The Law Commission and the Supreme Court recommended that India should have 50 judges per one million people, but the ratio continues to be abysmally low at 17...
Niranjan Thomas Alva (78), a Supreme Court lawyer and husband of Congress leader Margaret Alva, passed away in Bengaluru on April 7, 2018. Son of Joachim and Violet...
The Supreme Court has appointed Justice Jawad Rahim as the new acting chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The new acting chairperson will discharge his duties until...
Syed Mahmud Hossain has been sworn-in as the 22nd chief justice Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He succeeded acting chief justice Abdul Wahab Mian. Mian was appointed as the...
The constitution of India has established an integrated judicial system with Supreme Court at the top and High Courts for states. Under a high courts, there is a...
Supreme Court of Pakistan annulled the new Contempt of Court Act 2012(COCA 2012) which was brought in to protect the new prime minister from being charged with contempt...
The upper house of Pakistan’s Parliament has passed a bill to protect top leaders from contempt of court and thwart the Supreme Court’s efforts to push the Prime...
The Apex Court appointed Justice H S Bedi (former Judge Supreme Court) as the chairman of the monitoring body to look into the case of 22 alleged fake...
On 19 August 2011, in a historic first, the Rajya Sabha voted in favour of impeaching Calcutta High Court judge Justice Soumitra Sen, finding him guilty of misappropriating...
