On International Women’s Day 2024, Indian courts took significant steps to support women’s rights, emphasizing gender equality and empowerment. Landmark judgments addressed workplace gender equality, reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, and combatting gender-based violence. Notable cases such as Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan, Suchita Srivastava v. Chandigarh Administration, and Durga v. State of New Delhi contributed to women’s empowerment in India.
Chief Justice Chandrachud, at the Supreme Court’s Diamond Jubilee, highlighted the judiciary’s need for independence beyond constitutional safeguards. He emphasized the necessity for judges to be free from social and political pressures. He also expressed concerns about increasing case pendency and underscored the court’s role as a final arbiter for liberation and inclusion, not oppression.
In a recent exclusive interview with India Today TV’s Preeti Choudhary, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, a distinguished former judge of the Supreme Court of India, expressed his concerns regarding the current state of bail jurisprudence in the Indian judiciary. Justice Kaul, who retired from the Supreme Court in the third week of December 2023, highlighted […]