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SC/ST Verdict Of Supreme Court Is "Basically Wrong", Says Former Chief Justice
Lending weight to the centre's criticism of the Supreme Court's verdict on the SC/ST Act, former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan today said the judgement was "basically wrong" and observed that judicial orders should not create violence among the people.
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Former Chief Justice of India's Reality Check on Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, as an institution, is "in problem", former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan said today, as the debate began afresh over the process of allocation of cases. The Supreme Court today upheld the Chief Justice of India's prerogative to set the roster and threw out a petition calling for a transparent process of rostering.
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IT Probe Against Kith and Kin of Former Chief Justice of India 'Yielded Nothing'
Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today got a breather with the government telling Supreme Court that the Income Tax department's probe into the allegation that his kith and kin had amassed wealth during his tenure as the CJI from January 2007 to May 2010 has "yielded nothing".
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Top Court Seeks Attorney General's Help to Hear Plea Against Former Chief Justice
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).
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Markandey Katju 's Allegations Completely Baseless: Former Chief Justice of India Balakrishnan
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.
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Supreme Court objects over naming former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan as 'KGB'
The Supreme Court today took exception to an advocate using initials "KGB" to refer to former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan in his petition seeking his removal as the NHRC Chairman.
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Petition seeks reopening of 'fake' encounter cases in Andhra Pradesh
The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Justice KG Balakrishnan has referred to the division bench of the Commission a petition seeking re-opening of all files related to alleged fake encounters in Kurnool and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh between 2000 and 2002, in which 19 persons were killed.
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Supreme Court tells government to decide on Balakrishnan case
The Supreme Court is likely to deliver today its verdict on a plea seeking presidential reference into the allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission Chief (NHRC) and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) KG Balakrishnan.
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Assets case: Centre submits report on former Chief Justice to Supreme Court
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.
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Disproportionate assets case: Hearing against former Chief Justice of India today
The Supreme court today is expected to take up the case of alleged disproportionate assets against former Chief Justice of India (CJI) KG Balakrishnan. The Supreme Court had earlier asked the Centre to brief it on whether it had conducted any probe into these allegations.
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SC/ST Verdict Of Supreme Court Is "Basically Wrong", Says Former Chief Justice
Lending weight to the centre's criticism of the Supreme Court's verdict on the SC/ST Act, former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan today said the judgement was "basically wrong" and observed that judicial orders should not create violence among the people.
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Former Chief Justice of India's Reality Check on Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, as an institution, is "in problem", former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan said today, as the debate began afresh over the process of allocation of cases. The Supreme Court today upheld the Chief Justice of India's prerogative to set the roster and threw out a petition calling for a transparent process of rostering.
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IT Probe Against Kith and Kin of Former Chief Justice of India 'Yielded Nothing'
Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today got a breather with the government telling Supreme Court that the Income Tax department's probe into the allegation that his kith and kin had amassed wealth during his tenure as the CJI from January 2007 to May 2010 has "yielded nothing".
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Top Court Seeks Attorney General's Help to Hear Plea Against Former Chief Justice
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).
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Markandey Katju 's Allegations Completely Baseless: Former Chief Justice of India Balakrishnan
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.
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Supreme Court objects over naming former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan as 'KGB'
The Supreme Court today took exception to an advocate using initials "KGB" to refer to former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan in his petition seeking his removal as the NHRC Chairman.
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Petition seeks reopening of 'fake' encounter cases in Andhra Pradesh
The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Justice KG Balakrishnan has referred to the division bench of the Commission a petition seeking re-opening of all files related to alleged fake encounters in Kurnool and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh between 2000 and 2002, in which 19 persons were killed.
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Supreme Court tells government to decide on Balakrishnan case
The Supreme Court is likely to deliver today its verdict on a plea seeking presidential reference into the allegations of misconduct against National Human Rights Commission Chief (NHRC) and former Chief Justice of India (CJI) KG Balakrishnan.
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Assets case: Centre submits report on former Chief Justice to Supreme Court
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.
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Disproportionate assets case: Hearing against former Chief Justice of India today
The Supreme court today is expected to take up the case of alleged disproportionate assets against former Chief Justice of India (CJI) KG Balakrishnan. The Supreme Court had earlier asked the Centre to brief it on whether it had conducted any probe into these allegations.
