'Without an independent judiciary, we will become a banana republic'

'The government must also be kept in check and not allowed to cross the Lakshman Rekha.' IMAGE: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, right, who retires as the Chief Justice of India on Tuesday, November 8,......

Collegium elevates Bombay HC chief justice to SC

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the elevation of the Chief Justice of Bombay high court, Justice Dipankar Datta, as a judge of the apex court. According to a statement uploaded on the......

Encroaching on others' rights, HC tells Jains seeking ban on meat ads

The Bombay high court on Monday asked three Jain religious charitable trusts and a city resident practising Jainism why they were seeking to encroach on the rights of others by appealing for......

CJI gets emotional recalling his Nagpur days

Chief Justice of India U U Lalit on Saturday got teary-eyed while reminiscing about the time he spent in Nagpur at the beginning of his career as a lawyer. IMAGE: CJI U U Lalit. Photograph: ANI......

'You want to play cricket which is not even our game...'

IMAGE: A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M S Karnik was hearing a public interest litigation lamenting the lack of basic facilities like drinking water and toilets at......