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Inquiry Panel Acted Like "Members Of A Club" In Case Against Chief Justice: Arun Shourie

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 9, 2019

The Judges of the In-House Inquiry Committee of the top court, which gave a clean chit to Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on the allegations of sexual harassment against him, has done grave "injustice to the complainant, the CJI and the Supreme Court as an institution," former Union Minister Arun Shourie said on Wednesday.

"Have Right To The Report": Woman Who Complained Against Chief Justice

India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan | Tuesday May 7, 2019

The woman who had accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment, today demanded that she be provided with a copy of the report of the Supreme Court's in-house committee that cleared him of the charges. Denying her a copy of the report, she said, "was a travesty of justice".

Chief Justice Appears Before Top Court Panel On Allegations Against Him

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday May 1, 2019

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has agreed to appear before the three-member in-house committee that is looking into the sexual harassment allegation against him by a former employee of the top court. The panel has decided to go ahead with the inquiry even though the complainant, the woman, opted out of the inquiry.

Plea In Supreme Court To Probe "Conspiracy" Against Chief Justice

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 30, 2019

A lawyer Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to CBI to register a plea into alleged conspiracy to "fix" Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi in a "concocted false sexual harassment" case.

"Blow To Institutional Integrity": Ex-Top Court Judge On Charges Against Chief Justice

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 26, 2019

Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde Friday said integrity of the Supreme Court as an institution has taken a big blow in the backdrop of allegations against the CJI and those on larger conspiracy to frame him and fixing of benches.

"Must Find Out Truth": Top Court On 'Conspiracy' Against Chief Justice

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday April 25, 2019

The conspiracy angle in the sex harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has to be thoroughly looked into, a bench of the Supreme Court said. The conspiracy allegation had come from Utsav Bains, a lawyer of the top court, who said in an affidavit that the Chief Justice was being framed in a false case that would force him ...

Top Court Summons CBI, Intel, Cops On 'Conspiracy' Against Chief Justice

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Debanish Achom | Wednesday April 24, 2019

The joint director of the CBI, the director of the Intelligence Bureau and the chief of Delhi Police met three Supreme Court judges in their chamber after Utsav Bains, a lawyer who claimed there was a conspiracy to frame Chief Justice India Ranjan Gogoi on sex harassment allegations, submitted proof to the top court in a sealed cover today.

Top Court Notice To Lawyer Who Claimed Conspiracy To Frame Chief Justice

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday April 23, 2019

A lawyer's affidavit claiming that the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi are a conspiracy to frame him will be taken up by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Chief Justice Gogoi has strongly denied the allegations of a former Supreme Court employee and said the independence of the judiciary is "under threat" ...

"Judiciary Under Threat": Chief Justice Denies Sex Harassment Allegation

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday April 21, 2019

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday strongly denied allegations of sexual harassment and said the independence of the judiciary is "under threat" and it "cannot be made a scapegoat". A special bench of the Supreme Court called an emergency hearing on Saturday after a former employee at the top court, in an affidavit to several Supreme C...

Judiciary Can't Be Destroyed In Name Of Transparency: Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday April 5, 2019

Nobody wants a "system of opaqueness" but in the name of transparency the judiciary cannot be destroyed, the Supreme Court said Thursday, while hearing the appeals of its registry against the Delhi High Court order that the CJI's office falls under the ambit of RTI Act.

Chief Justice Orders Probe In Fake Calls Made To Judges Of 2 High Courts

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 19, 2019

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has ordered an inquiry into alleged fake calls made by someone impersonating as the CJI to two high court chief justices, asking them to recommend names of some lawyers as judges of the high courts.

"Elevation Of Junior Judge To Top Court Surprising": Former Chief Justice RM Lodha

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Wednesday January 16, 2019

Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha said he was "surprised" after a junior judge was recommended for elevation to the Supreme Court, superseding senior judges. The Collegium should reveal the reasons if a decision has been upturned, Justice Lodha said.

"Judges Should Sit With Text Of Law In Context To Life": Chief Justice

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 15, 2019

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Monday said that most of the people who study court and law are oblivious of the experiences of the ordinary people to get justice from the court and the task of a judge is to sit with text of law in context of life.

Person In Persistent Vegetative State Not Experimental Object: Dipak Misra

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 17, 2018

Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra today said a terminally-ill patient or a person in persistent vegetative state should not be made an "experimental object" and one must respect his dignity.

"Former CJI Wasn't Taking Decisions Independently": Kurian Joseph To NDTV

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday December 3, 2018

Justice Kurian Joseph, one of the four judges who held the unprecedented press conference earlier this year to flag their concerns, today told NDTV they took the decision after being sure that "t hings were not going well" with then Chief Justice Dipak Misra.