Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had recommended the name of the next senior-most judge in the Supreme Court
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Being fair will solve all problems, says CJI Gogoi
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday said that being fair towards others will solve all problems and that to be fair is the only one cardinal constitutional value. Addressing an event in the premises of Supreme Court, the Chief Justice said India has rich[Read More…]
Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India
New Delhi: Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India. He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind in the Rashtrapati Bhawan. He is India’s 46th Chief Justice succeeds Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who demitted office on October 2, with[Read More…]
All you need to know about the first Chief Justice of India from Northeast
Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Tuesday recommended the Supreme Court ‘s judge Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the new Chief Justice of the country. Chief Justice Dipak Misra is retiring on October 2. The 46th Chief Judge of the country will be sworn in on October 3. Justice Gogoi hails from Assam will be the first[Read More…]
Dipak Misra recommends Justice Ranjan Gogoi to be the next Chief Justice of India
Giving rest to all the speculations, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra as a matter of convention, recommends Justice Ranjan Gogoi to be the next Chief Justice of India. Following the principle of seniority, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has recommended the name of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as[Read More…]
Justice Ranjan Gogoi likely to be new Chief Justice of India
Justice Ranjan Gogoi to be the next Chief Justice of India. At present Gogoi is the senior most judge of the Supreme Court and will ascend to the seat of the CJI post Dipak Mishra’s retirement. His appointment will be done on the formal recommendations of the CJI Dipak Mishra[Read More…]
Constitutional rights define life of citizens, societies: CJI Dipak Misra
New Delhi: Constitutional rights define and shape the lives of citizens and societies and have to be construed and developed in such a manner that their real intent and existence percolates to the lowest rungs in the society, said Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. Delivering the M.C. Setalvad Memorial[Read More…]
Supreme Court: CJI Deepak Mishra is the master of roster
The Supreme Court today rejected former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan’s plea challenging the Chief Justice of India’s power as the master of roster. Supreme Court reiterated that CJI is the master of the roster and has the power to allocate cases in the top court because he is the first[Read More…]
Options on impeachment against CJI open: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said the option of moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra were still open. “We are very concerned about what is happening (in the SC). The issues, which were raised by four SC Judges, have not been addressed yet. The option[Read More…]
Allocation of cases should be transparent, not arbitrary: Justice Chelameswar
New Delhi: Justice J. Chelameswar, the senior-most Supreme Court judge after the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, on Saturday, said the allocation of important and sensitive cases to different benches should be done transparently and not in an arbitrary manner. “We are not questioning his (Chief Justice of India) authority[Read More…]
Justice Dipak Misra sworn in as Chief Justice of India
Supreme Court judge, Justice Dipak Misra sworn-in as the 45th Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Monday. Justice Misra succeeded CJI JS Khehar who retires today. Misra had a long run as an SC judge and was senior-most after Justice Khehar. He will oversee the judicial business in the country[Read More…]
Justice Dipak Misra will be next chief justice of India
Justice Dipak Misra will be the next chief justice of India, after incumbent Jagdish Singh Khehar retires on 27 August. The Law Ministry accepted Khehar’s recommendation on Tuesday evening. Misra will serve as the CJI for 14 months. Justice Dipak Misra to be the next Chief Justice of India (CJI),[Read More…]
Supreme Court to go paperless within 6-7 months: CJI
Chief Justice of India J S Khehar on Wednesday said that the Supreme Court will go paperless within six to seven months.The observation on the issue of digitisation of the top court was made when senior advocate Indira Jaising, who has filed a PIL seeking uniform guidelines on designating lawyers[Read More…]
Its official! Justice JS Khehar appointed as 44th Chief Justice of India
The President on Monday appointed Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar as the 44th Chief Justice of India from January 4, 2017. The incumbent Chief Justice T.S. Thakur on December 6, 2016 communicated his recommendation to the government to appoint Justice Khehar. Justice Thakur retires on January 3, 2017 after a tenure[Read More…]
No liquor shops on highways from April 2017: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Thursday banned all liquor shops on National Highways from April, 2017. All the licenses of liquor shops in and around the National Highways in all the states would be stopped, the apex court said in its order.[Read More…]
Judiciary must recognise ‘lakshman rekha’, be ready for introspection: Mukul Rohatgi
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Saturday said the judiciary must recognise the ‘lakshman rekha’ and be ready for introspection, hours after Chief Justice of India TS Thakur and the Centre publicly differed over vacancies in judges’ posts. “Everyone, including judiciary, must recognise there is lakshman rekha and be ready for[Read More…]
“Petitions seeking money and publicity won’t be entertained” says miffed CJI TS Thakur
Toughening his stand on “frivolous” PILs, Chief Justice of India TS Thakur slammed various petitions this week. Stating that petitions meant for “making money and publicity” won’t be entertained at all, he said “It is high time, judiciary should teach such petitioners a lesson and a heavy cost should be[Read More…]