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Office of CJI: Need of a fixed tenure as complicated issues warrant long-term approach
Snehil Kunwar Singh •One of the most important offices in the country functions in an ad-hoc manner without any long-term vision or planning. This affects, ultimately, the justice delivery to citizenry at large
Centre decided to remove all obsolete, archaic laws, says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
•The Law Minister also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi desires to reduce the compliance burden of the people and wants a lesser government role in people's lives
Constitution bench hearings of Supreme Court to be live-streamed from Tuesday
Fp Staff •The move, upon the implementation, would enable the public to watch live important cases like EWS quota case, Article 370 abrogation case, that are to be listed for hearing after Dussehra break of the top court
Common Service Centres to provide people access to judicial services through eCourts project
•The CSCs have teamed up with Union law ministry to offer host of judicial services through eCourts project. Citizens can seamlessly access information of their cases in the courts or the location of the courts at their nearest CSC
India@75: Six judgements that safeguarded individual liberty and strengthened India's democracy
Shishir Tripathi •These judgements are only a few of the hundreds that helped in consolidating India’s position as a constitutional democracy
'Contemptuous': All India Bar Association hits back at Kapil Sibal's 'lost hope in judiciary' remarks
•Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal has expressed his displeasure over some of the recent judgements passed by the Supreme Court saying he has 'no hope left' in the institution
A tale of two Supreme Courts: Best practices from the US and India need to be adopted
Rajeev •While India’s democracy ‘matures’, there is nothing wrong in taking some lessons from the US about what works. There is no need to import everything wholesale, but pick and choose judiciously
Judiciary is answerable to the Constitution alone, says CJI NV Ramana
•The chief justice made the comment at a felicitation organised by the Association of Indian Americans in San Francisco, US
How All-India Judicial Services can go a long way in fixing talent deficit and vacancy in district courts
Sushant Khalkho •The foundation of India’s judicial system rests on district and subordinate judiciary handling the bulk of our civil and criminal justice system
SC Collegium recommends elevation of Justice Sanjay Yadav as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
•Justice Yadav is presently the Acting Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, and had previously worked as the Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court