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Nothing left in democracy if institutions are undermined: Former judge Sanjib Banerjee

October 07, 2026 3:31 pm

Former Chief Justice of Meghalaya and Madras high courts, Sanjib Banerjee says the Supreme Court does not go by public perception or any wave, but by what is constitutionally correct and it will apply the same in the case of Form 6.

SC gave its nod on Sept 22, but cancelled meet with House panel later: Chairman

One Nation, One Election Bills: Supreme Court gave its nod on Sept 22, but cancelled meet with House panel late, says JPC Chairman

October 06, 2026 4:57 am

Controversy over the proposed meeting erupted last week when Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal addressed a press conference on October 1, calling the meeting “unconstitutional” as the Bills being deliberated by the committee could someday come before the court for adjudication.

Today News Headlines for School Assembly, October 6, 2026: Bengal SIR tribunals flag ECI portal flaws, Delhi Police block opposition march to EC

October 06, 2026 12:08 pm

Today News Headlines for School Assembly, October 6, 2026: In a recent turn of events, CJI Surya Kant has dismissed Supreme Court's involvement in the Form 6 modifications. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the Nobel Prize 2026 in Medicine or Physiology.

Public trust & public approval not same; trust demands fairness: CJI

Public trust and public approval are not same; trust means fairness of process: CJI Surya Kant

September 15, 2026 5:55 am

The CJI was delivering the keynote address at the 6th Ram Jethmalani Memorial Lecture in Delhi on Monday on the topic — ‘Justice seen to be done: Transparency and public trust as pillars of the legal system’.

From Jantar Mantar to Noida workers protest, Court protects space for protest. It needs to

September 11, 2026 12:07 am

A climate where the executive is seen to weaponise its powers to curb civil liberties and get away with it dishonours the constitutional promise and guarantee. The CJI and the Allahabad HC bench have done well to apply the check

Enough black money in world to buy laptops for everyone: Chief Justice Surya Kant

August 31, 2026 1:45 pm

Speaking of money laundering, Chief Justice Surya Kant said the world launders have enough money to buy a laptop for every one of the eight billion people on the planet.

In a series of three letters, also marked to other members of the Supreme Court Collegium earlier this month, Justice Mehta accused Justice Sharma of "misuse of powers" (File)

'Misuse of powers': Why a Supreme Court Justice wants a judge transferred

August 26, 2026 6:13 pm

Supreme Court Judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has asked Chief Justice Surya Kant to transfer Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice SP Sharma over allegations of roster manipulation and misuse of power.

Bar Council of India seems to have forgotten both the freedom to question and the limits of its power

August 15, 2026 1:58 pm

Stripped to its essence, this BCI directive was a thinly veiled attempt to browbeat and threaten students at the cusp of their legal careers, all for expressing their sentiments internally in a respectful and peaceable manner

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Amid student protests, NALSAR invites CJI for convocation

August 12, 2026 4:55 pm

The university is awaiting a response to the invite, officials said

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.