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Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in May this year, will succeed Chief Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India.

On his last working day the outgoing Chief Justice of India JS Khehar thanked India, his 95-year-old mother and Kenya, the country where he was born.

The Supreme Court today banned the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives immediately by stating "talaq" (divorce) three times, calling the practice "unconstitutional". The verdict vindicates the stand of the government, which had said triple talaq violates fundamental rights of women. Several Muslim women...

Indians cutting across faith and ethnicity should feel proud of who they are, this is what the Constitution is all about, Chief Justice of India Justice JS Khehar said today.

Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, will succeed Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India

Setting the ball rolling for the appointment of the next Chief Justice of India, current incumbent JS Khehar has named Justice Dipak Misra as his successor, a senior functionary aware of the development said on Tuesday.

Ram Nath Kovind was today sworn in as the 14th president of India by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar in the Central Hall of Parliament.

Ram Nath Kovind, who was the former Governor of Bihar won the 2017 presidential election against opposition candidate Meira Kumar, the former Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Mr Kovind got 65.65 per cent of the total votes which totalled 702,044 electoral college votes. Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th President of India.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a nine-judge Constitution bench the question whether right to privacy is a fundamental right, on which hinges the challenge to the validity of the Aadhaar programme

The Calcutta High Court has criticised the centre over alleged delay in appointment of judges, while asking whether the nation could think of the parliament functioning with half its strength

Chief Justice of India JS Khehar today supported entry of foreign lawyers into the Indian legal sector but said there should be on the basis of "reciprocity" between their countries.

A man moved the Supreme Court against the Reserve Bank of India after its guards stopped him from clicking pictures of the federal bank building in New Delhi.

Retired Justice CS Karnan's conduct that led the Supreme Court to send him to jail for six months for contempt underscores the need to revisit the way judges are selected, two senior Supreme Court judges have ruled. The judges also noted that a process should be in place to deal with such cases in future.

Parliament should enact a law to spell out the procedure for appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday, suggesting that the government's monopoly to make the choice should end.

The sharp differences between the government and the judiciary over a document to guide future appointment of judges to higher courts are unlikely to be settled during the tenure of Chief Justice of India JS Khehar who demits office next month.

Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in May this year, will succeed Chief Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India.

On his last working day the outgoing Chief Justice of India JS Khehar thanked India, his 95-year-old mother and Kenya, the country where he was born.

The Supreme Court today banned the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives immediately by stating "talaq" (divorce) three times, calling the practice "unconstitutional". The verdict vindicates the stand of the government, which had said triple talaq violates fundamental rights of women. Several Muslim women...

Indians cutting across faith and ethnicity should feel proud of who they are, this is what the Constitution is all about, Chief Justice of India Justice JS Khehar said today.

Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case, will succeed Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India

Setting the ball rolling for the appointment of the next Chief Justice of India, current incumbent JS Khehar has named Justice Dipak Misra as his successor, a senior functionary aware of the development said on Tuesday.

Ram Nath Kovind was today sworn in as the 14th president of India by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar in the Central Hall of Parliament.

Ram Nath Kovind, who was the former Governor of Bihar won the 2017 presidential election against opposition candidate Meira Kumar, the former Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Mr Kovind got 65.65 per cent of the total votes which totalled 702,044 electoral college votes. Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th President of India.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred to a nine-judge Constitution bench the question whether right to privacy is a fundamental right, on which hinges the challenge to the validity of the Aadhaar programme

The Calcutta High Court has criticised the centre over alleged delay in appointment of judges, while asking whether the nation could think of the parliament functioning with half its strength

Chief Justice of India JS Khehar today supported entry of foreign lawyers into the Indian legal sector but said there should be on the basis of "reciprocity" between their countries.

A man moved the Supreme Court against the Reserve Bank of India after its guards stopped him from clicking pictures of the federal bank building in New Delhi.

Retired Justice CS Karnan's conduct that led the Supreme Court to send him to jail for six months for contempt underscores the need to revisit the way judges are selected, two senior Supreme Court judges have ruled. The judges also noted that a process should be in place to deal with such cases in future.

Parliament should enact a law to spell out the procedure for appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday, suggesting that the government's monopoly to make the choice should end.

The sharp differences between the government and the judiciary over a document to guide future appointment of judges to higher courts are unlikely to be settled during the tenure of Chief Justice of India JS Khehar who demits office next month.