CJI D Y Chandrachud highlighted the paramount challenge facing the Indian judiciary, the eradication of barriers to accessing justice.
#DYChandrachud #CJI #SupremeCourt #ChiefJustice #IndianJudiciary
https://www.ganganews.com/india/cji-chandrachud-highlights-mission-to-enhance-access-to-justice/
#dychandrachud #cji #supremecourt #chiefjustice #indianjudiciary
Only 3% of High Court judges since 2018 were SC; 1.5% ST: Parliamentary Committee flags 'diversity deficit' in judiciary
The Committee opined that the Supreme Court and High Court Collegiums should recommend an adequate number of women and candidates from marginalized sections for judgeship.
#IndianJudiciary #courts #SCST #dalits #SupremeCourt #HighCourts #collegiums #caste #CasteDiscrimination #GenderDiscrimination #representation #diversity #judges #india
#indianjudiciary #courts #scst #dalits #supremecourt #highcourts #collegiums #caste #castediscrimination #genderdiscrimination #representation #diversity #judges #india
Fortuitous week for BJP functionaries as courts protects 3 from punitive action under law
No conviction in assault case, no FIR in hate speech, no violation of election code for BJP MP Ram Shankar, Assam CM Sarma and BJP president JP Nadda respectively.
#UttarPradesh #assam #karnataka #BJP #RamShankar #HimantaBiswaSarma #JPNadda #HateSpeech #crime #MoralCodeOfConduct #KarnatakaHC #GauhatiHC #courts #IndianJudiciary #india
#uttarpradesh #assam #karnataka #BJP #ramshankar #himantabiswasarma #jpnadda #hatespeech #crime #moralcodeofconduct #karnatakahc #GauhatiHC #courts #indianjudiciary #india
Supreme Court's 'Illegal But Permissible' Jurisprudence
A noticeable pattern can be seen in some of the recent decisions whereby the Supreme Court holds certain actions to be illegal but allows them to continue. The end result is that the relief becomes merely academic - a declaration of illegality with no real world consequence - and the wrongdoers get to reap the fruits of their wrongful actions. Manu Sebastian writes.
#SupremeCourt #ED #SKMishra #ShivSena #BabriMasjidVerdict #justice #IndianJudiciary #UnionGovt #india
https://www.livelaw.in/articles/supreme-courts-illegal-but-permissible-jurisprudence-233937
#supremecourt #ed #skmishra #Shivsena #babrimasjidverdict #justice #indianjudiciary #uniongovt #india
Kept GN Saibaba in Jail, Made UAPA Harder: What Justice MR Shah Did in SC
On the day after Justice MR Shah's retirement, we reflect upon his time as a Supreme Court judge.
#JusticeMRShah #UAPA #GNSaibaba #SanjivBhatt #NarendraModi #ITAct #SupremeCourt #IndianJudiciary #justice #law #india
#justicemrshah #uapa #gnsaibaba #sanjivbhatt #narendramodi #itact #supremecourt #indianjudiciary #justice #law #india
Patna High Court Stays Caste-Based Census In Bihar
Patna High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on the caste-based census in Bihar and told the government not to disclose the data collected so far.
#bihar #CasteCensus #PatnaHC #caste #SocialJustice #reservations #representation #RJD #JDU #IndianJudiciary #hindutva #law #justice #india
https://www.outlookindia.com/national/patna-high-court-stays-caste-based-census-in-bihar-news-283685
#Bihar #castecensus #patnahc #caste #socialjustice #reservations #representation #rjd #jdu #indianjudiciary #hindutva #law #justice #india
Bilkis Bano case convicts playing for time: Supreme Court judge K.M. Joseph
Justice Joseph noted that time was running out for him, with his retirement now just days away.
