Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud
India overhauls colonial-era laws with new criminal codes
India on Monday implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a "watershed" movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice.
Amit Shah, the interior minister, said the codes would help India "become the world's most modern justice delivery system."
Supreme Court of India Judgement on the Ayodhya Case - the 2nd Longest in the SC's History
This morning there was a unanimous judgement in the Ayodhya case, when a 5- Judge Bench headed by the Chief Justice Gogoi delivered its verdict. Other judges on the bench were Justice Bobde, Justice Bhushan, Justice Nazeer and Justice Chandrachud.