Chief Justice of India

Much needed and long overdue: a woman Chief Justice

April 28, 2021 9:14 am

Women need greater representation across the judiciary, including the Supreme Court. But the appointment of the first woman CJI must not overlook seniority and merit.

CJI Ramana reviews Supreme Court working amid Covid-19

April 25, 2021 7:11 am

Justice N V Ramana was sworn in as 48th Chief Justice of India and will hold office till August 26, 2022 — for a little over 16 months.

Justice N V Ramana sworn in as 48th Chief Justice of India

April 24, 2021 6:57 pm

Justice Ramana's will hold the post for sixteen months, until August 26, 2022.

Farewell & welcome

April 24, 2021 9:11 am

Challenge for the next CJI is to more strongly secure the SC as the custodian of individual rights and constitutional freedoms

Ambedkar had proposed Sanskrit as official language: CJI Bobde

April 15, 2021 7:22 am

Justice Bobde was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the academic building of the Maharashtra National Law University at Nagpur.

Challenge on bench

April 10, 2021 8:45 am

Appointment of judges is stalled by impasse within judiciary, sparring with executive. New CJI must make fresh start

CJI calls collegium today, two colleagues question its timing

April 08, 2021 11:53 am

Judges say meeting not proper since President has appointed successor.

Month before he retires, CJI recommends Justice Ramana as his successor

March 25, 2021 1:55 am

Ramana will take over from CJI Bobde, who is due to demit office on April 23, and serve as the the 48th Chief Justice of India till August 26, 2022 — a term of over sixteen months.

Govt asks CJI SA Bobde to recommend his successor

March 20, 2021 4:28 pm

Justice NV Ramana is the senior-most judge in the top court after the CJI.

Disturbing: SC stays Andhra HC order to examine constitutional breakdown

December 19, 2020 8:18 am

The state government, in its appeal, said the High Court “in an unprecedented manner and without any basis or pleadings by any of the parties to that effect, has framed the... question”.

What Justice Chandrachud said during the aadhaar verdict

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

What Justice DY Chandrachud said during the aadhaar verdict, many agree, will have implications in the future. He was the judge who did not agree with the majority opinion of the bench on many key issues. Here's what he said.

Congress has no faith in us or any other institution because it has no faith in itself: Narendra Modi

June 22, 2020 6:21 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Congress party has no faith in the government, the CJI, the RBI or any international organisation that gives data on India's growth. He said it is because Congress has no faith in itself.

Sec 377 profiles: I wrote about my male crushes in my diary and one day my mother read it all

June 22, 2020 6:22 pm

INTERVIEW: Debottam Saha, an IITian and a petitioner in the section 377 case tells us, among other things, what he hopes the verdict will change.

Fali S Nariman Interview: Congress' charges for impeachment of Chief Justice Dipak Misra are frivolous

June 22, 2020 6:25 pm

In an interview to The Indian Express, senior jurist Fali S Nariman rubbished the charges leveled by the Congress party on the issue of impeaching the Chief Justice of India. This is what he said. 

Dipak Misra, New Chief Justice Of India, Sworn In

June 22, 2020 6:55 pm

T S Thakur To Succeed H L Dattu As New Chief Justice Of India

November 05, 2015 1:15 am