Former solicitor appointed Chief Judge of the District Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a one-member commission to look into the 2006 Meerut fire tragedy in which around 60 people were killed. The panel will be headed by retired Supreme Court judge SB Sinha. The commission will submit its report ...

The government is understood to have cleared senior counsel U.U. Lalits elevation as a Supreme Court judge along with three high court chief justices, one of whom began her career as a sessions judge. The warrant of appointments are likely to be issued in the ...

The cry against the collegium system of appointing judges only became shriller when former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju referred to the promotion of an allegedly corrupt judge at the Madras High Court due to political pressure and lack of appropriate ...

The government's move to bring about changes in the process judges in high courts and the Supreme Court are appointed could prove to be an onerous task, despite the proposition seemingly gaining some momentum with jurists agreeing to it. A high-level meeting ...

After finding no unanimous choice for the appointment prosecutor in the illegal coal block allocation related cases, the Supreme Court on Friday appointed senior advocate RS Cheema as the special public prosecutor in the matter. It also appointed ...

The government has sought suggestions of political parties on the mode of appointing high court and Supreme Court judges as part of its effort to replace the collegium system with a commission. The move is significant in the wake of claims by former SC judge ...

Reacting to the recent claim made by former Supreme Court judge and current chairman of Press Council of India, Justice Markandey Katju, former union minister Shashi Tharoor said Monday that this issue cannot be discussed in parliament as Article ...

Obviously slighted by the governments rejection of his name for Supreme Court judgeship, eminent lawyer Gopal Subramanium has refused to be Special Public Prosecutor in the coal blocks allocation scam cases. His name had on July 18 emerged as the first choice ...

Former Supreme Court judges should not be appointed to political offices such as governors, the All India Bar Association (AIBA) has said. "Judges, both serving and retired, should be totally insulated from political positions," said AIBA chairman Adish C ...