PIL in the SC seeking cancellation of the entire allocation of Coal Blocks to Private Companies between 1993-2012 and seeking a thorough court monitored investation into the said allocation by the CBI or SIT read more Rejoinder read more SC…
The Delhi HC sets aside the Central Information Commission order directing the SCI to disclose information about Judges’ medical bills.
Your book “Informal Constitution” is timely. Did you anticipate that the non-appointment of a nominee of the collegium to the judgeship of the Supreme Court would become controversial?
Mr. Dushyant Dave's letter dated 6th February 2015
Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), on 13th February 2015, has filed a PIL in the Supreme Court challenging the latest Constitutional Amendment creating National Judicial Appointments Commission for the appointment of Supreme Court and High Court Judges. CPIL has argued that it violates the basic structure of the Constitution since only a full-time body which functions with transparency can make proper appointments. The current NJAC is neither full time nor transparent. The petition is as under.
Serious allegations of corruption and abuse of judicial office against Justice CK Prasad have been raised pertaining to the period when he was Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer (1914-2014) had a unique judicial philosophy, a quality that stemmed from his belief that law evolved through diverse views and that flashes of collision brought out the truth and justice. By V. VENKATESAN
With the passing of Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, who had just entered his 100th year, the world has lost one of the greatest judges and jurists of all time and also a fine human being. He used his extraordinary juristic and intellectual gifts to help everyone he could and to address all forms of human suffering.
NOTICE OF MOTION FOR PRESENTING AN ADDRESS TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA FOR THE REMOVAL OF Mr. JUSTICE K L MANJUNATH, JUDGE OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT, UNDER ARTICLE 217 READ WITH 124 (4) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
Over two months after the central government sent back the Supreme Court collegium’s recommendation to transfer Karnataka High Court Judge K L Manjunath to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a group of Lok Sabha MPs has started a signature campaign to initiate impeachment proceedings against him.