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Says workers left in 'uncertainty and insecurity' despite rendering service for years

#Benchmark: Failure to clear a Punjabi language exam at the Middle Standard level cannot be used to deny regularisation after nearly three decades of service

#Benchmark Technology has expanded access to legal material, accelerated searches, but has also introduced a new vulnerability

#Benchmark Judges are no longer content to speak only through written orders; they speak to the moment, aloud, sometimes passionately, and always with moral urgency

#Benchmark Be it aiding flood victims, ensuring legal aid for prisoners or protecting citizens from cyber scams, India’s courts are showing that justice need not stop at verdicts

#Benchmark Courts, in their effort to appear fair, sometimes tend to drift from their primary duty — to be fair

Judges face increasing online attacks and public distrust fueled by social media, turning legal disagreement into personal persecution. This undermines judicial independence and public faith, essential for a functioning democracy. Reckless criticism, not reasoned debate, threatens the justice system's integrity.

#Benchmark: The address “My Lord” in courtroom, when spoken voluntarily and consciously, need not echo subservience to empire. It can also signify reverence for the ideal that justice represents — not the person who wields it, but the principle he or she must serve

Everything you need to know about High Court's verdict on power to quash convictions on compromise

The observation came in a case involving a marital dispute lingering for more than 17 years