Even when candidates such as Wakode are qualified and experienced, the true outrage is elsewhere: judicial appointments seem to mostly originate from a restricted set of families and networks.

SIA officers conducting a raid at a Srinagar residence on August 12, 2025, as part of the reopened investigation into Sarla Bhat’s 1990 murder.

Dismissing the petition, the bench said that it was not inclined to entertain a blanket challenge to the notifications issued by the government under Section 35 of the UAPA in February 2015 and June 2018.

The Indian government has maintained that the Rohingyas are illegal immigrants with no right to enter or stay in the country and, therefore, the government is deporting them.

Police descended on the site and soon exhumed eight skeletons worth of bones and skulls from the foul sludge of the drain adjacent to D-5.

“Why did you appear before the committee if you thought it had no power to investigate? You are a constitutional authority; you can't now say that you didn’t know,” Justice Datta asked.

Despite NIA linking Yahya Thangal to the team that selected the Hindu leader for murder, Supreme Court dismissed conspiracy claims, citing lack of direct communication.

Justice Banu upheld the practice of animal sacrifice saying that it was practiced by both Hindus and Muslims, but Justice Srimathy ruled against it

“Judge saheb log humka choddh diye. Bahut bahut meherbani kiye”, he said, again and again, as though still not believing the iron gates had actually opened.

Her judicial journey began in July 1995 when she was appointed as a judge of the City Civil and Sessions Court in Ahmedabad.