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SC to hear plea of 300 army personnel, Manipur Police commandos challenging FIR against them in AFSPA enforced areas
Fp Staff •The court agreed to an urgent hearing after lawyer Aishwarya Bhati said that army personnel are being prosecuted in AFSPA areas for performing duties.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi's call for 'revolution' reiterates need to fix structural, social defects in Indian judiciary
Kiruba_munusamy •Justice Ranjan Gogoi's recently reiterated his concerns about democracy and the freedom of judiciary saying that 'independent journalists and noisy judges are needed to defend democracy'
Justice J Chelameswar retires: 'Younger generation stood by me while established lawyers attacked me', he says
Fp Staff •Justice J Chelameswar, who had his last working day on Friday, shared the dais with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
Supreme Court justices write letter to CJI Dipak Misra, warn of 'institutional issues' regarding future of court
Fp Staff •Supreme Court justices Ranjan Gogoi and Madan Lokur have written to Dipak Misra, urging the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to call a full court to discuss "institutional issues" regarding the future of the court.
Friction between SC judges continues as land acquisition matter referred to CJI to deal with 'piquant' situation
Fp Staff •Supreme Court referred a matter relating to land acquisition to the CJI for constituting an "appropriate bench" to deal with the "piquant" situation that had arisen.
Supreme Court crisis: CJI makes public new roster system for allocation of cases, but is it enough to resolve impasse?
Fp Staff •CJI Dipak Misra put in place a roster system for allocation of cases in the SC in what could be a move to address the grievances by four-senior most judges.
Supreme Court judges' rebellion: Justice Chelameswar declines to say if SC crisis is over
•Justice J Chelameswar on Monday declined to say if the unprecedented crisis hitting the Supreme Court was over.
Supreme Court bench headed by CJI dismisses plea seeking ban on media from discussing issues raised by rebel judges
•The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain the media from publishing, discussing and politicising issues raised by four senior-most judges.
Supreme Court updates: Aadhaar is giant electronic leash, will cause death of citizen's rights, says petitioner in court
Fp Staff •A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear some extremely important cases beginning Wednesday, including those on Aadhaar and the validity of Section 377.
Supreme Court judges against CJI: Higher judiciary must reform itself if integrity of institution is to be preserved
Ajay Singh •That is not surprising because political practitioners in a democracy are guided by majoritarianism. India’s Supreme Court (SC) is a classic example of an institution which stood up to this evil of democracy. But history is hardly a mirror for the present, it seems.