car for successor, goes home in personal vehicle

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant with former CJI BR Gavai during his swearing-in ceremony as the 53rd CJI, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, Monday,

Updated 253 days ago

HT interview: Human side of judging inevitable and essential, says Justice Surya Kant

Justice Surya Kant, appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI), will formally take oath on November 24, succeeding Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai. (ANI)

Published 254 days ago

Tackling backlog top priority: Justice Kant

Justice Surya Kant (ANI)

Published 254 days ago

CJI BR Gavai advocates for exclusion of creamy layer in SC reservations

What is applicable to the Other Backward Classes, should also be made applicable to Scheduled Castes, though my judgment has been widely criticised on that issue, Gavai said.

Published 261 days ago

‘Never stop…’: CJI-designate Surya Kant teaches law graduates key ‘difference’

“Every time, I try to change the subject and share new ideas with my dear young law graduates,” the CJI designate said.

Published 275 days ago

Who is Justice Surya Kant, set to be the next Chief Justice of India?

Justice Surya Kant will become the first person from Haryana to hold the country’s highest judicial office.

Updated 281 days ago

Meet Justice Surya Kant, likely to become the next CJI

In 2018, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

Published 284 days ago

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