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President Droupadi Murmu gives assent to the Bill to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff - 12 August, 2026

The proposal to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court arose after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant wrote to Prime Minister Modi the enhancement.

TMC’s Cooch Behar district president sends threatening letters on official TMC letterhead to 2 judges over SIR, action initiated

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2026

Two judicial officers in Cooch Behar, including a woman judge, have received threatening letters sent on the official letterhead of the Trinamool Congress (TMC)...

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44 former judges defend CJI Surya Kant’s remarks about illegal Rohingya immigrants, call attacks on the CJI as an attempt to delegitimise the judiciary

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2025

The former judges also highlighted that illegal immigrants obtaining Indian identification cards is a serious and legitimate concern.

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Pakistan’s judiciary plunges into crisis as SC and HC judges resign protesting ‘assault on judicial independence’ by 27th Constitutional Amendment, more judges to follow

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2025

Pakistan's judiciary plunged deeper into crisis today as a third judge, Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza of the Lahore High Court (LHC), resigned in protest...

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Is it time to re-think how we appoint judges: Collegium system, NJAC and the fire incident at the house of Justice Varma

Aayush Pandey - 19 April, 2025

The Justice Varma incident, whatever its outcome, highlights the need for reform, not to condemn, but to preserve.

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Exclusive “judges lounge” at Diljit Dosanjh’s Chandigarh concert sparks row: How the entitlement of Judges is a blight on Indian democracy

Rukma Rathore - 18 December, 2024

Over 300 VIP passes were issued to Punjab and Haryana High Court judges, along with their family members and relatives.

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SC quashes preferential land allotments for MPs, MLAs, judges, and journalists in Hyderabad, says it promotes inequality

ANI - 25 November, 2024

SC also set aside the subsequent GoMs issued in 2008 allotting the lands within the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to these classes.

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West Bengal: Judiciary faces intimidation over POCSO decisions in South 24 Parganas, Judges report police inaction amid threats

OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2024

The judiciary in South 24 Parganas of West Bengal has been facing severe intimidation and security threats, according to a letter written to the Registrar of Calcutta High Court by the District Judge

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‘Need to safeguard judiciary from unwarranted pressures’: 21 judges write to CJI Chandrachud alleging efforts to undermine judiciary

OpIndia Staff - 15 April, 2024

The ex-judges pointed to the spread of false theories meant to harm the judiciary's reputation and the "overt and covert attempts to influence judicial outcomes in their favour."

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