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News Reports

Meet the 5 Supreme Court judges, led by CJI Chandrachud, who gave the historic judgement to uphold the decision to abrogate Article 370

OpIndia Staff - 11 December, 2023

The apex court in its verdict held that the challenge to the proclamation of the presidential rule was not valid and that Article 370 was a temporary provision among others.

News Reports

Those who do not know history should not say certain things: Himanta Biswa Sarma after Kapil Sibal claimed that Assam was part of Myanmar

OpIndia Staff - 8 December, 2023

Himanta Biswa Sarma responds to Kapil Sibal claiming in Supreme Court that Assam was originally part of Myanmar

News Reports

‘Most divorces are arising from love marriages only’: Justice BR Gavai of the Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff - 17 May, 2023

Supreme Court's two-judge bench BR Gavai and Sanjay Karol was hearing a transfer petition arising out of a matrimonial dispute.

Opinions

Why do insinuations of favouritism against Justice Abdul Nazeer have no basis: His dissenting note in an Ayodhya-related case and Triple Talaq

Dibakar Dutta - 16 February, 2023

In 2018, Justice Nazeer had contested the observation made by the Supreme Court in the Ismail Faruqui case) that mosque is not essential part of Islam.

News Reports

As ‘liberals’ cry foul over Justice Nazeer’s appointment as Governor, here are other Judges who took post-retirement jobs

Dibakar Dutta - 14 February, 2023

There are no restrictions that bar Justice SA Nazeer from seeking employment, joining a political party or being nominated to the Parliament.

News Reports

Central govt seeks representation in the panel for selecting judges to be appointed, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju writes to CJI Chandrachud

Siddhi Somani - 16 January, 2023

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has written to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, recommending that government representatives be included in the 25-year-old Supreme Court-created two-tiered collegiums to enhance openness.

Opinions

Former Judges paint a grim picture of Judiciary with their misplaced, misdirected political rants: Problem with what ex-judge Gopala Gowda said

Nupur J Sharma - 9 January, 2023

On 7th of January, former Supreme Court Judge Justice V Gopala Gowda made incendiary, misplaced and daft political statements

Law

SC issues contempt notice against petitioner who called judge a ‘terrorist’, ‘What interest will the judge have in your matter’, remarked enraged CJI

OpIndia Staff - 26 November, 2022

Supreme Court directed the Registry to issue a show cause notice for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against a petitioner who called a Supreme Court judge a ‘terrorist’.

News Reports

User gets Twitter notice for criticising SC judges who made comments against Nupur Sharma, injunction filed by Congress worker: Full details

OpIndia Staff - 15 July, 2022

Congress post holder Dipali Sikand approached the sessions court in Bangalore to get an injunction against commentary on the lunch picture

Opinions

TMC’s Saket Gokhale asks AG to initiate contempt proceedings against us: Here is why this is a hill I am willing to die on

Nupur J Sharma - 3 July, 2022

TMC leader Saket Gokhale has approached the AG to initiate contempt proceedings against OpIndia for its criticism of Judges' remarks in Nupur Sharma case

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