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The government was on Tuesday asked by the Supreme Court to expeditiously convey its stand on a report of an expert body w..

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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 to boycott the court of Justice Dinakaran till the probe against him into the allegatio..

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 elevation to the Supreme Court for the time being.  The decision of ..

Against the backdrop of an ongoing debate over proliferation of tribunals, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sund..

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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 Justice Dinakaran off the panel, has been conveyed to the Centre, clearing the way for filling four of seven existing vacancies in the Supreme ..

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 Collegium is reconsidering its decision on its recommendation to el..

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 Britto in the Bombay High Court at Goa on a petition filed by..

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 with journalists on issues conc..

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 India K.G. Balakrishnan, he said the “government should also be given the power to suggest outstanding lawyers and jurists as judges”. Under the..

Moves to steer clear of tainted persons as Judges, set up commercial courts for early disposal of high value business disputes and reduce time courts take on cases from 15 years to three years were announced.  Acknowledging more than 31 million cases pending in Indian courts, many for ‘about 15 years,&rs..

The Union Cabinet approved the constitution of 19th Law Commission for a period of three years with effect from 1st September, 2009 to 31st August, 2012. The Law Commission is headed by a Chairman and consists of three full time Members, Member Secretary and three or more part time Members depending on the nature of Topics referred to ..

Government may have a fresh look at the method of appointment of judges to higher judiciary and intends to come out w..

The Supreme Court issued notice to the Union Government on a petition seeking direction to it to fill up the post of the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). A bench comprising Justices S H Kapadia and Aftab Alam issued the notice after hearing counsel for the petitioner who contended that the p..