Supreme Court issues revised protocol for mentioning, urgent listing and adjournment of cases from December 1

The Supreme Court of India has introduced a new set of procedures that will take effect from December 1, changing how lawyers can seek urgent listings, make oral mentions, and…

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A Rising Surya

By Inderjit Badhwar “Surya” means the sun. A new chief justice of India (CJI) always brings a sense of occasion, but Justice Surya Kant’s elevation feels distinctly consequential. His journey…

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AG Venkataramani urges Indian judiciary to adopt global mindset with swadeshi jurisprudence

Attorney General for India R Venkataramani has said that the Indian judiciary should remain intellectually porous to comparative and international judicial developments, even as it pursues a project of swadeshi…

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OBC quota: Supreme Court allows conduct of Maharashtra local body elections with a condition

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Maharashtra local body elections to proceed as per the notified schedule, while directing that the results in constituencies where the reservation ceiling appears…

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