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Fantasy to imagine collegium isolated from political pressure: Ex-SC judge Sanjay Kaul; flags Centre's NJAC resentment

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The collegium may be the Supreme Court's answer to keeping political influence out of judicial appointments, but it has never been insulated from the pressures of the political e... Read More


SC directs mother to take 7-year-old daughter back to US by December 31 in custody dispute

New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- The Supreme Court has ordered a seven-year-old girl to return to the United States nearly four years after her mother brought her to India in violation of a US court's custody or... Read More


SC issues notice to EC, its chiefs on Oppn plea for probe into electoral irregularities

New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the three election commissioners on a petition filed by Leader of the Opposition in the ... Read More


'Process cannot become punishment': SC warns against indefinite jail before trial

New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- "Process must not be turned into a punishment unto itself," the Supreme Court held on Wednesday, emphasising that prolonged incarceration, if allowed to continue, would negate th... Read More


'Won't accept lame excuses': SC takes EC to task over missing 2023 counting video

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday took serious exception to the Election Commission of India's claim that it could not trace the video recording of the 2023 vote count in Karnataka'... Read More


Victims of crime can also move court for speedy trials, says Supreme Court

New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that victims of crime have an independent right to seek expeditious completion of criminal trials, holding that they are "definite stakeholders in the... Read More


CJI steps in as Delhi Police detain lawyers, women advocates outside top court

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A day after his bench opposed blanket curbs on public transport ahead of the demonstration, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday morning contacted government autho... Read More


CJI Kant steps in to secure release of detained lawyers

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A day after his bench opposed blanket curbs on public transport ahead of the demonstration, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday morning contacted government autho... Read More


2025 ruling 'last nail in coffin' of 1987 order on delay condonation: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- The Supreme Court has hailed a 2025 judgment authored by Justice JB Pardiwala as the "last nail in the coffin" of its 1987 ruling that it said has been repeatedly invoked to secu... Read More


CJI Surya Kant intervenes to secure release of lawyers detained in Delhi

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A day after his bench opposed blanket curbs on public transport ahead of the demonstration, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday morning contacted government autho... Read More