#BilkisBano #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #SupremeCourt #KMJoseph #justice #IndianJudiciary #MassRape #genocide #BJP #VHP #BajrangDal #hindutva #india
#bilkisbano #gujaratpogrom #gujaratriots #supremecourt #kmjoseph #justice #indianjudiciary #massrape #genocide #BJP #vhp #Bajrangdal #hindutva #india
Defamation case: Gujarat HC judge hearing Rahul’s plea was Maya Kodnani’s lawyer
Justice Hemant M Prachak defended Kodnani in criminal case number 1708/12 against the Special SIT court in one of the cases following riots in Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gam areas of Ahmedabad in February 2002 where more than a hundred Muslims, including women and children, were killed.
#gujarat #RahulGandhi #defamation #GujaratHC #MayaKodnani #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #NarodaPatiya NarodaGam #IndianJudiciary #justice #law #INC #india
#gujarat #rahulgandhi #defamation #gujarathc #mayakodnani #gujaratpogrom #gujaratriots #narodapatiya #indianjudiciary #justice #law #Inc #india
Supreme Court directs Gautam Navlakha to pay INR 8 lakhs as cost of deploying police for his house arrest
The NIA has been directed by the court to file a counter affidavit on Navlakha’s plea for change of place of house arrest to another part of Mumbai.
#SupremeCourt #GautamNavlakha #BhimaKoregaon #ElgarParishad #BK16 #NIA #activism #justice #dalits #caste #IndianJudiciary #CasteViolence #UnionGovt #brahminism #BJP #india
#supremecourt #gautamnavlakha #bhimakoregaon #elgarparishad #BK16 #nia #activism #justice #dalits #caste #indianjudiciary #casteviolence #uniongovt #brahminism #BJP #india
File FIRs against anyone delivering hate speech, Supreme Court tells all states
The Supreme Court on Friday directed all states and Union Territories to register suo motu FIRs against anyone delivering hate speeches irrespective of their religion, and warned that non-compliance would invite contempt proceedings against the officials responsible.
#HateSpeech #SupremeCourt #hindutva #islamophobia #IndianJudiciary #justice #law #india
#hatespeech #supremecourt #hindutva #islamophobia #indianjudiciary #justice #law #india
Why are Gujarat’s courts increasingly acquitting 2002 riots accused?
The ruling BJP is working the criminal justice system to ensure this outcome, its opposition leaders and critics allege.
#gujarat #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #justice #courts #IndianJudiciary #genocide #BilkisBano #BJP #VHP #BajrangDal #muslims #NarodaPatiya #godhra #NarodaGam #hindutva #MayaKodnani #BabuBajrangi #NarendraModi #india
https://scroll.in/article/1047905/why-are-gujarats-courts-increasingly-acquitting-2002-riots-accused
#gujarat #gujaratpogrom #gujaratriots #justice #courts #indianjudiciary #genocide #bilkisbano #BJP #vhp #Bajrangdal #muslims #narodapatiya #godhra #narodagam #hindutva #mayakodnani #babubajrangi #narendramodi #india
"No application of mind": Delhi High Court on DU order barring student who organised screening of BBC Documentary on PM Modi
The Court remarked that there has to be some independent application of mind by the University but the same was not reflected in the debarment order.
#DelhiHC #BBCdocumentary #DelhiUniversity #NarendraModi #censorship #NSUI #BBC #PressFreedom #BJP #IndianJudiciary #india
#delhihc #bbcdocumentary #delhiuniversity #narendramodi #censorship #nsui #bbc #pressfreedom #BJP #indianjudiciary #india
Muslim politician spends 1 year in prison under National Security Act for not paying municipality taxes; SC quashes proceedings
The Supreme Court has quashed the proceedings under the National Security Act (NSA) against a Samajwadi Party leader in Uttar Pradesh in a revenue dues matter, and pulled up the State for “non-application of mind” and “improper exercise” of jurisdiction.
