Judges of the Supreme Court are not opposed to making known their assets provided the declarations are made as per the procedure laid down by the law, its Registrar told the Delhi High Court.
Judges of the Supreme Court are not opposed to making known their assets provided the declarations are made as per the procedure laid down by the law, its Registrar told the Delhi High Court.
The Centre proposes to establish a National Judicial Council to examine allegations of misconduct or incapacity against senior judges, but questions remain over just how much teeth it should have. Omair Ahmed presents a legislative brief on the Judges (Inquiry) Bill.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has admitted a petition filed by 58 members of the House for impeachment of Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen on grounds of financial misconduct.
The Supreme Court Registry has told the Delhi High Court that the judges of apex court are not opposed to declaring their assets but want to do it with proper safeguard, checks and balances to prevent misuse of information.
The Centre is planning to have statutory provisions to deal with cases of corruption and misconduct involving judges, Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj said on Tuesday.
Admitting that the judiciary’s in-house mechanism for appointment of judges had “completely failed”, Union Law Minister H R Bhardwaj on Monday called for an alternative system.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday gave its approval for a three-fold salary hike to judges but not before members expressed concern over the incidence of corruption in the judiciary, rising pendency of cases and long vacations that the courts continued to take.
Fifty-eight members of the Rajya Sabha, from across the political spectrum, submitted a motion to Chairman Hamid Ansari on Friday for the removal of Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court on grounds of misconduct.
With the Centre yet to act on Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan’s recommendation for removal of Calcutta high court judge Soumitra Sen, 58 Rajya Sabha members came together on Friday to seek his impeachment on grounds of financial misconduct.
Setting aside their political affiliations, leaders of different parties met Rajya Sabha Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari today and submitted a petition for the impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen of the Kolkata High Court.
If the Indian judicature is not to degenerate into a jejune institutional caricature, democracy must assert itself, and it must cease to be a simulacrum of Westminster judges with judicial wigs, jackets and robed apparel.
Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, who earlier said Rs.15 lakh in cash delivered at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur in Chandigarh on August 13 last was not meant for her, has requested Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan to supply statements of witnesses to enable her to give a final response to the show-cause notice.
Eminent citizens from various walks of life have appealed to Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts to voluntarily disclose their assets to advance the cause of transparency and probity in public life.
Remember Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court? The one who, as a receiver in 1993, was to collect Rs 50 lakh in a dispute between two parties but deposited it in his own account?
Information commissioners have chosen not to disclose their own assets' declaration on the CIC's website, in a development which may cause many to wonder whether the transparency watchdog has trouble following what it preaches to others.
THE RIGHT to Information Act, 2005 has changed the relationship of the people with the Indian state.
SOON after assuming office, President Barack Obama promised unprecedented transparency in the United States administration (http://recovery.gov/). Meanwhile, Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, the Chief Justice of India, sought an exemption for his office from the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The High Court in New Delhi is so behind in its work that it could take up to 466 years to clear the enormous backlog, the court's chief justice said in a damning report that illustrates the decrepitude of India's judicial system.
The Tribune; Feb 2, 2009
Stung by the criticism of judges' refusal to disclose their assets, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan has convened a Full Court meeting for next week to ascertain the views of brother judges on the need for making public the assets declared by judges to the CJI.
After having completed its preliminary inquiry into the cash-at-thedoor case against a judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court, the CBI has now sought the Chief Justice of India's permission to register a regular case.
The Law Ministry has been directed by the CIC to disclose all information and file notings on appointment of Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh Jagdish Bhalla, who was in the middle of a controversy when a file on his promotion was returned by the former President.
The growing popular pressure for across-the-board transparency in public appears to have blown judiciary's resistance to the demand for declaration of judges' assets, with a section of Delhi High Court judges declaring their intent to make the disclosure on their own.
The enforcement of the provisions of the 'Restatement of Values of Judicial Life', and the appointment of a judicial appointments and performance commission, should wait no further.
The CBI today said it had submitted its investigation report on the cash-for-judge scam involving Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav to the Supreme Court and the Centre amid speculation that the investigating agency had
recommended action against her.
In A fresh embarrassment to the judiciary, the top-level Supreme Court panel responsible for appointment of judges has declined to accept three of the eight names recommended by the Delhi High Court (HC) as judges.
Recent cases underline the need for independent Constitutional bodies for the appointment of judges as well as for investigating complaints against them.
The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) has sought the support of political parties for the impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen, judge of the Calcutta High Court, as recommended by the Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, in his letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
An NGO today advocated setting up of an independent constitutional body for appointment of judges and investigating complaints against them to promote transparency in the functioning of judiciary.
In a boost to judicial accountability, the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Tuesday rejected the Supreme Court’s claim that the Chief Justice of India was beyond the purview of RTI.
Less than a fortnight after the Supreme Court recommended the transfer of Justice R Mishra in connection with the Uttar Pradesh provident fund scam, he will be sworn in as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan appealed to the members of legal fraternity to cooperate in betterment of the judicial system in the country.
THE DELHI High Court on Monday stayed an order of the Central Information Commission ( CIC), asking the Supreme Court's registry to give information to an RTI applicant on whether apex court judges have declared their assets to the Chief Justice of India ( CJI).
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh obviously feels deeply about corruption in government and especially in the judiciary. He spoke on it publicly twice within five months; on both occasions, in the presence of the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice K.G. Balakrishnan. On April 19, he said: “Corruption is another challenge that we face both in the government and the judiciary.”
A Supreme Court Bench provided a "law" to protect Judges from criminal prosecution by an assertion of power that did not vest in it.
The number and type of cases the Supreme Court accepts rather than having too few judges causes the backlog of cases.
Address of the Legal and Real Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, to the New York City Bar Association
With judiciary reeling under the embarrassment of allegations of corruption facing several of its members, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday called for "introspection" on judicial appointments.
The recent disclosure that the Chief Justice of India had recommended the impeachment of a Calcutta High Court judge for misappropriation of funds, along with earlier allegations surrounding the Ghaziabad provident fund case and money delivered at the residence of a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, have highlighted the urgent need for a legal and transparent method for investigating misconduct of judges of superior courts.