Indian Judicial System

Ravi Shankar Prasad says terrorists, corrupt have no right to privacy, warns of 'sinister trend' of populist campaigns against judgments

Terrorists and corrupt people have "no right to privacy" and these people should not be allowed to abuse the internet, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday

Supreme Court says interference in judicial system 'doesn’t augur well', holds that appointment, transfer of judges pivotal to judiciary's independence

The Supreme Court on Monday said that the appointment and transfer of judges are pivotal to the administration of justice and any interference does not augur well for the institution.

Firstpost Editor's Picks: DK Shivakumar arrested, final NRC list in Assam, US Open 2019; today's must-read stories

Firstpost Editor's Picks: Congress leader DK Shivakumar arrested, Final NRC list excludes 19 lakh in Assam, Grigor Dimitrov in US Open 2019; today's must-read stories

Bhima Koregaon arrests: By questioning Saket CMM order, Delhi HC revealed judiciary's eagerness to approve state viewpoint

The Delhi High Court order with regards to arrest of journalist Gautam Navlakha in Bhima Koregaon violence, dictated by Justice S Muralidhar, is a remarkable document and must be read by all citizens. In this instance the judiciary itself that has revealed the problems within it.

'Independent judges, noisy journalists democracy’s first line of defence': Justice Gogoi calls for revolution in judiciary

Senior Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi said that the judicial system needs revolution, not reform if it is to be serviceable for the common man while delivering the third Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture in Delhi

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi hails Indian judiciary as strongest, most transparent justice system in world

Naqvi hailed the Indian judiciary as independent, one of the strongest and most transparent justice systems in the world and said it was honestly fulfilling its responsibilities

Justice PN Bhagwati, pioneer of judicial activism and PILs, dies at 95 after brief illness

Former chief justice of India PN Bhagwati, considered a pioneer of judicial activism in the country for introducing the concept of PILs, died on Thursday after brief illness, family sources said.

Rich, famous, teflon-coated: The Nanavati case set the bar for the elite to subvert justice

Every decade since 1959 has offered up a case where elite mafias would try to subvert the judicial system, but L'affaire Nanavati still stands above the sordid rest. Bachi Karkaria on why the Nanavati case was a class apart — every which way:

SC judge VR Krishna Iyer, who unseated Indira Gandhi as MP, dies at 100

Jurist V R Krishna Iyer, a left-leaning intellectual who stood for the rights of the downtrodden as a Supreme Court judge, died.

SC anguished over plight of undertrials, fundamental rights violation

"It also reflects our imprudence when our prisons are bursting at their seams," judges said.