#UttarPradesh #moradabad #UPgovt #NSA #NationalSecurity #SupremeCourt #SamajwadiParty #YusufMalik #muslims #law #justice #IndianJudiciary #india
#uttarpradesh #moradabad #upgovt #nsa #nationalsecurity #supremecourt #samajwadiparty #yusufmalik #muslims #law #justice #indianjudiciary #india
India’s police and judiciary lack caste and gender diversity
The India Justice Report 2022 notes that ‘there is a shortfall in inclusion’ everywhere and the ‘pace of repair remains glacial’.
#police #IndianJudiciary #caste #gender #diversity #inclusion #reservations #representation #IndiaJusticeReport2022 #judges #india
https://scroll.in/article/1046869/indias-police-and-judiciary-lack-caste-and-gender-diversity
#police #indianjudiciary #caste #gender #diversity #inclusion #reservations #representation #indiajusticereport2022 #judges #india
36 years after 72 Muslims were killed in UP, all 39 accused acquitted
More than three decades - and 900 hearings - after the massacre in which 72 people, all Muslims, were killed at Malyana on the outskirts of Meerut, a local court has acquitted all the 39 accused.
#UttarPradesh #malyana #meerut #muslims #pogrom #genocide #PAC #hashimpura #ProvincialArmedConstabulary #UPgovt #justice #CommunalViolence #IndianJudiciary #hindutva #india
#uttarpradesh #malyana #meerut #muslims #pogrom #genocide #pac #hashimpura #provincialarmedconstabulary #upgovt #justice #communalviolence #indianjudiciary #hindutva #india
Supreme Court slams ‘silence of state’ on ‘vicious circle’ of hate against minorities
“The moment religion is separated from politics, all this will stop,” says Justice Joseph.
#SupremeCourt #UnionGovt #HateSpeech #HateCrime #minorities #hindutva #communalism #MaharashtraGovt #muslims #christians #IndianJudiciary #india
#supremecourt #uniongovt #hatespeech #hatecrime #minorities #hindutva #Communalism #maharashtragovt #muslims #christians #indianjudiciary #india
Modi’s Power to Sideline Challengers Is Only Growing
The ouster from Parliament of India’s best-known opposition leader shows how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is manipulating the judiciary, critics say.
#NarendraModi #modi #BJP #democracy #RahulGandhi #opposition #INC #IndianJudiciary #SupremeCourt #GautamAdani #AdaniGroup #communalism #hindutva #india
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/world/asia/modi-india-gandhi-judiciary.html
#narendramodi #modi #BJP #democracy #rahulgandhi #opposition #Inc #indianjudiciary #supremecourt #gautamadani #adanigroup #Communalism #hindutva #india
Sanatan Sanstha not terrorist organisation under UAPA but a spiritual body imparting education on dharma: Bombay High Court
The accused, a member of the organisation, had been booked in a 2018 case where it was alleged that the accused had prepared crude bombs in his house.
#terrorism #SanatanSanstha #hindutva #BombayHC #UAPA #religion #maharashtra #hinduism #justice #hindus #IndianJudiciary #ATS #law #india
#terrorism #sanatansanstha #hindutva #BombayHC #uapa #religion #maharashtra #Hinduism #justice #Hindus #indianjudiciary #ats #law #india
SC clarifies ‘mere membership’ of banned organisation will make person criminally liable under UAPA
The court held that a person who continues to be a member of a banned organisation despite knowing it to be unlawful deserves to be liable.
#uapa #supremecourt #indianjudiciary #law #justice #india
‘Talking like an outlaw’: Opposition critcises Kiren Rijiju for his remark about retired judges
The law minister had said that some retired judges are part of an “anti-India gang’ and are trying to make the judiciary play the role of the Opposition party.
#KirenRijiju #IndianJudiciary #law #opposition #RSS #BJP #democracy #justice #INC #ShivSena #CPIM #india
#kirenrijiju #indianjudiciary #law #opposition #RSS #BJP #democracy #justice #Inc #Shivsena #cpim #india