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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sr Civil Judge Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal Caught Red Handed Taking Bribe Sent In Judicial Remand
The CBI on Thursday arrested senior civil judge Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal on bribery charges. She was remanded in 14-day judicial…
Judicial system poses challenge to marginalised sections
Sharing his experience in the court room, Ramon Magsaysay award winner Bezwada Wilson said judiciary is as inaccessible to the…
CJAR Demands In-House Enquiry Against Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy For Alleged Atrocities Against Dalits
In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India, the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms has sought initiation…
SC Dismisses Plea For A New Body For Judges Appointment Saying It Cannot Amend Constitution
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL by National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms which sought a new…
Truth and openness, no matter how uncomfortable, are better than gossip
Former SC judge Justice Ruma Pal tells Arghya Sengupta why she believes there’s merit in Justice Chelameswar’s insistence on the…
Amid slogans on progress, need to give judiciary more judges: CJI
September 12, 2016 Chief Justice of India T S Thakur Sunday reiterated the urgent need to increase the number of…
No Muslim judge in Supreme Court, first time in 11 years
September 6, 2016 Justice M Y Eqbal and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla, elevated respectively in December and April in…
Ex-CJI RM Lodha warns, weighs in over collegium: Justice Chelameswar has a point
September 4, 2016 Even as Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on Saturday said that differences among the judges…
Supreme Court collegium rejects 11 lawyers for Allahabad high court
September 6, 2016 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, has rejected…
Why a Sitting Judge of the Supreme Court is Fighting to Reform the Collegium
September 04, 2016 Justice Chelameswar says the practice of not keeping records of collegium meetings hurts the judiciary’s credibility and its relations with the executive.…
Chief Justice Thakur lashes out at PM Modi’s silence on Judicial Appointments
Chief Justice of India TS Thakur today used the Independence Day function at the Supreme Court premises to lash out…
Whole system is collapsing, says Supreme Court about vacancies in high courts
The top court also expressed unhappiness about the transfer and appointment of judges The Supreme Court today expressed unhappiness…
Delhi Judicial Service Examination: SC issues Guidelines for making the process more transparent
July 26, 2016 Supreme Court of India Today has issued some important Guidelines for making the process of selecting the…
Govt puts 44 names mooted for Allahabad HC judges on hold
The Centre has put on hold the appointment of 44 judges for the Allahabad high court, sent to it by the high court collegium in April.
Ending impunity under AFSPA
“Accountability is a facet of the rule of law.” This established legal principle has acquired fresh significance after the Supreme…
Supreme Court Sets Aside Contempt Proceedings Against Outlook Journalists
07/07/2016 New Delhi: On June 30, a Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and Rohinton Fali Nariman set aside the…
PIL on Clinical trial of anti-diarrhea vaccine Rotavac: SC issues Notice to Centre, DBT and CMC Vellore [Read Petition]
July 5, 2016 Supreme Court today issued notice to the Centre, Department of Bio-Technology (DBT) and Christian Medical College, Vellore…
Supreme Court lifts freeze on judicial appointments
Appointments through the present system of Collegium will not be put on hold until the Constitution Bench decides on reforms, said Justice Khehar.
Raising the Bar – Lavina Melwani
What makes Indian-American women so phenomenally successful in the American judiciary?
SC stays Gujarat HC order issuing notices to 27 sitting, former judges
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Gujarat High Court order, issuing notices to 27 of its sitting and former judges over allotment of government plots to them. A bench led by Chief Justice HL Dattu also issued notices to the Gujarat government and Registrar of Cooperative Societies. A bench of the Gujarat High Court, led by outgoing acting Chief Justice VM Sahai, had on Monday issued notices to 27 judges, seeking their replies on the 2008 allotment of residential plots.