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March 17, 2026, 06:46 PM - 4 min read
The submission was made by Central government's senior most law officer, Attorney General for India (AG) R Venkataramani, before a 9-judge Constitution Bench which began hearing a case today regarding the scope of definition of 'industry' under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
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March 17, 2026, 04:39 PM - 3 min read
The CJI was speaking at a ceremony organised to commemorate the foundation stone laying of the Family Court Complex at Rohini in Delhi.CJI also proposed renaming of family courts as family resolution centres.
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March 14, 2026, 07:22 PM - 3 min read
Addressing the 12th convocation of the Central University of Haryana in Mahendragarh, the CJI said "Every institution of public life -- the courts, the civil services, the schools, the hospitals, the local governance bodies -- all depend for their quality on the calibre of the people who choose to serve within them.”
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March 14, 2026, 04:20 PM - 3 min read
The bench will be headed by the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and will comprise Justices BV Nagarathna, PS Narasimha, Dipankar Datta, Ujjal Bhuyan, Satish Chandra Sharma, Joymalya Bagchi, Alok Aradhe and Vipul M. Pancholi.
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March 13, 2026, 06:56 PM - 4 min read
The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Augustine George Masih debated the way forward, even as Amicus Curiae Senior Advocate Siddharth Bhatnagar placed four structured suggestions before the Court. Bhatnagar told the Court that 7 of the 12 High Courts that filed affidavits supported uniform retention of the rule. His first suggestion was retention without any modification.
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March 13, 2026, 03:53 PM - 2 min read
The decision was taken by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, highly placed sources confirmed.Currently, cases are allocated to different Benches by the CJI who is the master of roster, a power which bring the office of CJI under immense scrutiny.
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March 11, 2026, 04:54 PM - 4 min read
The Court was hearing a suo motu case initiated by it over the controversial NCERT textbook chapter.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi noted that the reply by the NCERT director was "disturbing" since it does not give any details on the experts who have rewritten the chapter or those who approved its inclusion in the revised book.
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March 10, 2026, 06:05 PM - 4 min read
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and R Mahadevan stated the Court would not tolerate attempts to question the integrity of judicial officers.“Your application is premature and it shows as if you don’t have trust. How did you dare such applications are filed? No one should dare question the judicial officers. As a Chief Justice of India, I will not tolerate this,” he told the applicants.
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March 10, 2026, 04:47 PM - 3 min read
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice R Mahadevan called upon the legislature to work for it to avoid the complexities arising due to personal laws.
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March 8, 2026, 09:25 PM - 4 min read
He urged High Court collegiums across the country to actively consider meritorious women lawyers for judicial appointments and widen the zone of consideration where necessary.Justice Kant said that where suitable women candidates are available, their consideration for elevation to the Bench should become the norm rather than an exception.“Institutional intent is no longer enough. It must be accompanied by institutional imagination,” the Chief Justice said.
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March 8, 2026, 04:06 PM - 2 min read
While, the key participants were CJI Surya Kant and Punjab & Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, several woman lawyers, students and men also participated in the walk of about 2.5 to 3 kilometers. Chief Justice of India flagged off the walkathon at Sukhna Lake police post in Chandigarh and it concluded at Open Hand Monument in the city.
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March 5, 2026, 04:16 PM - 4 min read
CJI Surya Kant urged technology-driven judicial reforms in Bhutan and offered internship opportunities to Bhutanese students in Indian courts during a lecture in Thimphu.
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