Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan has named Justice B. Sudershan Reddy of the Supreme Court chairman of the three-member panel set up by the Rajya Sabha to look into the issue of impeachment proceedings against Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court.

A review of the present system of appointment of judges and exemplary action against corrupt judges will be the focus of judicial reforms of the UPA government, to be carried out in consultation with the higher judiciary.

Adopting a `zero tolerance' policy towards stigmatised judges, the Supreme Court in an emphatic ruling has said that the taint acquired during judgeship will be a big disqualification for the person's post-retirement appointment as head of a tribunal or a commission.

Judiciary opaque, courts trouble; HT, June 5, 2009

Chandigarh, June 4 (IANS) A vigilance department report based on surveillance of suspected extremists that unravelled a murky nexus between touts and judges has landed the Punjab and Haryana High Court in another controversy.

Time for those reforms back in 1993, a public-spirited advocate, Anupam Gupta, hit the headlines for raising the issue of nepotism and corruption in the judiciary.

In an unusual report by a state government on its judiciary, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau says it has found leads to a slew of malpractices in the Punjab and

vigilance department report based on surveillance of suspected e xtremists th at unravelled am urky nexus between to uts and judges has landed the Punjab and Haryana High Court in another con troversy.

Months after eminent citizens levelled allegations of misuse of public office against former Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal, the government has admitted that it is investigating the judge's family.

The CBI on Friday filed the second status report in the Uttar Pradesh Provident Fund Scam case probe in which the names of judicial officers including the judges of high court and one from apex court have cropped up.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday observed that judges couldn't be put on the same footing as MPs and MLAs on the issue of asset declaration since such information may be misused.

The Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has transferred the Boss music school case to a new bench of three judges headed by Justice B N Agarwal.

The Supreme Court has sentenced 3 women members of Mumbai's controversial 'Boss School of Music' to 3 months imprisonment for hurling a slipper at a judge but the order was changed soon afterwards giving them the chance to defend the contempt.

A woman today took off her slipper and flung it at a Supreme Court judge, but the missile fell short of a stunned Justice Arijit Pasayat who ducked in the nick of time.

In a move that may severely impact the transparency of the judicial system in India, judges of the apex court have said that information about their assets should be kept out of the ambit of the Right to Information Act (RTI) act.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said its judges are not averse to declaring their assets and Parliament can enact a law pertaining to such declaration, but it must be ensured that the law is not misused.

Final preparations for the impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen of Calcutta High Court on charges of corruption got underway with Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan setting up a three-member judicial team to draft the chargesheet against him.

An attempt to force the names of misbehaving judges into the open will be launched tomorrow in a groundbreaking freedom of information case.