It was no coincidence that three independent inquiries conducted by the police, the CBI and an in-house judges’ panel into the cash-at-judge’s doorstep case had a common conclusion: Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court had received an unaccounted cash packet of Rs 15 lakh in mid-August of 2008.

The Chief Justice of India, K.G. Balakrishnan, on Sunday said he was not opposed to the Right to Information (RTI) Act and did not want any exemptions from it. Also, the Supreme Court had not yet decided if it should challenge the Delhi High Court judgment on the issue.

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge V.S. Sirpurkar will head a three-member committee that will investigate the grounds for impeachment of Karnataka Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran whose removal from office has been sought jointly by 75 Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on corruption and land-grabbing charges.

New Delhi, Jan. 16 (PTI): The Chief Justice of India today defended his decision to seek a daily allowance for his wife when the couple recently went on a foreign tour, saying it was being provided for several years.

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.

The land-grabbing case against Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P. D. Dinakaran has taken a new turn.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan on Sunday deferred for the time being its decision with regard to the allegations against Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran, whose elevation as judge of the Supreme Court has been put on hold.

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of Karnataka P.D. Dinakaran, whose elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court has been put on hold, on Saturday declined to comment on the allegations of encroachment of government land and acquisition of other immovable assets levelled against him by the Forum for Judicial Accountability (FJA).

New Delhi: Law Minister Veerappa Moily on Saturday unveiled the Centre’s ‘vision statement’ containing a package of judicial reforms to reduce pendency of cases from 15 to 3 years and make the justice delivery system efficient, transparent and more accessible to the poor.