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New Delhi, March 22 – Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal, emphasized the importance of pro bono initiatives by lawyers and the optimal use of Tele-Law to improve public access to justice, especially in rural areas, on Sunday.He was speaking at...

Bengaluru, March 21 CJI Justice Surya Kant on Saturday emphasized the need to transform "formal equality" into real, lived experiences for women in the legal profession, calling for structural reforms and sustained institutional support to ensure their continued participation and advancement...

New Delhi, March 16 The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear in April a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the establishment of a Legal Education Commission to reform the legal education system and provide for a four-year LL.B instead of a five-year course after Class 12.A bench...

New Delhi, March 16 – R. Venkataramani, Attorney General for India, has called for a new framework for plea bargaining based on social, cultural, and economic theories and practices at the inaugural session of the seminar on “Delivering Justice in Time: Global Practices and Indian Experiences,”...

New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday asked all the high courts to extend the last date for submitting applications for civil judge (junior division) posts to April 30.A three-judge special bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Augustine George Masih and K Vinod...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has withdrawn the social science textbook "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" for Grade 8 (Part -II), which included a chapter titled "The Role of the Judiciary in Our Society."In a public apology issued this morning, the...

New Delhi, March 5 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Thursday advocated for technology-driven reforms in Bhutan's judicial system, emphasizing that access to justice critically depends on the effective utilization of technological advancements.Delivering the keynote address at the Royal...

New Delhi, March 5 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant met with the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in Thimphu on Thursday and offered comprehensive support for technical assistance and the development of best practices in the digitization and digitalization of judicial processes...

Bengaluru, March 2 A man with stab wounds was found dead in his rented house here, and three people, including a woman with whom he was in a relationship, were arrested in connection with the murder, police said on Monday.The deceased, identified as Mohan Rao, was in his 40s. He was involved...

New Delhi, March 1 The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has launched a nationwide reel and short film competition aimed at strengthening legal awareness and access to justice across the country.The youth-centric initiative, titled 'Frames of Justice', NALSA Youth Reel and Short Film...

Ahmedabad, February 28 Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said on Saturday that if a large proportion of law graduates are opting for jobs in corporate firms instead of practicing in courts, then the situation is worrying.Addressing law graduates at the 16th convocation of the Gujarat...

Nagpur, February 28 Supreme Court Judge Justice K V Viswanathan said on Saturday that artificial intelligence cannot replace core functions in the legal profession, and a trained legal mind will always have an advantage that cannot be replicated by any algorithm.He addressed a gathering at the...

Patiala, February 28 The academic council of the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law here has approved a proposal to change its name to National Law University, officials said on Saturday.Patiala Congress MP Dharamvira Gandhi condemned the move and termed it a "deliberate attempt to...

Gandhinagar, February 27 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Friday that forensic science is a shield that protects the integrity of justice against both technical deception and informational distortions.He was speaking at the 4th Convocation of the National Forensic Sciences University...

New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday praised the media for bringing the issue of NCERT's Class 8 social science textbook, which contained "inappropriate" content about corruption in the judiciary, to light, stating that without this, the situation could have become "completely...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly criticized the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in an 8th-grade Social Science textbook, observing that the controversy appeared to be the result of a...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a suo motu case concerning what it described as “objectionable” references to the judiciary in a Class 8 social science textbook published by NCERT.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...

New Delhi, February 25 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT's Class 8 social science curriculum, prompting the syllabus-setting body to remove the contentious textbook from its website.A three-judge bench, comprising the CJI and...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a suo motu case on Thursday concerning "objectionable" statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will hear the case titled 'In Re...

New Delhi, February 25 Former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar praised Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday for taking suo motu cognizance of the chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT's Class 8 curriculum and said the prompt action would help dispel the propaganda against the...