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.
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan on Saturday underlined the need for the formation of an All-India Judicial Service, on the lines of the Central civil services, for improving quality of subordinate courts.
Union Minister for Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said that the procedure of appointment of judges may be revisited and no tainted person will be appointed as a judge.
New Delhi: The Union Law Ministry is to process the recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium of judges for elevation of four Chief Justices of High Courts to the Supreme Court.
New Delhi: Information pertaining to appointment of judges to the Supreme Court could not be provided under the Right to Information Act as it was confidential, the Central Principal Information Officer of the Supreme Court has said.
On Saturday afternoon there were attempts to remove the fencing in the disputed property of Karnataka Chief Justice PD Dinakaran in Kaverirajapuram in Thiruvallur district neighbouring Chennai, which is under discrete inquiry instituted by the Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan.
THIRUVALLUR(TN): Suspense mounted on Saturday about whether or not the Karnataka High Court chief justice P D Dinakaran would be elevated to the Supreme Court or even continue as a judge.
On Saturday afternoon there were attempts to remove the fencing in the disputed property of Karnataka Chief Justice PD Dinakaran in Kaverirajapuram in Thiruvallur district neighbouring Chennai, which is under discrete inquiry instituted by the Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan.
Bangalore : Following a heated special general body meeting, the Advocates’ Association of Bangalore on Wednesday decided against boycotting the court of Chief Justice P D Dinakaran who is facing allegations of acquiring disproportionate wealth.
New Delhi : Ending all speculation over the fate of the Judges (Declaration of Assets and Liabilities) Bill, 2009, the Union Ministry of Law and Justice on Wednesday said it would introduce a new Judges (Inquiry) Bill in the coming Session of Parliament. This Bill would also have a clause making it mandatory for judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts to declare their assets on a regular basis to their respective Chief Justices.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday admitted an appeal filed by the Supreme Court Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) against a single judge’s order holding that information on assets declared by Supreme Court judges in the possession of the Chief Justice of India would come within the ambit of the Right to Information Act. A Bench of Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S. Murlidhar admitted the appeal after hearing Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati and counsel Atul Nanda for the appellant and counsel Prashant Bhushan for respondent Subash Chandra Agrawal.
New Delhi : All 33 sitting judges of the Kerala High Court, including the Chief Justice, have posted details of their assets, along with those of their spouses and dependent children, on the HC website. With this, it has become the the first High Court whose judges have made public their assets and liabilities.
BANGALORE: Setting at rest speculation on whether he would preside over or abstain from conducting court proceedings in the light of allegations of corruption levelled against him, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran on Monday attended court and heard matters listed for hearing.
All sitting judges of the Supreme Court have filed declarations of assets in accordance with the May 7, 1997 resolution, the court Registry informed RTI applicant Subash Chandra Agrawal on Monday.
Recent news reports heralding the inauguration of the new Supreme Court of UK reminded me of my many years of student life in that country. Those years taught me that the UK is the best validation of the principle that it is the substance which matters and not the form.
NEW DELHI: Even as CJI K G Balakrishnan is holding a discreet inquiry into allegations of landgrabbing by prospective SC judge P D Dinakaran, Chennai's Forum for Judicial Accountability (FJA) has come up with more serious evidence of properties allegedly acquired by him and his immediate family members.
BANGALORE: Even as uncertainty continued over whether the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, P.D. Dinakaran, would preside over judicial proceedings from Monday, Advocate-General (AG) Ashok Harnahalli urged him to sit on the Bench and conduct the proceedings.
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has initiated an inquiry into allegations of illegal amassment of huge tracts of land by Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, whose name was recommended to the Centre by the Supreme Court Collegium for elevation as a judge of the SC.
CHENNAI: In a fresh twist to the controversy surrounding Justice Paul Diwakar Dinakaran, a collective of civil rights groups here has questioned his Dalit background, saying he ceased to be a member of the Scheduled Castes ever since he converted to Christianity
Union Minister for Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily said the Centre proposes to establish 5,000 gram nyayalayas (village courts) in the next three years in an attempt to reduce the number of pending cases in the country.
Joining the debate on the issue of appointment of judges, former law minister and leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said there should be a clearly defined “objective criterion” to decide who becomes a judge.
AHMEDABAD: Additional sessions judge R H Sharma, who was a CBI lawyer in the Sanjay Dutt case and was credited with one of the fastest disposal of cases as sessions judge in Ahmedabad, has been suspended on charges of corruption.
New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken a serious view of an alleged vilification campaign launched in the print and electronic media by some anti-Dalit and casteist elements in the Bar Council of India and various State Bar Associations in the Justice P.D. Dinakaran issue.
Chennai : The controversy over Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran’s elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court took another turn in Tamil Nadu, after a group of advocates and activists alleged that the campaign against him was instigated by casteist interests and individuals, particularly in the national capital.
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday finalised a comprehensive Judicial Inquiry Bill that proposes to fix accountability of judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court, as well as a mechanism to inquire into specific complaints of corruption and misconduct against individual judges.
Some Order My Lord; Hindustan Times, Sep 18, 2009
It is the last thing that Indira Gandhi would have imagined. When she, as prime minister in the ’70s, twice superseded senior Supreme Court judges to appoint her own as chief justice, little did she realise the consequences.
Already under cloud over his alleged land holdings in contravention of land ceiling laws, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Justice P D Dinakaran suffered a fresh setback as an association of Bangalore lawyers on Thursday asked him to stay away from the court proceedings.
BANGALORE: Opposition to Karnataka HC Chief Justice P D Dinakaran grew shrill on Thursday with lawyers asking him not to attend court proceedings till he is cleared of allegations. They will meet again to decide their further course of action if he doesn’t comply with their request.
The man at the centre of the storm is P D Dinakaran, the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. Dinakaran is among five judges recommended for the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice of India. But some of the country's most senior lawyers, including Fali Nariman and Shanti Bhushan, say Dinakaran must explain allegations of disproportionate wealth. "How did the money come? All this requires investigation," says Shanti Bhushan.
Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran's assets are under scrutiny and the Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan has asked him to respond to allegations that he has amassed assets disproportionate to his income.
Come Gandhi Jayanti and the country’s poor living in villages will get a cost-effective forum at the grassroots level for settling disputes and legal cases.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday held that all power — judicial power exercised by Supreme Court judges being no exception — is accountable to the Constitution.