Tag: judgments

Key Supreme Court judgments that marked 2020

Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court , once a hive of activity, remains quiet, but since March 23, when the courts started virtual hearings, life has returned to some sort of new normal : the court rooms have been substituted by virtual courts; paper books by computer files; judges conduct hearings through video conferencing; and technology largely

Andhra High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Defamatory Remarks On Judgments

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com The Andhra Pradesh High Court today said the CBI should file cases against all those who slandered judges. Contending that the judgments of the High Court were “misrepresented” in the social media posts, the judges asked the government to cooperate with the CBI. Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court today ordered a probe by

Why CJI Gogoi’s Proposal to Increase the Supreme Court’s Strength Is Misplaced

Source: thewire.in Last week, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to increase the Supreme Court’s current sanctioned strength of 31 judges, ostensibly to tackle the continuing rise in pendency of cases. The court, which began with a sanctioned strength of eight judges, saw the number of judges