Judiciary

Israelis stage 'day of resistance' against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul judiciary

Demonstrators, who have been out protesting for more than two months against the overhaul, launched a 'day of resistance to dictatorship' on Thursday

Pakistan proposes five-year jail term for defamation of army, judiciary

Pakistan's Interior Ministry has initiated a bill, according to which, a person who scandalises the country’s army and judiciary will undergo a five-year prison sentence. The accused will also be fined upto Rs 1 million, or both, in some cases

Turkey: Erdogan uses weaponised judiciary to block Imamoglu, his strongest rival for presidency

Ekrem Imamoglu is a Turkish businessman, building contractor, and centre-left politician serving as the 32nd Mayor of Istanbul

Supreme Court bench expresses displeasure in order over new case listing system

A bench headed by Sanjay Kishan Kaul while hearing a criminal case said, "The new listing system is not giving an adequate time to take up matters fixed for hearing like the present case as there are number of matters within the span of 'Afternoon' session"

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju calls for cooperation between judiciary and executive, felicitates CJI Uday Umesh Lalit

Rijiju said he always believes in teamwork, and to strengthen the judiciary and the CJI, he would give his full contribution as law minister

Executive, legislature, judiciary 'equal repositories' of constitutional trust, says Chief Justice of India NV Ramana

The CJI referred to Article 38 of the Constitution on the Directive Principles of State Policy and said it was the responsibility of the state to secure a social order in which 'justice, social, economic and political', are rendered

BCI, AIBA slam Kapil Sibal for his controversial statement on Supreme Court, judiciary

Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and senior advocate, Kapil Sibal, in an event, has expressed his displeasure over some of the recent judgements passed by the Supreme Court saying he has "no hope left" in the institution

Why honourable courts should exercise ‘utmost discretion’ while making oral observations

Judicial utterances don’t ‘pass with the moment’, they linger on in our collective memory, shape public opinions, and even the legal process

Judiciary is answerable to the Constitution alone, says CJI NV Ramana

The chief justice made the comment at a felicitation organised by the Association of Indian Americans in San Francisco, US

PM Modi pitches for use of local language in courts to bridge gap between citizens and judiciary

The prime minister also appealed to chief ministers to repeal outdated laws to make the delivery of justice easier.