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…]
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Don’t be guided by majoritarian views: CJI Dipak Misra
Cuttack: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Sunday advised the law students not to be guided by the majoritarian views and remain true to their conviction. You should never be guided by the majoritarian views. Be true to your own conviction and conscience and always endeavour to be responsibly[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…]
Privacy is a fundamental right, rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave its verdict on the right to privacy and said that it is a ‘fundamental right’. After a five-judge bench hearing several petitions challenging the Aadhaar Act referred the matter to a larger bench, a nine-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday decided[Read More…]
Aadhaar: One more day to know whether Privacy is a fundamental right
While the Centre is in the process of making Aadhaar mandatory, a constitutional bench of the Apex Court on Tuesday heard matters related to the aspect of the right to privacy of Aadhaar. The five-judge bench which was headed by the Chief Justice of India was hearing a petition which[Read More…]
Supreme Court to continue hearing on validity of triple talaq
The Apex Court on Thursday will continue hearing pleas by Muslim women rejecting their religious convention of practising triple talaq. The hearing will be conducted under a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Jagdish Singh Khehar and four other judges, namely Justices Kurian Joseph, Rohinton Fali[Read More…]
Justice will be served even during summer vaction
As many as 15 judges of the Supreme Court will enjoy no summer vacation this year. These judges are bound to sit through cases and hearings, to deal with three cases of Constitutional importance. This also includes deciding the constitutional legitimacy of triple talaq and polygamy under Muslim personal laws.[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…]
Gender sensitisation has to start from home: CJI Khehar
Questioning the mindset of presuming a girl child as a life-long liability, Chief Justice of India J S Khehar on Wednesday said gender sensitisation is not a matter of punishment and has to start from home. “Society must look into the matter of gender sensitisation. It is not a matter[Read More…]
High time to act on judicial reforms: Prez
‘Work together with the judiciary’ said CJI Khehar on shortage of judges
J S Khehar, Chief Justice of India, on Monday asked the government to “work together” with the judiciary to tackle the problem of shortage of judges, followed by unresolved piles of cases. Hearing issues relating to pendency of cases in the Tripura High Court, the bench told Attorney General Mukul[Read More…]
Alok Verma appointed as new CBI director
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Verma was on Thursday appointed as the next chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). His appointment was approved for a period of 2 years by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and[Read More…]
CJI asks judges to be prepared for complex digital cases
Amidst huge trend of digital media and call for cashless economy in the country, Chief Justice of India TS Thakur anticipates complex legal cases and asked judicial officers to be well prepared for the changing justice delivery system, on Monday. While speaking at the 18th biennial state-level conference of judicial[Read More…]
CJI slams Centre, says courts lying vacant without judges; government denies claims
Just after Chief Justice of India TS Thakur slammed the Centre over the huge vacancies of judges in the higher judiciary, Union law and justice minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said he “respectfully” disagrees with the claims made by CJI. Contrary to Thakur’s remark that “The government is not ready to[Read More…]
Supreme Court to hear plea for ‘independent’ body to appoint judges
Even as the Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Sunday reiterated the urgent need to increase the number of judges in India, the apex court on Monday will hear a plea seeking the setting up of a “public body”, independent of the executive and judiciary, to ensure fair appointment[Read More…]
Senior Supreme Court Judge miffed with CJI-led collegium
In a shocking revelation, Justice J Chelameswar has ripped into the Chief Justice of India headed collegium and has called it, “most opaque.” A letter written by the fifth most senior judge has called for recording the minutes of confidential meetings held to discuss appointments and transfers of judges. As reported[Read More…]