India's top court witnessed dramatic exchanges between a Lucknow-based lawyer and the Chief Justice of India on Tuesday (Jul 9) after the former lodged a complaint against another Supreme Court judge before the latter.

Lawyer lodges complaint against SC judge before the CJI, gets stern warning

Chief justice NV Ramana on Saturday (April 30) said that India has a backlog of 40 million cases in lower courts. "We have 20 judges per million population, which is highly inadequate to deal with the rising trend of litigation," Ramana told a conference attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief ministers of most states.

Chief justice NV Ramana says India has court backlog of 40 million cases

Indian gangster Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter a day after he was arrested. Dubey was in his 50s, allegedly enjoyed political patronage, and was accused in at least 62 criminal cases. WION's Palki Sharma tells you why Vikas Dubey's encounter is a commentary on the Indian justice system.

Gravitas: Vikas Dubey encounter | A commentary on India's justice system