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Pandemic forced judiciary to adopt modern methods to impart justice: CJI

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Friday the COVID-19 pandemic forced the judicial system to adopt modern methods to impart justice and the goal now must be to evolve judicial institutions and not wait for another pandemic to take active decisions. Speaking at the 18th meeting of the chief justices of the Supreme Courts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, Chandrachud highlighted the steps taken by the Indian judiciary with the onset of the pandemic. He said since the pandemic, the district courts in India heard 16.5 million cases, the high courts 7.58 million cases, while the Supreme Court heard 3,79,954 cases through video-conference. "In conclusion, the pandemic forced the judicial system to adopt modern methods to impart justice. But our goal must lie in evolving our judicial institutions as a matter of principle, and not wait for another pandemic to take active decisions," the CJI said at a joint interactive session. The Supreme Court and t

64.74% of electoral bonds redeemed between March 2018 and November 2022

An individual can buy bonds, either singly or jointly with other individuals. No limit exists on the number of electoral bonds that a person or corporate entity can purchase

SC decision on Adani-Hindenburg probe panel today: 5 things you must know

On February 17, the Centre had told the apex court that they would submit their suggestions for the proposed panel in a sealed cover, but the court refused to accept it

Due to commercialisation, mistrust on health services became narrative: CJI

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Sunday said that due to an overburdened healthcare system, coupled with increasing commercialisation of healthcare, mistrust and suspicion on medical services are becoming narratives surrounding healthcare. The Chief Justice said, "We as a society need to counteract structural and policy constraint which prevent access to good healthcare in order to achieve healthcare justice", while lamenting that growing socio-economic inequalities in India have a disproportionate effect on health outcomes of marginalized groups. Speaking at the 19th Sir Ganga Ram Oration on Prescription for Justice- 'Quest for Fairness and Equity in Healthcare', the CJI said equality and fairness are prime factors that permeate the healthcare system to facilitate justice. "Due to an overburdened healthcare system, coupled with increasing commercialization of healthcare, mistrust and suspicion on medical services are becoming narratives surrounding healthcare. I began by ..

Supreme Court rejects plea to stop media from reporting on Adani-Hindenburg

Last week, SC had reserved orders on constituting an expert committee to review the regulatory mechanism in India to protect the investors

SC takes steps towards reforms in first 100 days of CJI Chandrachud's term

Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud's first 100 days in office saw the Supreme Court take a giant leap towards reforms, especially making courts more technology-friendly, and ensuring relatively fast judicial appointments including those of eight judges to the apex court. During the tenure of Justice Chandrachud, the 50th head of the judiciary, the top court witnessed a sharp rise in disposal of cases with the number of cases getting disposed exceeding those filed. Justice Chandrachud, son of former CJI Y V Chandrachud, was sworn in as the CJI on November 9 last year and is due to retire on November 10, 2024. As per information shared by an apex court source, during the first 100 days of Justice Chandrachud's stint as the CJI, several steps have been taken including those for digitization of records, online appearance slips for lawyers, RTI online portal and launch of digital courts desktop application. "During the period ranging from November 9, 2022 to February 15, 2023,

CJI D Y Chandrachud administers oath of office to five new SC judges

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Monday administered oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court. The five judges -- Justices Pankaj Mithal, Sanjay Karol, P V Sanjay Kumar, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Manoj Misra -- were administered the oath during a swearing-in ceremony held in the Supreme Court premises. With the appointment of five judges, the total number of judges in the apex court has risen to 32, two short of the full strength. Their names were recommended for elevation as apex court judges by the Supreme Court Collegium on December 13, 2022.

There are no big or small cases for court, every matter is important: CJI

Maintaining that the Supreme Court has made a constant endeavour to ensure access to justice for everyone, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said there are no big or small cases for the court and that every matter is important. Speaking at the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Court, he said every day, the Supreme Court has hundreds of cases on its docket and the judges and the staff of the Registry put up tremendous hard work to ensure their speedy disposal. CJI Chandrachud said the top court disposed of 12,471 cases in the last three months. "For the court, there are no big or small cases every matter is important. Because it is in the seemingly small and routine matters involving grievances of citizens that issues of constitutional and jurisprudential importance emerge. In attending to such grievances, the court performs a plain constitutional duty, obligation and function," he said. Between March 23, 2020, and October 30, 2022, the apex court heard 3

Technology powerful tool for efficiency, accessibility in legal system: CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Tuesday technology has become a powerful tool in the legal system for improving efficiency, accessibility and accuracy in the administration of justice. He said the success of any initiative and innovation depends on the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and incorporate critical feedback of those who will be using it. Justice Chandrachud, who was speaking at the inauguration of Online e-Inspection Software' of the Delhi High Court, said the Delhi High Court has been at the forefront of modernising courts across the country with information technology. He said even the first paperless court in the country was established in Delhi HC in 2009. Today's inauguration completes the digitisation loop. The Delhi High Court has been at the forefront on e-filing, digitisation, virtual courts and now to provide for inspection of the digitised records completes the entire circle. In many ways I believe that we (at the Supreme Court) lay down

