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US President Joe Biden nominated lawyer and Google critic Jonathan Kanter as the Justice Department's antitrust chief in the latest sign the White House is determined to rein in the world's biggest corporations, especially Big Tech.

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi today refused to comment on allegations that a woman who had accused him of sexual harassment in 2019 was among those targeted by Israeli Pegasus spyware for potential snooping.

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana has said that the live-streaming of Supreme Court proceedings may begin soon and said logistics are being worked out to enable this.

The projected statistics that pendency in Indian courts has reached 45 million cases, which is perceived as the inability of the Indian judiciary to cope with the caseload, is an "overstatement" and an "uncharitable analysis", CJI Ramana said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today assured justice in a matter related to the demolition of a church in the national capital, saying the action was taken by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) which comes under the central government.

The delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir will be transparent in nature and there should be no fears and doubts over it, Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai said on Friday.

The First Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy made the observation when the PIL petition from the BJP State unit general secretary K Nagarajan seeking to quash an order of the State government constituting the high-level committee on NEET came up for hearing.

NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Mishra on Monday said manual scavenging still remains a "stinking truth of our nation" and called for adopting a more scientific and innovative technique to end this inhumane and discriminatory practice.

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday said the government not giving priority to the medical sector and its problems such as insufficient number of professionals and infrastructure are "issues of immediate concern".

Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, addressing a virtual event on National Doctors' Day on Thursday, said it was saddening to see doctors struggling to get decent salaries despite years of learning.

Elections every few years to change the ruler need not be a guarantee against tyranny of those elected, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Judges should not be swayed by the "emotional pitch of public opinion which is amplified by social media," Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Wednesday at a function held in Delhi.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Wednesday said that Supreme Court judge Justice Ashok Bhushan, who is set to retire on July 4, has always been a "valuable colleague" and his judgements stand testimony to his "welfarist and humanist" approach.

President Donald Trump's attorney general Bill Barr told him a month after the 2020 election that allegations of voter fraud were groundless, but Trump rejected that, the Atlantic magazine reported.

The Bar Council of West Bengal on Sunday wrote to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana seeking the removal of Justice Rajesh Bindal as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta.

US President Joe Biden nominated lawyer and Google critic Jonathan Kanter as the Justice Department's antitrust chief in the latest sign the White House is determined to rein in the world's biggest corporations, especially Big Tech.

Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi today refused to comment on allegations that a woman who had accused him of sexual harassment in 2019 was among those targeted by Israeli Pegasus spyware for potential snooping.

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana has said that the live-streaming of Supreme Court proceedings may begin soon and said logistics are being worked out to enable this.

The projected statistics that pendency in Indian courts has reached 45 million cases, which is perceived as the inability of the Indian judiciary to cope with the caseload, is an "overstatement" and an "uncharitable analysis", CJI Ramana said.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today assured justice in a matter related to the demolition of a church in the national capital, saying the action was taken by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) which comes under the central government.

The delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir will be transparent in nature and there should be no fears and doubts over it, Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai said on Friday.

The First Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy made the observation when the PIL petition from the BJP State unit general secretary K Nagarajan seeking to quash an order of the State government constituting the high-level committee on NEET came up for hearing.

NHRC chairperson justice (retd) Arun Mishra on Monday said manual scavenging still remains a "stinking truth of our nation" and called for adopting a more scientific and innovative technique to end this inhumane and discriminatory practice.

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday said the government not giving priority to the medical sector and its problems such as insufficient number of professionals and infrastructure are "issues of immediate concern".

Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, addressing a virtual event on National Doctors' Day on Thursday, said it was saddening to see doctors struggling to get decent salaries despite years of learning.

Elections every few years to change the ruler need not be a guarantee against tyranny of those elected, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Judges should not be swayed by the "emotional pitch of public opinion which is amplified by social media," Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Wednesday at a function held in Delhi.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Wednesday said that Supreme Court judge Justice Ashok Bhushan, who is set to retire on July 4, has always been a "valuable colleague" and his judgements stand testimony to his "welfarist and humanist" approach.

President Donald Trump's attorney general Bill Barr told him a month after the 2020 election that allegations of voter fraud were groundless, but Trump rejected that, the Atlantic magazine reported.

The Bar Council of West Bengal on Sunday wrote to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana seeking the removal of Justice Rajesh Bindal as the Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta.