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Chief Justice of India, 20 SC judges declare assets

   03 November 2009 at 19:01

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and 20 other judges of the Supreme Court on Monday made public their assets. The assets of Justice B N Agrawal, who retired on 15thOctober, were also declared on the website on his special request, the apex cou ..

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Karnataka: Advocate association of Bangalore may boycott CJ

   03 November 2009 at 19:00

With the Supreme Court collegium putting on hold the elevation of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran to the Supreme Court, the judge may be in for further trouble since the Advocate Association of Bangalore is likely to revive its plan ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   360 Views


SC collegium drops Justice Dinakaran's name for promotion

   03 November 2009 at 18:59

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has conveyed to the Union Government that it has decided to drop the name of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran from the list of those recommended for elevati ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   269 Views


CJI for continuation of tribunals

   01 November 2009 at 19:37

Against the backdrop of an ongoing debate over proliferation of tribunals, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday said there were "compelling reasons" for continuation of tribunals in the country as they were more accessible to l ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   261 Views


Names of four judges barring Dinakaran's to be processed:CJI

   01 November 2009 at 19:36

The names of four judges other than that of Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court P D Dinakaran will be processed for elevation to the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said. Asked about a newspaper report that the name of Justi ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   304 Views


Dinakaran's name pulled out of SC list

   01 November 2009 at 15:09

he Supreme Court Collegium has pulled the name of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran from the five-strong list of HC chief justices it had recommended for elevation to the apex court. Last week's decision to take controversy-scarred Jus ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   188 Views


Justice Dinakaran - collegium fails to take decision

   28 October 2009 at 18:41

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishanan again failed to take a final decision on the fate of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran in relation to his elevation to the Supreme Court. The SC Collegi ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   396 Views


Goa AG withdraws petition from SC against Goa HC judgment

   28 October 2009 at 18:40

Goa’s controversial Advocate General Subodh Kantak withdrew the Special Leave Petition (SLP) he had filed in the Supreme Court against social activist Advocate Aires Rodrigues. The AG, in his SLP, had challenged the judgment of Justice Nelson B ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   601 Views


No decision on SC Bench for Southern Region

   28 October 2009 at 18:38

The demand for a Supreme Court bench for the southern states is unlikely to materialise in the near future with Union Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily admitting that the Government had not given any thought to the matter. In an interaction w ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   325 Views


Govt wants say in naming judges

   25 October 2009 at 10:56

Law minister M. Veerappa Moily today tentatively proposed that the executive and legislature be allowed to suggest the names of lawyers and jurists for appointment as judges of the superior courts.In a vision statement presented to Chief Justice of I ..

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