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Civil and criminal laws are fundamentally different in their aim. Arbitrary usage of criminal law provisions by the police undermines the notion of justice. However, it’s commonly done and often results in scathing observations by constitutional courts
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Nearly 160 million cases have been added since 2011, and 81 million were added only in the last five years. While Supreme Court’s track record in clearing cases pending for over a decade did not change between 2019 and 2024, that for the high courts and lower judiciary only worsened
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The trainee doctor was found dead on August 9 in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College. Her family has alleged that she was raped and murdered, further igniting outrage and calls for an immediate and thorough investigation. As the protests continue, the nation stands united in demanding justice and an end to the violence that so frequently targets women.
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A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Gauri Godse said the petition cannot be entertained and hence is dismissed.
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A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan reserved its order on the pleas challenging the remission granted to the convicts after hearing submissions by Bilkis Bano's counsel and lawyers for the Centre, the Gujarat government and the PIL petitioners.
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Bharat, he said, is leading the world in terms of digital payment, and justice is being delivered to the litigants at their doorstep because of the government's initiative for digitisation.
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He directed strict action against the perpetrators of violence and assured complete support and help of the central government for ensuring lasting peace.
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Seven persons were injured when two blasts rocked busy Transport Nagar Narwal.
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"If journalism as a profession falters, democracy will collapse," Justice Srikrishna said Friday night after presenting the RedInk awards for excellence in journalism, instituted by the Mumbai Press Club.
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The protest was against the alleged discriminatory attitude of the government in handling the murder cases of Masood of Bellare and Fazil in Surathkal, while the case relating to the murder of BJP youth wing leader Praveen Nettar is being vigorously pursued.
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Lalit will demit office on November 8 with a tenure of 74 days.
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Referring to the withdrawal of a recent ’Karva Chauth’ advertisement featuring a same-sex couple in view of protest, Justice Chandrachud said the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Navtej Singh Johar case was alone not sufficient for the members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer) community to realise their rights.
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The minister exuded confidence that the armed forces tribunal will bring about changes in their functioning and that preparation for it has to start now.
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New Delhi, May 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 8 lakh on two advocates, who had filed a plea on the issue of traffic..
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New Delhi, May 17 The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider listing for hearing corporate fraud investigating agency SFIO's plea challenging a..
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Sri Lankan lawyer-activist Ambika Satkunanathan believes South Asian countries need to introspect on how our societies and justice systems are perpetuating crime instead of curbing it.
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NCP chief spokesperson Nawab Malik also asked if the accused were being shielded by the government machinery.
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Stating that the perpetrators responsible for the victim's death have no right to live, her father and brother demanded that they either be chased by police and killed in an encounter or be hanged to death.
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"Please tell your government to read the dissent judgment delivered in the Sabaimala case yesterday, which is extremely important.... Inform your authority and the government to read it," he told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
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Justice Sikri, who had represented CJI Gogoi on the high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that controversially removed Alok Verma as CBI director on January 10, did not give any specific reason for withdrawing from hearing the case.
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The top court stressed the need to introspect and introduce case management programmes to streamline the justice delivery system so that cases could be decided more efficiently.
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The plea for urgent hearing of Honeypreet's application was mentioned before Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar who sought to know why they are "super- excited now".
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The Supreme Court today deferred to January 23 the hearing on a plea seeking postponement of Union Budget presentation ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in five states.
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The outgoing Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today once again expressed concern over the lack of judges amid growing pendency of cases and asked the judiciary to be ready for future challenges to ensure that the nation remains an "inclusive society".
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Observing that justice delivery system is "collapsing", the Supreme Court on Friday sent out a stern message to the Centre over non-execution of collegium's decision to transfer and appoint Chief Justices and judges in High Courts, saying it will not tolerate the "logjam" and would intervene to make it accountable.
