Bar Council Not Earning Members’ Respect Not A Good Sign For Legal Profession: Justice BV Nagarathna
Supreme Court Justice BV Nagarathna on Saturday stressed that the independence of the Bar was essential to a constitutional democracy…
Justice Bhuyan Calls for Independent Thinking in Law Schools
Speaking at the 13th convocation of National Law University Delhi, Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan stressed that law universities…
Supreme Court Forms 5-Member Committee Led By Ex-SC Judge Subhash Reddy To Probe Student Protest Violence
The Court asked the committee to give its interim report on alleged excessive police force and molestation of female protesters…
CJAR Calls For Registration of FIR Against Justice Yashwant Varma Over Cash-in-Outhouse Case
The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reform (CJAR) has called for the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against…
Supreme Court Judge Raises Serious Concerns About Rajasthan High Court Administration
Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has written to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant seeking action against Rajasthan High…
Statement by Prashant Bhushan in response to the sentencing order in the Suo motu contempt case
31st Augsut 2020 The Supreme Court of India has announced its verdict on the contempt case against me. It…
Support CJAR’s crowdfunding campaign – join us now!
Support the Campaign through the crowdfunding effort. This is the link to make your contribution. Do sign the…
Stung By Justice Karnan, Supreme Court Says Must Review Judges’ Selection – NDTV
A seven-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India JS Khehar gave reasons for sending the retired Calcutta high…
A Moment of Reckoning – Prashant Bhushan & Cheryl D’souza
To preserve judiciary’s independence, appointment process must be transparent The saga of Justice C.S. Karnan’s outrageous behaviour and the Supreme…
Supreme Court Upholds Order Against Use of Excessive Force by Army in Manipur BY V. SHIVSHANKAR ON 27/04/2017
New Delhi: In a huge setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court has re-affirmed its July 2016 order which said that the…
Judges’ appointment: MoP being finalised, says Prasad – Satya Prakash Tribune News Service New Delhi, April 20
Sixteen months after a constitution Bench asked the government to frame a Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges…
Judiciary-Government Standoff May Intensify With Blocking of Tribunal Appointments- BY THE WIRE STAFF ON 21/04/2017
Various former judges believe that rejecting post-retirement appointments on the basis of Intelligence Bureau inputs is discouraging and troubling. New…
Judiciary Does Not Want Any Accountability or Transparency, Allege RTI Activists – BY GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR
The RTI Act has faced resistance from the courts in recent years, especially when information is sought about their functioning as…
In letter to Supreme Court judges, Kalikho Pul’s wife seeks nod for FIR
In letter to Supreme Court judges, Kalikho Pul’s wife seeks nod for FIR Pul had allegedly hanged himself in August last…
The Collegium is Under Siege as the Executive Flexes its Muscles BY DUSHYANT DAVE
Judges whose rulings have gone against the BJP and its leaders are discovering that their prospects for advancement have been…
Dushyant Dave speaks on Pul’s suicide note, Sahara-Birla and Supreme Court – Bar&Bench
Pallavi Saluja March 3, 2017 Interviews A few weeks ago, a suicide note purportedly written by late Arunachal Pradesh…
Memorandum of Procedure for judicial postings nearing completion
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 02:08 IST The MoP draft was handed over to the Collegium by the government in August 2016.…
Pul’s widow withdraws from SC, says she will approach Vice-President
Krishnadas Rajagopal NEW DELHI FEBRUARY 23, 2017 18:19 IST Seeking an “extraordinarily independent probe”, Dingwamsai Pul, widow of former…
Former Arunachal CM Kalikho Pul’s suicide note ruffles feathers in Delhi’s legal circles
For the last few days, a 60-page suicide note recovered from the eastern-most State in India has ruffled quite a…
George Gadbois, Scholar Of The Indian Judiciary Passes Away…
eorge H. Gadbois Jr., the preeminent scholar of India’s judiciary and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Kentucky,…
Mrs. Dangwimsai Puls letter to the CJI requesting permission for registration of FIR on the basis of the allegations of corruption in her husband’s suicide note
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Call to probe note with big names
A forum of jurists today sought a probe by a special investigation team, set up by judges, into an explosive…
Judges should be made more accountable: Prashant Bhushan
Late Mukul Sinha, a human rights crusader and senior lawyer, was awarded second Bhagirath Human Rights Award on Saturday. His…
Amendment in Lokpal Bill pending before Parliament: Govt informs SC
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Ashok Bhushan that an amendment to the Lokpal…
The Supreme Court Needs to Reconsider Its Judgment in the Sahara-Birla Case
Dushyant Dave is senior advocate supreme Court of India and former President, Supreme Court Bar Association. Was the Supreme Court’s…
Justice KM Joseph left out for elevation as SC judge due to govt pressure, allege activists
CJAR, a body consisting of activists from various fields, has criticised the Supreme Court collegium for leaving out Chief Justice…
Uttarakhand chief justice not elevated “under govt pressure”: Demand to make public dissenting note
Well-known legal rights organization, Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), has said that Justice KM Joseph’s non-elevation to Supreme…
CJAR Condemns Centre’s Move To Reject Recommended Names To Allahabad HC; Calls It ‘Unconstitutional’
The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has issued a scathing indictment on the continuing standoff between the government…
Madras HC judge CS Karnan to appear in Supreme Court and argue against his transfer
Sitting high court judge, CS Karnan has written to the Supreme Court and will appear next month to argue against…
2016: Hostile interface between judiciary and government
The year 2016 has been marked by the hostile interface between the judiciary and the government like never before over…
Stage set for govt-judiciary run-in: Govt sends back names recommended by SC for appointment of judges
The Narendra Modi government has sent back at least 13 names recommended a second time by the Supreme Court collegium…
SC Rejects Govt Stand On Creating New Posts In District Judiciary: Issues Directions
The Supreme Court in Imtiyaz Ahmad vs. State of UP, has ruled that the required judge strength of the district judiciary…
Judicial appointments: Supreme Court and govt test Laxman Rekha
CJI Thakur says apex court duty to ensure executive stays within ambit; Minister Prasad disagrees on vacancies In the latest…
Government has no intention to interfere in judicial appointments: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The revised draft handed over by Prasad to Chief Justice of India T S Thakur is before the consideration of…
61 MPs seek impeachment of Andhra judge for atrocities against a Dalit officer
Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Digvijaya Singh, Naresh Agarwal are among those who moved the petition in the Upper House. Sixty-one…
HC Judges’ Appointment: 43 Recommendations Rejected Due To Adverse IB Inputs, Serious Complaints: Government
Minister of State for Law PP Chaudhary on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that the major reasons for referring back…
V R Krishna Iyer – The Super Judge – lecture delivered by Fali S Nariman
This is a reproduction of the speech delivered by Fali Nariman at the inaugural lecture of the VR Krishna Iyer…
24 High Courts have a total of 43% Judicial Vacancies
The justice delivery system is taking a beating as the Centre and the Supreme Court slug it out over norms…
Supreme Court slams, government rushes to clear 5 names for Delhi HC
Brushing aside its objections to two names, the Centre has cleared the decks to elevate five serving judicial officers as…
To be truly transparent
Only a full-time commission, which is independent of the government and the judiciary, can impart transparency and credibility to the…