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A segment has absolute tight fist control on arbitral process, domain experts should be made arbitrators, not just retired judges: Vice President Dhankhar

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that the arbitral process in India is "just an additional burden to the normal hierarchical mechanism of adjudication."

SC’s interim order restraining surveys of mosques sends a chilling message, empowers violent mobs and places ‘harmony’ over fundamental rights

In the Places of Worship Act case, by prioritising temporary calm over resolution, the judiciary has set a bad precedent

Elon Musk vs Brazil’s Alexandre de Moraes: When the judiciary gains unchecked power over legislative, it becomes unhealthy for democracy

Another SC ruling that reeked of judicial overreach was that of reprimanding the Central government over the 2021 Farmers’ Protest. The Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the three farm laws, taking into account only one state's farmer protests while ignoring other aspects of the matter. Moreover, the apex court ignored the blockade of railway tracks and tolls in Punjab as well as a national highway.

Judicial verdicts, if ill-conceived or plain wrong, can have serious consequences: Judicial activism, Electoral Bonds verdict and ramifications

SC led by our Hon. CJI, Justice Chandrachud, has created a serious situation by its activism on the Electoral Bonds issue

No crackers shall be burst in religious places at odd time: Kerala High Court orders raid on all religious places to seize ‘illegal’ firecrackers

"Even if the licences are issued, they should not be issued, for bursting causes noise and air pollution also. Crackers are busted at odd hours disturbing peace," the court noted.

Historic parliamentary mandate was undone by SC using judicially evolved doctrine: VP Dhankar lambasts judiciary over scrapping of NJAC

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that NJAC was scrapped by SC using judicially evolved doctrine of 'Basic Structure' of Constitution.

Judicial overreach? Every constitutional lacuna is not for the Judiciary to fill: Why contempt accused Prashant Bhushan’s latest petition is problematic

The Constitutional Bench is sitting to hear on the matter of the process of selection of Election Commissioners by Prashant Bhushan

Is ‘Nimbooz’ a lemonade or a fruit juice? Supreme Court to decide

Supreme Court has stepped in to answer the buzzing question whether Pepsico's 'Nimbooz' is a fruit drink or a lemonade

Retired Supreme Court Judge bats for judicial overreach, asks SC to bypass Legislature, strike down sedition law and UAPA

"We had the China and Pakistan wars. Thereafter, we introduced the draconian legislation- UAPA", said retired SC judge RF Nariman.

Why I am worried as a private citizen over what happened in Supreme Court today over farm laws

Today the Supreme Court was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the three recently passed farm laws.

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