Supreme Court releases new roster, four most senior judges to hear PILs

Election matters will stay with Chief Justice of India SA Bobde.

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· Nov 29, 2019 · 08:37 pm

President says ‘detailed deliberations, systemic efforts’ needed to clear pendency of cases in SC

Ram Nath Kovind said that the delay in passing verdicts was a hurdle in the way of delivering justice.

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· Nov 26, 2019 · 08:04 pm

New CJI must restore SC’s credibility urgently, court needs to show some spine: Retired judge

Madan B Lokur warned of ‘a death knell of the independence of the judiciary’ unless SA Bobde addressed some concerns about the way the courts are run.

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· Nov 20, 2019 · 12:22 pm

‘Bitter truths must remain in memory’: CJI Ranjan Gogoi refuses interview requests on last day

The outgoing chief justice said judges speak only due to ‘functional necessity and no more’.

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· Nov 15, 2019 · 05:44 pm

Chief Justice of India’s office falls under ambit of RTI Act, rules Supreme Court

Sanjiv Khanna, who read out the majority judgement, said ‘judicial independence and accountability go hand in hand’.

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· Nov 13, 2019 · 02:43 pm

Should CJI’s office come under RTI purview? Supreme Court to pronounce verdict tomorrow

A five-judge Constitution Bench, led by outgoing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, is expected to pass the judgement at 2 pm.

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· Nov 12, 2019 · 06:51 pm

SC judges’ press conference was a ‘disturbing event’, says chief justice-designate SA Bobde

Bobde added that the relationship between judges was better now.

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· Oct 31, 2019 · 12:15 pm

Single-judge bench in Supreme Court will now hear bail, transfer of cases pleas

The new rules expand the authority of the chief justice as ‘master of the roster’ to handpick a judge to decide these cases urgently.

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· Sep 20, 2019 · 06:08 pm

Lawyers’ group urges SC collegium to disclose reasons for transfer of High Court judges

Justice VK Tahilramani had last week resigned after the collegium rejected her request for her transfer to be reconsidered.

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· Sep 17, 2019 · 06:09 pm

Madhya Pradesh Bar urges CJI Ranjan Gogoi to transfer ‘vindictive’ High Court judge out of state

The lawyers’ association adopted a resolution on September 5, accusing Sanjay Yadav of ‘consistent and continuous misbehaviour with advocates’.

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· Sep 13, 2019 · 08:27 pm

Patna High Court quashes order in which its judge made claims about corruption in judiciary

A bench led by the High Court’s chief justice said the order was an instance of judicial and administrative overreach.

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· Sep 03, 2019 · 07:49 am

Cases reassigned to Patna High Court judge who flagged corruption in judiciary

This came after Rakesh Kumar and Chief Justice AP Sahi met Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in New Delhi.

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· Sep 02, 2019 · 09:15 pm