Graft petitions against 500 TN judicial officers: CJ
Chief Justice of the Madras high court M. Y. Eqbal on Thursday warned subordinate judicial officers in Tamil Nadu that complaints of corruption would be viewed seriously and drastic action taken again
CJI cautions govt against tinkering with judicial independence
Frankly admitting that sometimes judicial overreach disturbed the balance between three branches of state, Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia on Wednesday cautioned the government against tinkering with the independence of judiciary.
SC tells government to decide on Balakrishnan case
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to take a decision on a representation by the Committee on Judicial Accountability (CJA) seeking a presidential reference on the allegation of miscon
SC gives CVC time to reply
New Delhi, Dec. 6: The attorney-general, Mr G.E. Vahnvati was on Monday supposed to respond to the SC’s November 22 direction to obtain clear “instructions” from the government on how the CVC, Mr P.J.
SC seeks CVC, Centre explanation
New Delhi, Dec. 6: After going through the files relating to the appointment of chief vigilance commissioner, Mr P.J. Thomas, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine the “validity” of the Centr
Chief justice to head bench on Ayodhay hearing
A three-judge bench headed by chief justice S.H.
Bhagwati Prasad new CJ of Jharkhand HC
Justice Bhagwati Prasad was on Sunday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. Governor M.O.H. Farooq administered the oath to Justice Prasad at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan h
J.S. Kehar sworn-in as new chief justice of Karnataka
Justice J.S. Kehar was on Sunday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court at a brief ceremony at Raj Bhavan on Sunday.
Kehar, who was the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court ear
Nitish tries to feed judges
New Delhi, July 19: The Bihar Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar’s attempt to break bread with the judiciary after being named as one of the accused in the over Rs 11,500-crore treasury scam, failed on S
Top court sets up 2nd forest bench
New Delhi, July 16: The Chief Justice, S H Kapadia, on Saturday announced a drastic overhaul of the decade-old procedure to deal with forest and environment cases.
Under the new plan, the Chief Justi