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Despite establishing a National Tribunals Commission, the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026 retains significant executive control over the institutions meant to be insulated from it.
The Supreme Courts recent ruling upholding criminal liability for cruelty to live-in relationships in the nature of marriage must raise questions on why marriage is still the qualification for critical rights against intimate partner violence.
The Judges Inquiry Committees Report tabled in Lok Sabha holds that unaccounted currency was found in a storeroom under Justice Varmas control, that evidence was tampered with before it could be sealed, and that his explanations were evasive findings that echo the Supreme Courts In-House Committees conclusions before Varma resigned in April.