Pakistan: 14-year-old domestic help at judge’s house tortured, hospitalised

25 Jul 2023

According to Geo News, a man was detained for allegedly sending a 14-year-old girl to a judge's home to work as domestic help where she was allegedly tortured by the judge's wife. The domestic help was allegedly tortured at civil judge Asim Hafeez's home, the report stated, adding that his...

Supreme Court now functions with its full complement of judges

13 Feb 2023

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud gave two new Supreme Court judges their oaths of office on Monday. As a result, the supreme court now has all necessary judges. Justices Rajesh Bindal and Aravind Kumar took the oath during a swearing-in ceremony held in the Supreme Court premises. With the...

Delhi Car Horror Case: Court adjourns hearing on Ashutosh’s bail plea

10 Jan 2023

In the Kanjhawala death case, the hearing on the bail plea of Ashutosh Bhardwaj has been adjourned on Tuesday by the Rohini Court, Delhi for Thursday. Ashutosh Bhardwaj is one of the accused in Anjali's death case. Meanwhile, the other six accused are under judicial custody. The concerned judge was...

US Gets Its First Female Sikh Judge

09 Jan 2023

Judge Manpreet Monica Singh, of Indian origin, became the first female Sikh judge in the Houston,Texas, United States . She was born and raised in Houston and now lives in Bellaire with her husband and two children. An attorney for 20 years, Monica has been involved in many civil rights...

Bilkis Bano case: Justice Bela Trivedi recuses from hearing plea against pre-mature release of 11 convicts

13 Dec 2022

Justice Bela M Trivedi, Supreme Court judge, on Tuesday recused herself from hearing the plea filed by Bilkis Bano, challenging the pre-mature release of 11 convicts, who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi said...

Justice Dipankar Datta of Bombay HC takes oath as Supreme Court judge

12 Dec 2022

Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Dipankar Datta took oath as a judge of a Supreme Court on Monday which was administrated by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud.

On October 14, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving electoral bonds

13 Oct 2022

On Friday, the Supreme Court will hear a slew of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Centre's electoral bonds scheme as a source of political funding. After more than 18 months, the case was heard by the Supreme Court.The batch of five petitions, led by the NGO Association for Democratic...