Altamas Kabir

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  Justice Altamas Kabir To Be Remembered For Legal Reforms: Pranab Mukherjee

  President Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the passing away of former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir, saying he would be remembered for his initiatives with regard to legal reforms.

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  Mamata Banerjee Condoles Death Of Former CJI Altamas Kabir

  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed deep condolences at the sad demise of former Chief Justice of India, Altamas Kabir.

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  Former Chief Justice Of India Altamas Kabir Dies At 68

  Former Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir died at a city hospital here this afternoon. 68-year-old Altamas Kabir, who was suffering from a kidney ailment and related complications, died at 2.52 PM, a senior hospital official told PTI.

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  Supreme Court Recalls Its Controversial 2013 Verdict On Medical Entrance

  In a significant order, Supreme Court today recalled its controversial judgement scrapping single common entrance test (NEET) for admission to MBBS, BDS and PG courses in all medical colleges, saying it was delivered by a majority verdict without any discussion among members of the bench headed by then Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on the da...

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  Supreme Court Verdict on Appointment of Judges Evokes Mixed Reactions

  The Supreme Court verdict rejecting the National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC Act today evoked mixed reactions from legal experts. Some former top court judges hailed the top court for upholding independence of judiciary while some termed the collegium system a failure.

• Conspiracies usually against those in power: Ex-Chief Justice defends judge accused of sexual harassment

  Former Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir today defended Justice AK Ganguly, the former Supreme Court judge who has been accused of sexual harassment by an intern, by saying he found the charges against Justice Ganguly hard to believe.

• Indian judiciary one of the most powerful in the world: Chief Justice Altamas Kabir

  Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir has described the Indian judicial system as one of the most powerful in the world due to the power of judicial review enjoyed by it.

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  Supreme Court issues notice over ban on film Sadda Haq

  The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Delhi, Punjab and Chandigarh on a petition by Vital Media challenging the ban on its film Sadda Haq based on a storyline purportedly glorifying those who led Punjab militancy.

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

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

• A nation that does not respect its women can never prosper: Chief Justice of India

  Chief Justice of India (CJI) Altamas Kabir today expressed grave concern over rising incidents of violence against women in the country.

• Child Rehabilitation needed in Juvenile justice: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir

  Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir today stressed the need to focus on childcare and rehabilitation in the Juvenile justice system, saying people should be sensitised to do something for such children who have been marginalised.

• Justice Altamas Kabir sworn in as new Chief Justice of India

  Justice Altamas Kabir, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, has been sworn in as the 39th Chief Justice of India. Justice Kabir, 64, who succeeds Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, will serve a tenure of nine months till July next year.

• Justice Altamas Kabir to be next Chief Justice of India

  Justice Altamas Kabir will be the new Chief Justice of India and will assume charge September 29, said official sources on Thursday.

• Read Supreme Court's order on Haj subsidy

  The Supreme Court wants the central government to phase out its policy of giving subsidies to Haj pilgrims.

• Phase out Haj subsidy in ten years, Supreme Court tells Govt: 10 big facts

  Directing the government to progressively "eliminate" this policy within a period of 10 years, a bench of justices Altamas Kabir and Ranjana Prakash Desai said today, "We hold that this (subsidy) policy is best done away with." This interim order is also applicable to the Haj pilgrimage of 2012.