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Soli Sorabjee, former attorney general, dies at 91 after contracting Covid

Sorabjee, a senior lawyer and Padma Vibhushan recipient, was being treated at a private hospital

Delhi district courts to take up only urgent matters through virtual means

Delhi High Court on Monday ordered that all the judicial officers of the District Courts in Delhi will take up only urgent cases of their respective Courts

SC asks govt for reasonable timeline to clear names given by collegium

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to apprise it of a reasonable time frame within which it can respond to the recommendations made by its collegium for appointment of judges

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking uniform retirement age for judges

SC refused to entertain a PIL seeking uniform retirement age for judges of High Courts and the top court

SC to hear on Apr 9 plea of Mukhtar Ansari's wife for his protection in UP

SC will hear on Friday the plea of the wife of Mukhtar Ansari seeking directions to the UP authorities to ensure that her husband's life is protected, besides being accorded fair trial in cases

SC to hear Centre's plea to close cases against Italian marines on April 9

Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on April 9 the Centre's plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in Feb 2012

Justice N V Ramana appointed as next CJI, to assume charge on April 24

Justice Ramana will assume charge as the 48th CJI on April 24, a day after the retirement of incumbent CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde

CJI invokes Rudyard Kipling to advise judges against social media slander

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Saturday invoked poet Rudyard Kipling to advise judges against social media slander

Supreme Court as change agent

Book review of Supreme Court

Chief Justice of India recommends Justice NV Ramana as his successor

Chief Justice of India SA Bobde on Wednesday recommended Justice NV Ramana as his successor

Fed up with cut, copy and paste business of HCs in this computer age: SC

The Supreme Court on Friday said that it is fed up with cut, copy and paste business done in this computer age by the High Courts

Delhi riots: Court takes cognisance of offences of sedition in UAPA case

A Delhi court Tuesday took cognisance of the offence of sedition against 18 persons

Comments against judges a disturbing new trend: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad also expressed satisfaction over the judiciary having risen to the challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic last year.

AG declines consent to initiate contempt proceedings against ex-CJI Gogoi

Attorney General Venugopal refused to grant sanction to initiate contempt proceedings against former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi for his alleged statements against the apex judiciary

Shekhar Gupta: Indian judiciary and law of Habeas Porcus

It's the prime responsibility of judiciary to ensure our liberty and habeas corpus is the usual route. But 'bail, not jail' is being murdered and cremated routinely

Best of BS Opinion: Epochal transition, a non-violent 'toolkit' & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Toolkit case: Court seeks police response on Muluk's anticipatory bail plea

A court here on Wednesday sought response from the Delhi Police on the anticipatory bail application of Shantanu Muluk

Religare scam: Anticipatory bail plea of former director dismissed

A Delhi court has dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of Avinash Chander Mahajan, former independent director of Religare Finvest Ltd

Endless wait for justice in courts, says former CJI Ranjan Gogoi

'You want a $5 trillion economy but you have a ramshackled judiciary'

PM Narendra Modi hails country's judiciary for safeguarding people's rights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the country's judiciary, saying that it has performed its duty well in safeguarding people's rights and upholding personal liberty