President appoints 14 judicial officers as Judges, Additional Judges of four High Courts

September 20, 2026 10:59 AM

President appoints 14 judicial officers as Judges, Additional Judges of four High Courts

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday appointed 14 judicial officers as Judges and Additional Judges of the Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Jharkhand and Karnataka High Courts. The appointments were made in exercise of the powers conferred by the Constitution of India and after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, according to the Ministry of Law and Justice. In the Delhi High Court, Nivedita Anil Sharma and Nisha Sahay Saxena have been appointed as Judges. Sanjay Sharma, Bharat ...

The digital transformation of India’s judiciary: How the e-Courts Mission is reshaping access to justice

August 8, 2026 1:19 AM

The digital transformation of India’s judiciary: How the e-Courts Mission is reshaping access to justice

India's judicial system is undergoing one of the most significant technological transformations in its history. Once characterised by paper files, manual processes and time-consuming physical visits to courts, the justice delivery system is steadily evolving into a digitally enabled, transparent and citizen-centric ecosystem through the e-Courts Mission Mode Project. The initiative has fundamentally changed how courts function and how citizens interact with the judiciary. Since 2014, both case ...

Amit Shah bats for institutional balance, says judiciary key to India’s democratic strength

May 10, 2026 9:28 PM

Amit Shah bats for institutional balance, says judiciary key to India’s democratic strength

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the roots of India’s democracy have grown stronger over the past 76 years due to the collective contribution of the Constitution, the judiciary and the people of the country. Speaking at the launch of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s book, ‘The Bench, the Bar, and the Bizarre and the Lawful and the Awful’, in New Delhi, Shah said every constitutional change introduced through Parliament and state legislatures since Independence had been ...