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'Be careful 100 times': CJI Surya Kant rebukes lawyer for comparing Ambani-Adani case listings to NJAC petition delay

February 24, 2026 4:25 am

Mathews J Nedumpara has filed multiple petitions in the Supreme Court, challenging the Collegium system of judicial appointments.

CJI: HC primary sentinel, must be proactive, not wait for knock at door

January 25, 2026 6:23 am

It is well-known that advancement in technology is further deepening the economic divide between the haves and the have-nots. Thus, technology must be harnessed towards ensuring judicial equality, CJI Surya Kant said.

“The BJP’s SIR game is over. One crore names targeted for striking off have been saved, and the victory belongs to the people of Bengal. Our voting rights were being threatened, but the Supreme Court has given them a firm rebuke,” he said. (File Photo)

‘Victory belongs to the people of Bengal’: TMC welcomes Supreme Court’s directions in SIR

January 20, 2026 4:38 am

Bengal CEO says ready to publish names of people issued notices for ‘logical discrepancies’

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‘No one in family knew law... father’s support prompted me to take it up’

January 11, 2026 12:56 pm

In first visit after being sworn in as CJI, Justice Surya Kant gets rousing welcome in native Petwar village

Judicial newsmakers stayed in the national spotlight in 2025 amid cash controversies, impeachment bids and political-legal battles.

5 legal figures who defined 2025 (and why they matter)

December 28, 2025 10:06 pm

Indian legal system debate: Judicial newsmakers stayed in the national spotlight in 2025 amid cash controversies, impeachment bids and political-legal battles.

The SC took up the matter suo motu in July this year, after media reports highlighted serious and fatal attacks by stray dogs in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). (Source: File Photo)

'Will play a video in next hearing... ask what humanity is': SC as petitioners object to MCD's rules on stray dogs

December 19, 2025 4:16 am

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta made the remarks after senior advocate Kapil Sibal pointed out that the matter, which was due to come up before a three-judge bench, stood cancelled.

CJI Surya Kant wrote to the Centre requesting the government fix a clear deadline for Madras High Court judge, Justice Banu to assume her new post at Kerala High Court.

'No punitive mechanism to compel': Legal experts on delay in transfer of Madras High Court judge to Kerala High Court

December 16, 2025 5:18 pm

Legal experts said the judiciary historically refrained from adopting an enforcement-oriented approach, recognising the absence of any express constitutional tool to compel obedience beyond the Presidential order.

In the wake of deteriorating air quality in the national capital, Delhi High Court has allowed lawyers and litigants to appear before the court virtually.

Delhi pollution crisis: Delhi High Court allows hybrid hearings for lawyers, litigants

December 15, 2025 11:56 am

Delhi High Court Bar Association president and senior advocate N Hariharan wrote to the high court chief justice saying that the Supreme Court on Sunday issued a notification for hybrid hearings due to high pollution.

A Delhi court said apart from the victims, acid attacks also cripples the family financially.

Acid attack case: Delhi court says 'brutal, diabolical' while awarding life term to two men who forced acid down minor's throat

December 12, 2025 5:18 pm

Delhi Acid attack case: The court said that an acid attack victim, who died 18 months after the attack, and his family suffered a deep trauma on a day-to-day basis.

Supreme Court remarks on media: Five times news reporting came under court scanner

December 10, 2025 2:38 pm

Describing the current state of media reporting as “unfortunate”, Justice PS Narasimha of the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that those days are gone when news channels and newspapers used to report facts “properly”.