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Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud spoke of an incident of caste discrimination while addressing graduating students at NLSIU, Bengaluru. He said that lawyers must uphold constitutional values and have open conversations to create equal opportunities. Princess Sonam Dechan Wangchuck spoke of justice, service, and wisdom. NLSIU adopted an Inclusion…

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud told petitioners that the Supreme Court was not asking the Assam government to nominate the pre-trial judges to look into cases arising out of the CBI’s investigation into the Manipur violence, but the Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta. Issuing a series of…

Supreme Court reserves judgment on children born out of invalid/void/voidable Hindu marriages inheriting their parents' property. CJI Chandrachud observed that children from such marriages have rights over their parents' property, but questioned when exactly it becomes their property.

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday said a “huge budget” allotted for the third phase of the e-courts project will see technology make inroads into the working of the judiciary, especially the lower courts. The Chief Justice was reacting to senior advocate Dushyant Dave’s remark that lower courts…

Currently, the Supreme Court has 17 courtrooms and two registrar courts. Its judicial strength is 32. Read more on The Hindu

The Chief Justice was speaking at the Supreme Court’s Independence Day celebrations hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the court in his Red Fort address for its efforts to translate its judgments to regional languages to benefit the common man.

The Supreme Court on Monday said a fine of just ₹1 lakh is hardly a deterrent for television channels who indulge in unethical conduct on air, and the fine should ideally be more than the profits the media outlets make from the entire show. ‘Media went berserk after that actor’s…

On Day 5 of the Article 370 hearing, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said Jammu and Kashmir ceded its sovereignty to the Dominion of India “absolutely and completely”

The Supreme Court, hearing a series of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370, asked why the Union of India, the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir or the political establishment in the rest of the country had never bothered to bring the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir “expressly” within…