Judge Balakrishnan

The Supreme Court today sought the assistance of the Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, to hear a plea seeking a central probe into the alleged amassing of wealth by the kith and kin of Justice KG Balakrishnan, during his tenure as an apex court judge and Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today hit back at Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju, terming as "completely baseless" his allegations that he and two other ex-CJIs made "improper compromises" in retaining a Tamil Nadu judge under corruption cloud during UPA rule.

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is probing into the allegations that former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and his relatives had amassed disproportionate assets during his tenure as judge and submitted it a probe status report.

There is another blow for former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice K G Balakrishnan as the Kerala government has asked his brother K G Bhaskaran to resign as the state's advocate, or go on leave for allegedly amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income.This comes a day after the Left Front government ordered a probe into the assets of Bal...

Stepping up pressure for a probe into graft allegations against former Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan, former Supreme Court judge, V R Krishna Iyer has revealed that a judge of the Kerala High Court requested him to not write to the Prime Minister on the issue relating to family members of the former CJI allegedly amassing wealth dis...

Madras High Court judge Justice Reghupathy on Saturday once again reiterated his previous claim that in his letter to the then Chief Justice of Madras High Court HL Gokhale, he had specifically named former Telecom Minister A raja, alleging that he had tried to influence him in a case.Law Minister M Veerappa Moily had on Friday said that Raja's nam...

It is judge versus judge now in a controversy swirling on the peripheries of the 2G scam.The former Chief Justice of India, KG Balakrishnan has reacted a day after his statement about A Raja was effectively challenged by a sitting Supreme Court judge. He has now dragged in Law Minister Veerappa Moily in the controversy.The case pertains to a lawyer...

Did former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan hide the truth about A Raja trying to influence a Madras High court judge? In a rare disclosure, today, Supreme Court judge H L Gokhale issued a statement contradicting the former top judge, and said, "The former Chief Justice of India has stated in his press conference that in my letter I did not m...

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran's appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court has hit a roadblock.

The controversy over the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court is snowballing. There is now a growing demand for action against PD Dinakaran.

The controversy over a Union Minister allegedly trying to influence a judge of the Madras High Court in a pending criminal case has taken a strange turn.

The Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan has reacted to reports that a union minister tried to influence a Madras high court judge.

The Supreme Court today sought the assistance of the Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, to hear a plea seeking a central probe into the alleged amassing of wealth by the kith and kin of Justice KG Balakrishnan, during his tenure as an apex court judge and Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today hit back at Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju, terming as "completely baseless" his allegations that he and two other ex-CJIs made "improper compromises" in retaining a Tamil Nadu judge under corruption cloud during UPA rule.

The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is probing into the allegations that former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and his relatives had amassed disproportionate assets during his tenure as judge and submitted it a probe status report.

There is another blow for former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice K G Balakrishnan as the Kerala government has asked his brother K G Bhaskaran to resign as the state's advocate, or go on leave for allegedly amassing wealth beyond his known sources of income.This comes a day after the Left Front government ordered a probe into the assets of Bal...

Stepping up pressure for a probe into graft allegations against former Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan, former Supreme Court judge, V R Krishna Iyer has revealed that a judge of the Kerala High Court requested him to not write to the Prime Minister on the issue relating to family members of the former CJI allegedly amassing wealth dis...

Madras High Court judge Justice Reghupathy on Saturday once again reiterated his previous claim that in his letter to the then Chief Justice of Madras High Court HL Gokhale, he had specifically named former Telecom Minister A raja, alleging that he had tried to influence him in a case.Law Minister M Veerappa Moily had on Friday said that Raja's nam...

It is judge versus judge now in a controversy swirling on the peripheries of the 2G scam.The former Chief Justice of India, KG Balakrishnan has reacted a day after his statement about A Raja was effectively challenged by a sitting Supreme Court judge. He has now dragged in Law Minister Veerappa Moily in the controversy.The case pertains to a lawyer...

Did former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan hide the truth about A Raja trying to influence a Madras High court judge? In a rare disclosure, today, Supreme Court judge H L Gokhale issued a statement contradicting the former top judge, and said, "The former Chief Justice of India has stated in his press conference that in my letter I did not m...

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran's appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court has hit a roadblock.

The controversy over the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court is snowballing. There is now a growing demand for action against PD Dinakaran.

The controversy over a Union Minister allegedly trying to influence a judge of the Madras High Court in a pending criminal case has taken a strange turn.

The Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan has reacted to reports that a union minister tried to influence a Madras high court judge.