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Delhi Police arrests two law students for disrupting Supreme Court proceedings

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

Updated 4 hours 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 2 days ago

Four women chief justices at the same time

Women representation

Published 23 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 39 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 39 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 48 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 68 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 69 days ago

The bench and the body

Supreme Court

Updated 72 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 77 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 140 days ago

Mind The Gap: The problem with rape judgments

chief justice

Updated 142 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 151 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 177 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 180 days ago

HC restrains BMC from deploying court staff for election duty

Bombay High Court (HT Photo)

Published 195 days ago

SC collegium recommends elevation of 2 Bombay HC judges

Justice Revati P. Mohite Dere

Published 208 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 223 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 227 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 231 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 233 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 234 days ago

Tackling backlog top priority: Justice Kant

Justice Surya Kant (ANI)

Published 234 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 240 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 254 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 261 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 263 days ago

Justice Surya Kant to succeed CJI BR Gavai? Formal process begins

Born on 10th February in 1962 at Haryana’s Hisar to a middle class family, Justice Surya Kant paved his way to the Supreme Court of India through sheer grit.

Updated 264 days ago

Terms of Trade: The politics of the shoe thrown at the Chief Justice of India

Chief Justice of India BR Gavai. (PTI)

Updated 278 days ago

'Very shocked with...': What CJI Gavai said in first reaction to shoe attack

Chief Justice of India BR Gavai (PTI)

Updated 278 days ago

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