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Basic structure doctrine keeps our democracy from drifting to absolutism: CJI

November 30, 2025 4:50 am

Speaking at the inauguration of the ‘International Mooting Academy for Advocacy, Negotiation, Dispute Adjudication, Arbitration’ at the O P Jindal University in Haryana, the CJI said that “the basic structure doctrine... was neither a flight of judicial fancy nor an indulgence in philosophical abstraction.

Who is Justice Surya Kant, the 53rd Chief Justice of India?

November 24, 2025 12:24 pm

Who is Justice Surya Kant, 53rd Chief Justice of India: Justice Kant was appointed as the next CJI on October 30 and will remain in office for nearly 15 months.

CJI Gavai: A tenure marked by many milestones, and some road bumps

November 28, 2025 11:25 am

Only the second Dalit to hold CJI post, Justice B R Gavai was part of judgments from demonetization to Waqf Act cases, tricky bail petitions, and “intra-court” appeals.

Explained: Why CJI B R Gavai termed 1978 Supreme Court ruling on custodial rape in Maharashtra ‘moment of institutional embarrassment’

November 13, 2025 8:22 pm

CJI Gavai made these remarks on Wednesday during his 30th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture held in New Delhi on the subject ‘Justice for All: Building a Gender Equal and Inclusive India.’

Legal aid not charity, but moral duty, says CJI

November 10, 2025 4:26 am

Suggests advisory committee at NALSA, SLSAs to discuss long-term projects

From class with no furniture to top legal Bench: Journey of ‘Surya’ from Haryana village to CJI Surya Kant

October 31, 2025 10:34 pm

Justice Surya Kant will assume charge as the 53rd Chief Justice of India on November 24. He succeeds Justice B R Gavai, who will demit office on November 23

Attack on CJI: Union MoS Athawale seeks SC/ST Act charges as BJP does a tightrope walk

October 10, 2025 8:01 am

Opposition has been targeting BJP over the bid to throw a shoe at Justice Gavai by a lawyer, as he did so in the name of upholding Sanatan Dharma

Bengaluru police book lawyer who hurled shoe at Chief Justice of India B R Gavai in Supreme Court

October 08, 2025 9:50 pm

Bhaktavachala, a 73-year-old lawyer based in Bengaluru, requested the police to register a case against lawyer Rakesh Kishore to ‘protect the judiciary’.

FIRs registered in Punjab over objectionable social media content targeting CJI Gavai

October 08, 2025 9:09 pm

The posts and videos in question contain casteist and hate-filled expressions intended to promote communal disharmony, disturb public order and erode respect for judicial institutions, said the spokesperson.

CJI VIDEOS

What the Supreme Court did not address in its Aadhaar verdict

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

There are still many unanswered questions about aadhaar despite the Supreme Court's verdict of more than 1,400 pages. Usha Ramanathan tells us the concerns that the poor of India still have, what making aadhaar voluntary means and whether the linking

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