Chief Justice Of India

Sikh Rights group to challenge dismissal of case against Punjab chief minister in US

Press Trust of India | Monday May 20, 2013

A US-based Sikh group today said that it will challenge the decision of an American district court last week to dismiss alleged human rights violations case against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

Sengupta appointed new Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2013

Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta of Uttarakhand High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Pakistan's Imran Khan suffers head injury after fall at election rally

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 8, 2013

In a freak accident, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan sustained injuries including a fracture to the head when he fell off a forklift that was hoisting him on to a stage at an election meeting in Lahore on Tuesday.

At inquiry into Saradha's chit-fund scam, stories of loss and despair

Written by Alok Pandey | Tuesday April 30, 2013

Retired engineer A K Ray had invested seven lakh rupees in the last five years in various schemes of the Saradha group that collapsed last week. He was among many investors who lined up today to depose before a commission set up by the West Bengal ch...

Justice Verma: An exceptional career

Edited by Mala Das | Tuesday April 23, 2013

Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping a new, stronger anti-rape law in the country.

Justice JS Verma, who headed the anti-rape law panel, dies

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With inputs from agencies) | Tuesday April 23, 2013

Former Chief Justice of India Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, who headed a three-member panel to examine laws on crimes against women, died today due to multiple organ failure. He was 80.

Press Council chief Markandey Katju seeks pardon for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Saturday April 13, 2013

Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju has written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking pardon for Punjab militant Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, who has been awarded death sentence in connection with the 1993 Delhi bomb blast case.

Mamata Banerjee to meet PM today to seek 'economic justice' for West Bengal

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday April 9, 2013

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi this evening to discuss the financial situation of West Bengal and seek central funds for her debt-ridden state. The meeting coincides with Gujarat Chief M...

Ties between judiciary, executive on verge of collapse: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Sunday April 7, 2013

Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir today said the relationship between the judiciary and the executive was near collapse.

Jayalalithaa urges Supreme Court to allow use of Tamil as official language in Madras High Court

Press Trust of India | Sunday April 7, 2013

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged the Centre and Supreme Court to reconsider their stand against authorising Tamil as official language in Madras High Court and said administration of justice needs to be taken closer to the peopl...

Delhi gang-rape initiated introspection, says PM at conference on judicial reforms: Highlights

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday April 7, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today inaugurated a conference of chief ministers and judges in the national capital. The meet, presided over by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir, aims to address pressing issues related to the country's justice deli...

PM inaugurates conference of chief ministers, judges today; judicial reforms on agenda

Edited by Mala Das | Sunday April 7, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today inaugurated a conference of chief ministers and judges in the national capital. The meet, presided over by Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir, aims to address pressing issues related to the country's justice deli...

Quit, if you cannot abide by constitution: Justice Markandey Katju tells Jayalalithaa

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 5, 2013

The Press Council of India (PCI) today asked Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa to suspend 30 policemen involved in the illegal arrest of an editor of a daily nearly three years ago, or quit.

Justice Katju writes to President, seeks pardon for Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunissa Kazi

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh (with PTI inputs) | Thursday March 28, 2013

Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju has sent a written appeal to the President of India seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt, who was sentenced to five years in jail by the Supreme Court last week in a case related to the 1993 Bombay...

Now press council chief Markandey Katju wants other '93 blast accused to be pardoned

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Wednesday March 27, 2013

In what could be perceived as a ray of hope for the other accused in the 1993 Bombay blasts case, Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju has written in his blog today that that he is seriously considering appealing for a pardon for 71-y...