CJI Surya Kant mourns the 25 lives lost in the Goa nightclub fire, calling it a national tragedy. He outlines a balanced legal approach to drug abuse, emphasizing rehabilitation over punishment for users. Read his full vision.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant outlines a plan to transform courts into multi-door dispute resolution centres, emphasising mediation. Learn about the push for over 2.5 lakh trained mediators.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant advocates for a national-level legal academy to address emerging challenges from artificial intelligence and cybercrimes. Read his full address from the Goa conference.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant pitches a 'multi-door courthouse' model for comprehensive dispute resolution, integrating mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Explore the future of India's justice system.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Supreme Court judges will attend a two-day National Conference on Mediation in Goa, focusing on strengthening ADR mechanisms. Read more.
Supreme Court criticizes Uttarakhand authorities as 'silent spectators' to systematic forest land grabbing in Rishikesh. Orders inquiry, halts construction. Next hearing on Jan 5.
CJI Surya Kant instructs Supreme Court Registry to carefully examine urgent cases for appropriate listing. Special vacation benches are currently operational for immediate hearings. Read the full details.
Supreme Court grants interim relief to advocate Anjali Singh & her mother, barring coercive action in an FIR linked to a property dispute with her uncle. Read the full story.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will lead a special vacation bench on December 22 to hear urgent matters. This move ensures judicial access during the Supreme Court's winter break.
Supreme Court intervenes to protect a young advocate and her mother from harassment over ancestral property. CJI Surya Kant emphasizes the poor's first right to justice. Read the full story.
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant will be the chief guest at a program in Etawah honoring late Justice Prem Shankar Gupta, a champion of Hindi in courts. Read about the dignitaries and awardees.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant announced that one or two Supreme Court benches may sit on December 22 to hear urgent cases. The registry will verify the urgency before listing. Read for details.
The Supreme Court collegium, led by CJI Surya Kant, has proposed the appointment of five high court judges as chief justices and transferred the Meghalaya CJ. Get the full list of recommendations and details here.
Supreme Court remarks on trend of judges passing many orders before retirement, hearing plea of MP judge suspended 10 days before retirement. Read the full story.
Supreme Court CJI Surya Kant highlights a worrying trend of judges passing questionable orders before retirement. Details on the MP judge's suspension case and the court's strong remarks.
India's Supreme Court grants two weeks to the Centre to respond to a plea alleging custodial disappearance of Rohingyas. The bench led by CJI Surya Kant seeks a detailed reply. Read the full story.
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CJI Surya Kant calls for modernising India's prisons with digital training & UK-style monitoring chips. Aim: transform jails into 'engines of reintegration'. Read the full plan.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant advocates renaming prisons to 'sudhar grih' to focus on rehabilitation. He spoke at the inauguration of an ITI in Bhondsi jail complex.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant emphasizes prisoner reintegration through skill development at Gurgaon event. Calls for a shift from retribution to correctional justice.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, pledged to reduce litigation costs and set reasonable case timelines to make the Supreme Court accessible to every citizen. Read his full vision for judicial reform.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant states the judiciary is being overly cautious in implementing AI. Get the full details on the balance between technology and tradition in India's courts.
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider listing Tamil Nadu's plea challenging a High Court order related to a temple lamp lighting dispute. Get the latest updates on this legal tussle.
Supreme Court asks Election Commission to counter NGO's claim of 5 lakh duplicate voters in Bihar's electoral rolls. EC must prove it followed all rules in the special revision. Read the full story.
CJI Surya Kant to inaugurate vocational training at Model Jail, Burail, and a month-long anti-drug campaign. New ITI courses aim to rehabilitate inmates.
Chief Justice of India inaugurates a major correctional reform initiative in Punjab, aiming to provide certified vocational training to 2,500 inmates across 24 jails. Read about the new paradigm for rehabilitation.
Supreme Court expresses outrage over 16-year delay in acid attack trial, seeks nationwide data on pending cases and mulls legal amendments for victims' rights. Read more.
India's Supreme Court grants humanitarian entry to a pregnant woman and her child from Bangladesh. West Bengal government directed to provide care. Read the full story.
Supreme Court says farmers not primary culprits for Delhi's smog. On National Pollution Control Day, the CJI-led bench highlights other major polluters. Read the full analysis.
Chief Justice Kant highlights it's easy to blame farmers for Delhi's air pollution crisis. The Supreme Court questions if stubble burning is the only reason. Read the full analysis.