High Profile Cases Outgoing CJI Gogoi declines requests for interviews and lauds media for maturity in trying times of Supreme Court. November 16, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday expressed his inability to have one-to-one interview with scribes and lauded the press for its “maturity” and “character” in preventing “canards and falsehood” in “trying times” of the judiciary. Justice Gogoi, the 46th CJI and the first from a north-eastern state, said it was not the […] Read more » CJI Dipak Misra Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Madan B Lokur Outgoing Chief Justice India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Justice Chelameswar shares dias with CJI on his last working day May 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice J Chelameswar, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court who had virtually revolted by holding a controversial January 12 presser, today shared dais with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on his last working day. Justice Chelameswar, who retires on June 22, sat in a bench headed by the CJI along with Justice […] Read more » Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra dias Justice J. Chelameswar
High Profile Cases CJI first among equals with power to allocate cases: Supreme Court April 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the “first among equals” and occupies a unique position having the “exclusive prerogative” to allocate cases and set up benches to hear cases, the Supreme Court ruled today. The verdict assumed significance as it came in the backdrop of the January 12 unprecedented press conference of senior-most judges […] Read more » allocation of cases CJI featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi NGO Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News SC Collegium recommends 4 permanent judges for Allahabad High Court March 9, 2018 / March 9, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended appointment of four additional judges of the Allahabad High Court as permanent judges. The collegium, in its resolution, has also said that the recommendation for appointment of Justice Serto be processed expeditiously as his term expires on March 13. The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended appointment of four additional […] Read more » Collegium comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Judge Akhilesh Chandra Sharma Judge Ashok Kumar Judge Saumitra Dayal Singh Judge Vivek Chaudhary Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Ranjan Gogoi Justice Songkhupchung Serto of Manipur High Court SC Collegium
Top Law News SC crisis: BCI delegation meeting SC judges January 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bar Council of India delegation led by its chairman Manan Kumar Mishra is meeting Supreme Court judges today to discuss the unprecedented crisis that has hit the judiciary. According to sources, the seven-member delegation has already met some of the judges of the top court and are scheduled to meet remaining judges including Chief […] Read more » featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi SC crisis
Top Law News Four senior judges say situation in SC “not in order” January 12, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an unprecedented move, four senior most judges of the Supreme Court today called a press conference and said the situation in the top court was “not in order” and many “less than desirable” things have taken place. Unless this institution is preserved, “democracy will not survive in this country,” the four judges said. Justice […] Read more » Attorney General K K Venugopal CJI Dipak Misra featured Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi situation in SC "not in order" Supreme Court judges’ press conference
Bar, Bench & Firm News Top Law News SC collegium finalises MoP for higher judiciary appointments March 16, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court collegium has finalised the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary resolving a year-long impasse with the executive by agreeing to include the contentious clause of national security in selection of judges. Sources said the collegium, comprising five seniormost judges of the apex court, had met recently […] Read more » Chief Justice J.S. Khehar collegium finalises MoP featured judiciary appointments Justice Dipak Misra Justice J. Chelameswar justice M B Lokur Justice Ranjan Gogoi Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) NJAC case SC
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News ‘Star campaigner’s air travel expense outside constituency not August 28, 2016 / August 28, 2016 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expenses incurred by a “star campaigner” on travelling by air outside his constituency cannot be computed as his personal election expenditure as a candidate, the Supreme Court has said. A bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar ordered deletion of a paragraph, regarding expenses, in an election plea filed against an MLA in Madhya Pradesh on […] Read more » 'Star campaigner's air travel expense air travel expense featured Justice A M Sapre Justice J. Chelameswar MLA from Churahat Assembly constituency
Bar, Bench & Firm News Resolution of election disputes take long periods in India: SC February 28, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The resolution of election disputes in this country takes unacceptably long periods in most cases, which “reduces the adjudicatory process into a mockery of justice”, the Supreme Court today said while advocating setting up of benches in high courts to exclusively deal with election petitions. “We are sad to state that invariably the resolution of […] Read more » against repeated adjournments Chhattisgarh High Court Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman mockery of justice Resolution of election disputes
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Govt employee can’t seek promotion after refusing it: SC October 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A government employee, whose promotion is canceled owing to his refusal to accept it, cannot ask for it at a later stage, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court set aside the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which had directed the state government to restore the promotion of one of its employees […] Read more » Govt employee can't seek promotion Govt employee can't seek promotion after refusing it Justice J. Chelameswar
Consumer Law News Spell out gas pricing policy : SC tells government September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the government to spell out its policy on the pricing of gas as it was told that a committee on gas pricing policy has been set up and will take a call by Sep 30. A bench of Justice T.S.Thakur, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Kurian Joseph sought the government’s […] Read more » Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice T.S. Thakur Spell out gas pricing policy
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Criminal Law News Death row convicts can be heard in open courts: SC September 2, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the review plea of a death convict against his conviction and sentence be heard in an open court by at least a three-judge bench and allowed all condemned prisoners, whose review pleas have already been decided, to approach it within a month for re-opening of their cases. In […] Read more » 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon Chief Justice R M Lodha favoured open court hearing death row convicts Justice J. Chelameswar Mohammed Arif
