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PIPAVAV Project case: Citizen groups push back against SC remarks on green activists & ‘stalling’

May 26, 2026 4:18 am

On May 11, a bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard a plea challenging the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) dismissal of an appeal against the environmental clearance (EC) granted for the expansion of Pipavav Port in Gujarat.

Bhagat Singh probably would have hated that. He distrusted empty symbolism, hero worship, and political laziness far more than disagreement itself

Would Bhagat Singh join the Cockroach Janta Party?

May 22, 2026 1:34 pm

Bhagat Singh asked India’s youth to read, organise and resist. We answered with reposts, irony, and the Cockroach Janta Party.

Referring to the language used by the petitioner in his Facebook posts, the CJI said, “There are already parasites in society, who attack the people, who attack the system and you want to join hands with them?”

Some jobless youth in law like cockroaches, become media, activists and attack system: CJI

May 16, 2026 3:43 am

The remarks came while a bench of CJI Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi heard a petition related to a senior advocate designation.

Judges must exhibit patience, says SC; refuses to pass further order in HC junior lawyer row

'Members of judiciary must exhibit patience': Matter resolved, SC refuses to pass any further orders in Andhra HC junior lawyer row

May 12, 2026 4:38 am

A video of the May 4 incident showed the judge “calling the police” to take custody of a young advocate who behaved “indolently” even as the latter kept “begging for grace”. The top court noted that the HC judge's direction did not translate into an executable order.

Courts of the future can’t remain confined within buildings: CJI Surya Kant

April 14, 2026 4:17 am

He observed that law settles over time; he said, “the ink used in a judgment does not dry when the decision is delivered…what appears today as a settled principle often finds its fullest meaning only years later, when applied to circumstances not yet imagined. In that sense, the law is always in dialogue with time.”

Delhi Confidential: CJI’s First

April 07, 2026 4:49 am

On Monday, however, none other than Chief Justice of India Surya Kant had to carry his device to the courtroom, a first in his life, as he had to access some of the communications from the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice in connection with the SIR exercise.

The CJI also said Mandi, also known as Chhoti Kashi, is where a temple of justice is being laid.

Judicial system must work with spirit of service like hospitals: CJI Surya Kant

March 15, 2026 10:46 pm

The CJI was addressing a legal literacy camp after laying the foundation stone for the Mandi Judicial Court Complex in the presence of Chief Justice of Himachal High court Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and others.

The NCERT has pulled out the Class 8 textbook having a chapter on “judicial corruption” (AI image used for representation only).

Beyond textbook uproar: The 6 values NCERT ‘judicial corruption’ chapter aimed to teach

February 26, 2026 2:39 pm

Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct define six pillars of judicial ethics including independence, integrity, and impartiality guiding judges in India and globally.

Empathy in legal system separates just society from unjust one: CJI

CJI to law students: ‘World will evaluate you with chambers and salaries… None of this is irrelevant; none is definite either’

January 04, 2026 6:06 am

Addressing the convocation ceremony at Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) in Patna, the CJI urged students to be lawyers grounded in self-belief and steadfast in the face of challenges.

Supreme Court is set to hear petition against the committee set up by Lok Sabha Speaker to probe corruption charges against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma.

10 critical Supreme Court cases impacting Constitutional rights, society in 2026

December 26, 2025 11:01 am

From challenges to newly enacted laws on online gaming, and religious conversions, to high-stakes disputes involving, electoral roll revisions, the cases lined up before the court are likely to have far-reaching implications.