Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday said the upcoming complex of Telangana High Court here will be the best high court in the country.He noted that courtrooms, administrative buildings, archives, residential infrastructure and training facilities will be grouped together in a single self-contained site.The CJI was speaking after laying the foundation stone for Zone-II of the new High Court complex coming up on 100 acres at Rajendranagar.He said after see…
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Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) A total of 18 persons, including an All India Secular Front (AISF) candidate from the Mothabari Assembly constituency in minority-dominated Malda district of West Bengal, Maulana Shahjan Ali, have been arrested till Thursday afternoon in connection with the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in the same district on Wednesday night.All of them were produced before a district court in Malda on Thursday. However, while being presented in court, S…
Vijayawada, March 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday called on the judiciary to promote mediation, saying it is gaining wider acceptance as an effective tool for resolution of disputesUnderlining the need for building a “mediation culture”, he stated mediation was no longer an alternative method but has emerged as a preferred mode of dispute resolution.He was delivering the keynote address at a State-level symposium on ‘Mediation: Dialogue as Cornerstone of Justic…
Amaravati, March 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Sunday laid the foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy and inaugurated High Court Judges’ Residential Complex in Amaravati. He also laid the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Judges’ Guest House.The Judicial Academy is being constructed at a cost of Rs 165 crore with academic, residential and training facilities to accommodate 120 trainee judges in each batch.With a total built-up area of about 2.05 la…
Jaipur, Feb 20 (IANS) Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant on Friday highlighted the rapidly growing threat of cybercrime, stating that digital crimes have no geographical boundaries and require global cooperation to combat effectively. The CJI was speaking at the inauguration of a three-day seminar on ‘Cyber Security: Awareness, Protection and Inclusive Access to Justice’ in Jaipur. Sharing his personal experience, Justice Surya Kant revealed that fake websites are frequently cre…
Jaipur, Feb 19 (IANS) The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court received another bomb threat on Thursday, marking the ninth such incident in the last four months. As in previous cases, the High Court administration received a threatening email, following which police and security agencies were immediately alerted.A dog squad and bomb disposal team rushed to the High Court premises and conducted a thorough search of the court complex.No suspicious object or explosive material was found during …
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court has set aside the controversial Allahabad High Court judgment that had ruled grabbing a minor’s breasts and breaking her pyjama string was not sufficient to constitute a charge of attempt to rape.Disposing of the suo motu matter, including the criminal appeals arising from petitions filed by two NGOs and the victim’s mother, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant held that the Allahabad High Court’s reasoning was based on a “paten…
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government has informed the Election Commission of India (ECI) that it can provide 8,505 Group-B officers for the remainder of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voter list in the state, sources in the state secretariat said on Sunday. A letter has already been sent to the ECI in this regard.The development comes a day before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the SIR case on Monday. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may argue the case herself agai…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Marking Republic Day with a celebration of sporting excellence and inclusion, Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice Surya Kant, hosted the Indian Women’s Cricket Team for the Blind for an interaction over lunch at his residence in New Delhi on Monday, honouring their historic victory at the 1st Women’s T20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind 2025.The interaction was hosted in the presence of his wife, Savitha Surya, who warmly welcomed the players and officials, extendin…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said there should be no casteism or religionism in the country’s judicial system. CM Banerjee, who was speaking at the inauguration of the new building of the Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench in Jalpaiguri, also said media trials before disposal of cases in court must stop.”I congratulate the common people who have trust and confidence in this judiciary system. Let this judiciary system be of the people, by the peop…