PM Modi lauds CJI's pitch to provide SC judgments in local languages

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud's emphasis on making Supreme Court judgments available in regional languages. "At a recent function, the Hon'ble CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making SC judgments available in regional languages. He also suggested the use of technology for it. This is a laudatory thought, which will help many people, particularly youngsters," Modi wrote on Twitter and shared on the site the relevant clip of the CJI's speech delivered at an event organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in Mumbai. The prime minister has in the past often pitched for making judicial verdicts more accessible to the common man by making those available in regional languages. "India has several languages, which add to our cultural vibrancy. The central government is undertaking numerous efforts to encourage Indian languages including giving the option of studying subjects like engineering an

Board formed to fix tariff at major ports, PPP dispute resolution

New Board to take over functions of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP)

Delhi HC bench nixes plea against order dismissing PIL on CJI's appointment

A Delhi HC bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan, dismissed a review petition filed against an order quashing a PIL challenging the appointment of Justice D Y Chandrachud as CJI

Justice B V Nagarathna: Stickler for law who will break a glass ceiling

The lone dissenting voice in the demonetisation judgment, Nagarathna will be India's first woman CJI in 2027

Basic rights in India have become luxuries, entitlements: Mehbooba to CJI

Basic rights in the country have now become luxuries" and "entitlements bestowed upon only those who toe the government's line on political, social and religious matters, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Saturday. In a letter to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, she also alleged that the trust deficit and growing alienation has only widened in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. I write to you with a deep sense of concern and worry about the prevailing situation in the country especially J-K. Your recent observations on the inability of lower judiciary to grant bail in ordinary cases in a functioning democracy as ours should have been adopted as a directive rather than just being consigned to a single column story churned out in newspapers, Mufti said in the letter posted on her Twitter handle. Speaking at the inauguration of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy on Friday, CJI Chandrachud had said that over 63 lakh cases

6.3 mn cases considered delayed due to non-availability of counsel: CJI

Over 63 lakh cases across the country have been considered to be delayed due to non-availability of counsel and over 14 lakh cases are delayed as they await some kind of document or record, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Friday here. Speaking at the inauguration of the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy, Justice Chandrachud said people must get rid of the colonial mindset of referring to and treating the district courts as subordinate judiciary in hierarchy and in practice. They are not only the backbone of the judiciary but also the first interaction with the judicial institution for many. Bail, but not jail, is one of the most fundamental rules of the criminal justice system. Yet in practice the number of undertrials languishing in prisons in India reflects a paradoxical situation, deprivation of liberty, even for a single day is a day too many, he further said. "Across the country according to the NJDG (National Judicial Data Grid) data, almost 14 lakh cases have b

CJI constitutes committee to conduct accessibility audit of SC premises

In a bid to remove the barriers to access, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has constituted a committee headed by apex court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat to conduct an audit of "physical and functional access" of the top court premises to make them disabled friendly. The 'Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility' has been given a broad mandate to prepare and release a questionnaire for persons with disabilities, including the apex court employees, advocates, litigants and interns, who visit the top court premises to assess the nature and extent of problems they face. According to a notice uploaded on the apex court website, the committee will prepare a report on the accessibility audit, result of the survey of persons with disability and recommendations/proposals geared towards removing the barriers to access. "The Chief Justice of India has been pleased to constitute a committee namely the 'Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility' to conduct accessibility audit of physical

Criminal justice system sometimes compounds victim's trauma, says CJI

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said it is "unfortunate" that the manner in which the criminal justice system functions sometimes compounds the victim's trauma

Must create multitude of equitable ways for different groups: CJI

'In order to make sure that we are providing equal access to justice, attention must be paid to the design and administration of the judicial set-up'

Decent judicial infra vital for actualising right to access to justice: CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud Tuesday said "India also survives much beyond" the national capital and there is need to focus on district judiciary as the country "goes forward". He said an important component of actualising the right to access to justice is ensuring that there is adequate judicial infrastructure which shall begin from the district judiciary. Addressing a gathering at the inauguration function of Delhi High Court's 'S' Block building, the CJI said he always believes that "much as we would like to have the best infrastructure in the capital city. I think India also survives much beyond the capital. It is there (district judiciary) that we need to focus our attention as we go forward". He said the court complexes built during the colonial times were used to create an imposing effect over the public, restricting the access to an exclusive few. "The architecture of our buildings was intended to produce a sense of fear and awe in the consumers of justice and the

DMK files review petition against top court order upholding 10% EWS quota

Plea seeks an open court hearing in the matter on the ground that it affects a lot of citizens in the country