Top Law News We need more trial courts: NHRC chief October 20, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman K.G. Balakrishnan emphasised the need to set up more trial courts so that justice is not delayed. K.G Balakrishnan said, “The criminal justice system needs to be corrected to ensure speedy trial by setting up more courts. Steps should be taken to increase the number of police personnel in […] Read more » criminal justice Human Rights K.G. Balakrishnan NHRC NHRC chief
Top Law News RTI queries on Balakrishnan’s assets pile up May 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s apex human rights body gets about 40 RTI queries a month. But of late, the number has shot up to almost 200. And a lot of them have to do with former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan’s assets. Balakrishnan is chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). “The number of queries on […] Read more » assets Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission RTI
Top Law News Apex court seeks status report on K.G. Balakrishnan February 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court Friday asked Attorney General G. Vahanvati to submit the status report on the home ministry’s investigation into a complaint alleging former chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan possessed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatantra Kumar gave the attorney […] Read more » apex court Attorney General G. Vahanvati Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatantra K.G. Balakrishnan National Human Rights Commission President Pratibha Patil Supreme Court
Top Law News PM’s silence on Balakrishnan issue baffling: Krishna Iyer January 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Retired justice V.R. Krishna Iyer has now turned his guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his silence on the allegations linked to former supreme court chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan. Speaking to reporters at his residence here Sunday, Iyer said that he is baffled by the prime minister’s stoic silence on the issue. ‘Do you […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan Krishna Iyer
Top Law News Times have changed for K.G. Balakrishnan January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four years ago, the sleepy village of Kaduthuruthy, 30 km from here, was basking in the glory of one of its sons, a humble Dalit who went on to become the 37th chief justice of India. K.G. Balakrishnan assumed the office of Supreme Court chief justice four years ago — Jan 12, 2007 — and […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan
Top Law News Ex-judge asked me not to complain against Balakrishnan: Iyer January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Stepping up pressure for a probe into graft allegations against former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, retired Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer Monday said a former high court judge approached him recently to persuade him not to raise the matter with the prime minister. ‘He (the judge) requested me that I should not […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan V.R. Krishna Iyer