Abhishek Anshu, Sanjeev Kumar &Amp; Ranjit Kumar Sinha

All stories by Abhishek Anshu, Sanjeev Kumar &Amp; Ranjit Kumar Sinha

India's first Buddhist CJI ruled against 'bulldozer justice'
Rediff.com14 May 2025

Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, India's 52nd chief justice and its first Buddhist...

Upholding constitutional ethos hallmark of CJI Sanjiv Khanna's tenure
Rediff.com13 May 2025

Some of his directives had the Supreme Court judges disclose their assets whereas the...

Fali Sam Nariman: Indian judiciary's 'Bhishma Pitamah' who minced no words
Rediff.com21 Feb 2024

Away from the courtroom and legal circles, Nariman was a familiar figure for residents...

CJI Ramana's tenure saw putting sedition law on hold, probe into Pegasus
Rediff.com26 Aug 2022

Creating a record, the CJI headed apex court collegium meetings led to appointment of...

Class 5 girl writes to CJI, lauds SC for saving lives in Covid fight
Rediff.com9 Jun 2021

Amid debate whether the Centre's decision to provide free COVID-19 vaccine to all above...

The landmark SC judgment that immortalised Kesavananda Bharati
Rediff.com6 Sep 2020

In 1970, Bharati, the hereditary head of Edneer Hindu 'Matha' in Kasaragod district of...

How the Supreme Court held nation's attention in 2019
Rediff.com27 Dec 2019

Verdicts paving the way for construction of a Ram Temple at Ayodhya and India's...

Maharashtra floor test on Wednesday before 5 pm
Rediff.com26 Nov 2019

The Supreme Court directed that the voting in the assembly will not be on the basis of...

SC to pronounce order on Maha floor test on Tuesday at 10.30 am
Rediff.com25 Nov 2019

The apex court said it is not considering the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress' combine's plea...

Justice Ranjan Gogoi retires as CJI
Rediff.com17 Nov 2019

Justice Gogoi's tenure as judge and as CJI was marked by some controversies and...

SC refers Sabarimala review petitions to larger bench
Rediff.com15 Nov 2019

A majority verdict by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices A M Khanwilkar and Indu...

'Be careful in future': SC closes contempt plea against Rahul
Rediff.com15 Nov 2019

The court said the remarks made by Gandhi were far from true and he should have...

Why SC didn't apply Law of Limitation to Ram Lalla's suit
Rediff.com10 Nov 2019

The Law of Limitation provides for mandatory filing of a lawsuit within a fixed...

Adjudicatory task of unique dimension: SC on Ayodhya
Rediff.com9 Nov 2019

The apex court, which delivered a historic unanimous judgment putting the curtains down...

Bothers me to see judges feeling harassed: Justice Bobde
Rediff.com4 Nov 2019

Chief Justice of India designate Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, who will assume charge as...

Not in favour of disclosing collegium deliberations: CJI-designate
Rediff.com30 Oct 2019

Justice Bobde, 63, also rued the criticism of judges on social media for their judicial...

Ram Jethmalani: A doyen of legal profession
Rediff.com8 Sep 2019

A rebel by nature, he lived the life to the fullest, donning different hats -- lawyer,...

Idols surreptitiously put inside Babri masjid, Muslim parties tell SC
Rediff.com3 Sep 2019

'The appearance of idols of deities inside Babri was not a miracle. It was a planned...

Ready to forgo 1/3rd share in Ayodhya land: Shia body to SC
Rediff.com31 Aug 2019

"I am supporting the Hindu side," lawyer M C Dhingra, appearing for Shia Wakf Board,...

Difficult to judge Babur's intention after 500 yrs: SC
Rediff.com29 Aug 2019

SC was requested to judicially scrutinise whether Babur dedicated the disputed...