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Don’t ‘Toss Out’ Judgments Because Judges Change: Justice Nagarathna
Justice BV Nagarathna says judgments must hold their authority regardless of changes in bench composition.
Remarks made at an international convention on judicial independence in Sonipat.
Recent recalls of Supreme Court orders…
Use Your Platform to Respect and Empower: SC to Samay Raina
Supreme Court tells comic Samay Raina to promote dignity of SMA patients
Bench suggests Centre frame a stringent law protecting persons with disabilities
Court says comedians should invite disabled achievers to their shows
Raina…
Pregnancy Can’t Undo Cruelty: Delhi HC
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 25th Nov: The Delhi High Court has ruled that pregnancy or temporary reconciliation cannot nullify earlier acts of cruelty within a marriage, as it granted a divorce decree to a man whose plea had earlier been…
Justice Surya Kant Takes Oath as 53rd Chief Justice of India
Justice Surya Kant succeeds Justice BR Gavai as CJI
Part of key rulings on sedition law, EC reforms and presidential references
Former Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice
Will demit office on February 9, 2027
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CJI Gavai Defends SC/ST Sub-Classification Verdict
Justice Gavai stands by judgment enabling sub-classification within SC/ST reservations
Says equal treatment in unequal conditions increases inequality
Criticises “bulldozer justice”, defends right to shelter
Plans to work for…
CJI Gavai: Judicial Independence or Unconstitutional Overreach?
Poonam Sharma
The recent actions of Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Gavai, taking personal control of the appointments of tribunal judges, raise very serious constitutional questions. Though judicial independence is a cardinal feature of the…
Supreme Court’s Advisory Opinion on Timelines : How Feasible It Is
Poonam Sharma
In a seminal constitutional moment, the Supreme Court has returned a unanimous advisory opinion to clarify whether the judiciary had the authority to issue time-bound directives on the President or state governors when they…
President, Governors Not Bound by Bill Approval Deadlines: SC
Supreme Court says no mandatory timelines for assent to Bills
Actions of President, Governors not open to judicial scrutiny until law enacted
Verdict delivered on reference from President over Tamil Nadu case ruling
Bench…
“Married Hindu Women Should Make a Will”: SC
Supreme Court appeals to married Hindu women to leave a will to avoid disputes
Current law transfers a childless widow’s property to husband’s family after death
Bench refuses to rule on constitutional validity of Section 15(1)(b) in…
Consensual Relationship Cannot Be Treated as Rape: Kerala HC
Kerala High Court says consensual intimacy cannot be labelled rape after a breakup.
Court notes deception must exist from the beginning to invoke rape on false promise of marriage.
Observes relationship began when complainant was…