Judiciary for Mains

Context: The Supreme Court has criticized the government’s “sealed cover jurisprudence” in the courts. What is ‘Sealed Cover’ Jurisprudence?  Sealed Cover […]

Context: Supreme Court has shown disappointment to the Central government for the long delays in making appointments for the various tribunals

Context: Whether the state can use ‘national security’ as a ground to limit judicial scrutiny. Related Cases: MediaOne TV channel

Concerns associated with high Pendency of cases in the Supreme Court Pendency of cases: As per the Vidhi Centre comprehensive tracker,

Context: Former Chief Justice of India said that corruption has become an acceptable way of life in the Judiciary. Previous

Context: Parliamentary committee on external affairs has presented a report titled “India and international law” in the Lok Sabha. The report

Context: CJI remarked that national law universities are elitist and detached from social realities. Issues in Law Education: Students from

Context: Two Supreme Court judges have openly expressed the need to “Indianise” the legal system. Chief Justice of India N V

Context: A Supreme court bench has sent proposal for the establishment of a National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation (NJIC) to the law

Examples of Criticism of Judiciary: ADM Jabalpur case, 1976: The court held that the right to life and personal liberty of