Three of Tuesday’s five new judges sit on posts an Ordinance, not Parliament, created
Justice G. Jayachandran writes, “If courts continue to ignore their own observations... I fear that this country may also go in the way of other autocratic countries which gained Independence around 75 years ago along with us.”
The Registry has made special arrangements for the ceremony and notified officers, staff members, and coordinating agencies, including the Supreme Court Security and the CPWD
The Supreme Court’s reliance on suo motu cognisance has turned a once ‘rare but highly visible’ jurisdiction into a recurring instrument shaped by primetime attention and media reports; while it keeps ‘ringing’ its own chain through televised listings and supervision, the trial courts below it continue doing the work
Arjun Ram Meghwal explained that appointment systems in other countries are being examined informally and no formal mechanism has been put in place to study them.
It is very often said that the common law is one of Hong Kong’s greatest assets. It provides us with a corpus of law which shares common origins with those of many established jurisdictions. It enables conversations to take place between our legal professionals and with our counterparts elsewhere. As the only common law jurisdiction with both Chinese and English as official languages used in court, Hong Kong is the connection between China and the common law world. But what exactly is the Hong...
The Supreme Court is empowered under Article 142 to pass necessary orders to deliver complete justice where existing laws fail to provide a specific remedy. While this power acts as a ‘constitutional safety valve’, critics argue that it may lead to judicial encroachment upon the domain of the Executive or the Legislature
Courts should not react defensively to every line of criticism
The incumbent Registrar General of the High Court S. Alli is among those whose names have been recommended for elevation
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi passed the order during the mentioning of a pending case
Advocate Sumit Gehlot, a Supreme Court lawyer known for his views on constitutional and judicial issues, said the move was welcome but noted that merely increasing the number of judges would not fully solve the problem of pendency
Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi pulled up a lawyer for “pursuing” a senior advocate designation, saying that there are already “parasites” in society who attack the system, and asked the petitioner whether he wanted to join hands with them
"It is totally baseless to suggest that I criticised the youth of our nation. Not only am I proud of our present and future human resource, but every youth of India inspires me,” the CJI said in a statement.