Dinakaran

Jayalalithaa expels companion Sasikala from AIADMK

NDTV Correspondent | Monday December 19, 2011

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has expelled her close aide, Sasikala Natarajan, and 11 of her relatives from her party, the AIADMK. No reason has officially been given for the drastic step. Those who've been handed the pink slip include Sas...

Justice Soumitra Sen's impeachment proceedings in Parliament next week

Monideepa Banerjie | Friday August 12, 2011

The Rajya Sabha will take up on August 17 the impeachment proceedings of Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen. The motion will be taken up at 3 pm.

Justice Dinakaran resigns as Chief Justice of Sikkim

Press Trust of India | Friday July 29, 2011

Justice PD Dinakaran, who is facing probe on charges of corruption and misconduct, has resigned as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. In his resignation letter to the Chief Justice of India, he says he was targeted by vested interests.The resignation comes a day ahead of the hearing of the ...

Dinakaran probe panel reconstituted

Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 19, 2011

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has reconstituted a panel probing charges against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran following the Supreme Court directions to remove jurist P P Rao from the committee.

Supreme Court slams Dinakaran for trying to delay impeachment

A Vaidyanathan | Tuesday July 5, 2011

Justice PD Dinakaran, being investigated for corruption, came in for scathing criticism by the Supreme Court today.Mr Dinakaran is currently the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.? He is being investigated by a three-member committee, appointed by the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Vice Pres...

CBI allowed to challenge acquittals in Dinakaran attack

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 29, 2011

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court Wednesday permitted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appeal against the acquittal of all 17 accused in the 2007 Tamil daily Dinakaran arson case.A lower court in December 2009 acquitted the accused in the incident in which three employees of the...

Supreme Court stays inquiry against Justice Dinakaran

Press Trust of India | Friday April 29, 2011

The Supreme Court today stayed the pre-impeachment probe by a Rajya Sabha-appointed panel into allegations of judicial misconduct and corruption against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran.The apex court passed the order on a plea by Justice Dinakaran, expressing apprehension of biased prob...

Justice Dinakaran moves Supreme Court against impeachment proceedings

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 26, 2011

Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran today moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of the impeachment proceedings initiated against him for alleged misconduct and corruption.Justice Dinakaran challenged the proceedings before a three-member Rajya Sabha-appointed inquiry panel which has been he...

Dinakaran objects to panel investigating him

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 20, 2011

Sikkim Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, facing impeachment proceedings for alleged misconduct, today sought recusal of senior advocate P P Rao from the three-member Rajya Sabha-appointed inquiry panel on the ground that he was biased. Justice Dinakaran also in his reply to the chargesheet framed against...

Justice Dinakaran faces 16 charges including corruption, land grab

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday March 19, 2011

Corruption, land-grab and abuse of judicial office are among the 16 charges framed against Justice PD Dinakaran, the former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Dinakaran is facing impeachment proceedings in the Rajya Sabha for alleged corruption.Other charges include violation of human rights, il...

It's official: Justice Dinakaran transferred to Sikkim

NDTV Correspondent | Friday July 30, 2010

The Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, PD Dinakaran, is being transferred to the Sikkim High Court.? Dinakaran faces impeachment proceedings in the Rajya Sabha for alleged corruption.President Pratibha Patil has reportedly signed the transfer order. ?Last year, charges of corruptio...

Blogger judge pulled up by Supreme Court over Dinakaran

Maya Sharma, Vaidyanathan | Tuesday June 15, 2010

It's an open battle in a circle that's usually guarded - that of judges. For months, Justice D V Shylendra Kumar of the Karnataka High Court has been skirmishing with his controversial boss - Chief Justice PD Dinakaran. The conflict is now being heard by the Supreme Court. In regularly-updated blogs...

Supreme Court pulls up 'blogger' judge

Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 15, 2010

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the interim orders of Karnataka High Court judge, Justice D V Shylendra Kumar, questioning the administrative decisions of Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, who is facing corruption and land grab charges."Under the facts and circumstances of the case, we feel it fit to...

Dinakaran probe to be delayed?

Press Trust of India | Saturday April 24, 2010

The probe against Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinankaran, facing land-grabbing and graft charges, is likely to be further delayed.

Justice Dinakaran's transfer to Sikkim causes anger

Maya Sharma, A Vaidyanathan | Friday April 9, 2010

The Supreme Court collegium shifts Justice Dinakaran to the Sikkim High Court after he refuses to go on leave.