New Delhi: Attorney general Goolam E Vahanvati today sought to dispel the impression that he was keen to challenge the Delhi High Court judgment on the judges' assets issue, saying that the full Bench itself was of the view that substantial questions of public importance have to be decided by the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan has sent a panel of four names — two Supreme Court judges and two High Court Chief Justices — to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Hamid Ansari, to enable him to select two persons to be in the three-member team to probe the allegations against Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran.
CBI hands tied against judge, Hindustan Times, Jan 8, 2010
Judicial Degeneration must be checked, Hindustan Times, Jan 8, 2010
Karnataka High Court judge D V Shylendra Kumar has fired another salvo at the top judiciary on the efficacy of its "moral authority" in ensuring that erring judges fall in place.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court reserved its verdict on an appeal filed by the Supreme Court challenging its order which had held that office of Chief Justice of India comes within the purview of Right to Information Act and details of judges’ assets should be revealed
In an unprecedented incident, agitating advocates on Monday disrupted proceedings in the court hall of the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, P.D. Dinakaran, shouted slogans against him and forced him to adjourn the court for some time.
Can judges hear matter of companies they hold shares in? The Supreme Court says yes, but only if litigants fail to raise any objection to the hearing of a case by a judge who happens to be a shareholder of the company embroiled in the litigation, said Justice SH Kapadia on Monday, adding that the matter then cannot be raised later.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan has dropped the name of Karnataka High Court Justice PD Dinakaran from the list of those recommended for elevation to the Supreme Court.
A decision has been taken to close the case against Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Nirmal Yadav in the cash-at-doorstep scam.