Several organisations and former civil servants have expressed deep concern over recent remarks by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on environmental litigation.
He said offences like “digital arrests” and other forms of cyber crimes committed day and night, causing harassment, most particularly to the senior citizens, are the latest and new challenges that the Indian judiciary is facing.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of directions to ease the workload on Booth Level Officers (BLOs) involved in the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in several states, following reports of deaths and FIRs against ground-level staff.
If approved, Justice Kant will become the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) and assume office upon Justice Gavai’s demitting charge on November 23.
A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said the matter could not be taken up due to a lack of time and will now be heard on November 11.
The Supreme Court has said that it must express its anguish over the manner in which women have been subjected…
The Supreme Court, which had set up a committee comprising three woman judges to enquire into the violence against women…
The issue of a shortage of central forces and bringing in police from other states was also discussed
Under the new roster, arbitration matters will be heard by the benches headed by CJI Chandrachud, Justice Kaul, Justice Khanna, Justice Bhat and Justice Oka.
The recently concluded Budget Session of the Seventeenth Lok Sabha was truly noteworthy, as the Lok Sabha functioned for only 33 per cent of its scheduled time (46 hours) and Rajya Sabha for 24 per cent (32 hours). Significantly, in the 15 days of the second part of the Budget Session, Lok Sabha worked for 5 per cent and Rajya Sabha for 6 per cent of scheduled time
