-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Mounting cases and shortage of Judges are well-documented challenges facing the Indian judiciary. Now, for the first time, a study has quantitatively analysed the work pressure on Judges, and the results are shocking. A judge in a high court spends less than five minutes, on an average, hearing a case, it says. "The most relaxed high court Judges in the country have 15-16 minutes to hear...

-The Times of India New Delhi: The Delhi high court has tightened norms for political parties accepting cash donations without submitting their books for scrutiny. The move is being seen as a major boost for more transparency in political funding, plugging a vulnerability in law which could be exploited to mask illicit contributions. A bench of Justices S Murlidhar and Vibhu Bakhru held this week that parties which fail to maintain audited...

-The Hindu The Aadhaar Bill has been passed with no public consultation about the privacy safeguards necessary for such a database and no provision for public or independent oversight. The rights to liberty and freedom of expression cannot survive if the right to privacy is compromised. The Central government has forced the Aadhaar Bill through Parliament in a week. Aadhaar has had an invasive and controversial presence well before the government’s attempt...

-The Indian Express Giving this information to the media here on Tuesday, D V Sadananda Gowda claimed that transparency “can be achieved even without it”. In a setback to transparency in higher judiciary, the Central government has decided against bringing appointments to the higher judiciary under the RTI Act’s purview. Giving this information to the media here on Tuesday, Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda claimed that transparency “can be achieved...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A host of eminent citizens, including jurists, police officers, scientists and businessmen, have appealed to the Chief Justice of India and other Judges of the Supreme Court to take sou motu action over "alarming and threatening" statements made by ministers and elected representatives, including the alleged 'hate' speech by junior HRD minister Ram Shankar Katheria. The signatories to the letter, submitted to the Supreme Court on...