Law

Justice system must listen to people in their own language, says CJI

IANS | August 8, 2026 2:21 PM

Indore, Aug 8 (IANS) The Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Saturday called for a more inclusive and people-centric justice delivery system, saying access to justice begins with dialogue and requires the legal system to understand the concerns of communities in their own languages and dialects.

Abhishek Banerjee's absconding PA surfaces, appears at CID office for interrogation

IANS | August 8, 2026 11:45 AM

Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) After remaining absconding for a long time, Sumit Roy, the Personal Assistant of the Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, finally surfaced on Saturday morning and appeared at the office of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in South Kolkata to face interrogation.

Inside Ahmedabad's biggest gambling bust: CCTV vigil, hidden money and sophisticated betting system

IANS | August 7, 2026 5:55 PM

Ahmedabad, Aug 7 (IANS) Five days after Gujarat Police's State Monitoring Cell (SMC) raided Ahmedabad's Manpasand Gymkhana and apprehended 187 people in one of the state's biggest gambling crackdowns in recent years, investigators say the operation has revealed not merely an illegal card room but a carefully designed system intended to keep cash out of sight, frustrate enforcement officials and present the activity as a harmless club recreation.

e-Courts Mission Mode Project speeds up disposal of cases

IANS | August 7, 2026 1:41 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The e-Courts Mission Mode Project has transformed India's paper-based judiciary into a digitally enabled and trackable justice delivery system. Since 2014, both case filings and disposals have nearly tripled, with courts consistently disposing of more cases than are filed each year, according to a factsheet released by the Government on Friday.

No frisking, lack of CCTV watch enabled NTA experts to carry out NEET question leaks, says CBI chargesheet

IANS | August 7, 2026 11:30 AM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in its chargesheet filed in the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, has claimed that three National Testing Agency (NTA) subject experts managed to take confidential examination questions out of the NTA's office in Delhi through different methods, exploiting security lapses, including the absence of frisking at the confidential section and the lack of dedicated CCTV monitoring.

Delhi HC to pass order directing removal of objectionable content linked to Tabu

IANS | August 6, 2026 2:20 PM

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it will pass an interim order directing the removal of certain objectionable online content featuring Bollywood actress Tabu while hearing her suit seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights against the unauthorised use of her identity across digital platforms.