Indian judiciary

Who Is Ajeet Bharti? YouTuber Questioned After Controversial Comments On CJI Shoe Attack

The Noida police questioned YouTuber and social media influencer Ajeet Bharti for several hours over his recent comments against Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai.

Oct 08, 2025, 12:26 PM IST

Sharjeel Imam Moves Supreme Court After Bail Denial In 2020 Delhi Riots Case

Imam, who was arrested on 28 January 2020, has been in custody for over five years. His plea contests the High Court's 2 September order, delivered by a division bench comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur, which declined to release him on bail. The Supreme Court is yet to list his petition for hearing.

Sep 06, 2025, 19:28 PM IST

Mumbai Train Blasts: Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Acquittal, But Says 'No Re-Arrest' For Accused

7/11 Mumbai Bomb Blast: Appearing for the State, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the bench, comprising Justices MM Sundresh and NK Singh, that he was not seeking an order for the re-arrest or surrender of the released accused.

Jul 24, 2025, 11:27 AM IST

'Manipulating Democracy, Hurting The Constitution': Congress Responds To PM's 'Browbeat And Bully' Remark

PM Modi slammed the Congress party for “shamelessly” seeking commitment “from others for their selfish interests.”

Mar 29, 2024, 07:55 AM IST

'Browbeating Is Vintage Congress Culture': PM Modi After 600 Lawyers Write To CJI

More than 600 lawyers addressed a letter to the CJI against 'vested interests' trying to influence the judiciary

Mar 28, 2024, 17:30 PM IST

Study adopts name-analysis to investigate bias in the Indian Judiciary

Inequalities across groups defined by gender, religion, and ethnicity are present in almost all societies and cultures. Therefore, the judicial system of a particular country may have unequal representation, mirroring the unequal access of different people to the legal profession. 

May 25, 2023, 13:42 PM IST

'Deliberate Attempt To Malign Image Of India': Law Minister Counters Rahul's 'Democracy Under Attack' Claim

Rijiju's comments came after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a lecture at Cambridge University alleged that Indian democracy is under attack.

Mar 05, 2023, 10:40 AM IST

'Deadly for Democracy': Former SC Judge SLAMS Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's 'Diatribe' Against Judiciary

Centre Vs Judiciary: Former SC judge Rohinton Fali Nariman has said the Centre sitting on the names of judges recommended by the collegium will be "deadly for democracy.

Jan 28, 2023, 15:57 PM IST

Govt NOT taking control of judiciary, judges should be committed to nation: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The Union Law Minister said he had raised questions on the collegium system on various platforms and till 1993, there was no debate or discussion, but what happened after 1993, everybody knows. He pointed out that some political parties claim that there is friction between the executive and judiciary and that the government is trying to take control of the judiciary and at times, news outlets do it to keep masala in the news.

Dec 27, 2022, 07:33 AM IST

Four Women in Supreme Court! Historic! But is it really?

In the 70 years of the Supreme Court, only 8 women have been appointed as judges. Among the 644 working judges in High Courts, only 77 are women, just 12%. 

Sep 05, 2021, 14:23 PM IST

Watch Debate: Why Asaduddin Owaisi don't trust Indian judiciary?

This segment of Zee News brings to you discussion on concurrent issues. Today's question for debate is- Why Asaduddin Owaisi don't trust Indian judiciary? Watch this debate to know more.

Nov 16, 2019, 12:26 PM IST

DNA: Don't Address Judges As "My Lord", Rajasthan High Court Tells Lawyers

The Rajasthan High Court has asked the lawyers and litigants to do away with the colonial era practice of addressing judges as ‘My Lord’ or ‘Your Lordship’. The resolution to abandon the practice was passed during the first full High Court meeting chaired by new Chief Justice S Ravindra Bhatt on Sunday.

Jul 16, 2019, 22:28 PM IST

UP and Bihar top list of states with decade-old court cases: Law minister RS Prasad

Union law minister  RS Prasad says there are more than 2.91 crore court cases pending in district and subordinate courts across the country.

Dec 19, 2018, 15:51 PM IST

SC was not moving in right direction under CJI Misra: Justice Kurian Joseph

Justice Kurian Joseph retired as a Supreme Court judge on December 30.

Dec 02, 2018, 12:12 PM IST

Justice Ranjan Gogoi to take oath as CJI; can he further strengthen the judiciary?

Justice Gogoi will be the 46th CJI and have a term of 13 months 15 days.

Oct 03, 2018, 06:32 AM IST

Guwahati Lok Adalat gets Assam’s first transgender judge Swati

Baruah has become the third transgender judge in India, with two others in West Bengal and Maharashtra judiciaries.

Jul 14, 2018, 21:05 PM IST

Judiciary-Govt bonhomie 'death knell' for democracy: Justice J Chelameswar

While there was no response to the letter from the office of CJI Dipak Misra, several legal luminaries too chose not to comment on the matter.

Mar 29, 2018, 23:06 PM IST

Opposition parties mull motion to remove CJI Dipak Misra, SP extends support

The motion is in relation to CJI Dipak Misra's handling of the matters raised by four Supreme Court judges at a press conference on January 11, 2018.

Mar 28, 2018, 06:52 AM IST

Is crisis within SC over? CJI Dipak Misra likely to meet four 'rebel' judges today

 During today's meeting, the top court judges will try to resolve issues relating to the allocation of cases and the functioning of the highest court.

Jan 18, 2018, 06:10 AM IST

Crisis within Supreme Court will be resolved soon: CJI Dipak Misra

CJI Dipak Misra today assured that crisis within the Indian judiciary will be resolved soon.

Jan 15, 2018, 00:18 AM IST