The number of cases pending in various high courts in India has increased during the tenure of Narendra Modi as prime minister as close to 40% of the judge positions in the higher judiciary continues to remain vacant. While there were 39.3 lakh cases pending at the 24 High Courts in India at the end […]
The Supreme Court has dismissed a curative petition filed by the Kerala Government against its decision finding the main accused not guilty in the prominent Saumya rape and murder case of Kerala. The case, analogous to the Nirbhaya episode of Delhi, had shocked the state. The incident happened in 2011, when 23-year-old Soumya was travelling in […]
A large proportion of the posts for judges in the various High Courts in India are lying vacant, resulting in painfully slow dispensation of justice, according to law ministry numbers. Out of a total of 1079 posts of judges in all the High Courts in India, a whopping 442 are lying vacant as of last […]
The central government is awaiting feedback from the Supreme Court before expanding digitization of court proceedings by introducing audio and video recordings of proceedings. The ministry of law and justice said that it has been getting suggestions that following the digitization of court documents, a move should be made to digitize and record entire proceedings. […]
In a significant judgment, a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha has ruled that truth can be a valid defence in contempt of court cases, and dismissed a case filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy against journalist Arun Shourie. In his petition filed in 1990, Swamy had requested contempt of […]
