Supreme Court On Attack On Judges

A rare public attack on the Supreme Court by government ministers is reviving a debate about whether elected representatives should have a say in choosing the country's arbiters of justice.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday launched a fresh attack on the mechanism to appoint Supreme Court and high court judges, saying the collegium system is "alien" to the Constitution.

There is a limit to which you target judges, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while expressing displeasure over news reports that it was delaying hearing a plea alleging increasing attacks on Christian institutions and priests across the country.

KCR referred to the Supreme Court's strongly-worded observations on now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her controversial Prophet comments and praised the two judges for their remarks.

A judge who was part of the Supreme Court bench that strongly criticised the BJP's Nupur Sharma for her comments on Prophet Muhammed, today made strong remarks about personal attack on judges for their judgments.

The court said two weeks of imprisonment is a very lenient punishment and that there'll be some remorse when he goes to jail for two weeks and when he's barred from practice.

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur noted on Saturday that the media is under attack "in many ways" in the country but the freedom of press is a fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Tuesday said that a judge, when on the Bench, cannot defend himself against even "motivated attacks," while a retired judge can do so when the need arises.

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Wednesday termed the alleged snooping by the Israeli spyware Pegasus as the "biggest attack on the privacy" of people and demanded a probe into it by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court.

Chief Justice of India designate Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde today said it bothers him when he sees judges feeling "harassed" amid unrestrained criticism and finds the attack difficult to ignore.

The Supreme Court collegium, or a group of five most-senior judges, met today to take a call on Justice KM Joseph's elevation to the top court that was rejected by the government in April. This is the collegium's second meeting to firm up its response to the centre's decision that has set up a face-off between the judiciary and the executive and ha...

Rahul Gandhi, the target of the ruling BJP's sharp attacks after the Supreme Court ruled that there was no need to probe Judge BH Loya death, delivered a stinging comeback on Thursday that signalled the Congress president's disagreement with the court's findings. The Supreme Court had earlier in the day rejected demands for an independent probe int...

The BJP today mounted an attack on the opposition Congress after the Supreme Court rejected pleas to probe the death of Judge B H Loya, alleging that the "invisible" hand behind the petitions was that of Rahul Gandhi who tried to use the judiciary for "character assassination" of Amit Shah.

The death of judge BH Loya in 2014 while deciding on murder charges against BJP president Amit Shah will not be investigated, the Supreme Court said today, calling petitions for an independent probe "scandalous" and a "frontal attack on the judiciary". A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the petitions were in criminal contempt...

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is expected to decide today whether an independent investigation should be held into the death of judge BH Loya. The 48-year-old judge was handling a murder case in which BJP chief Amit Shah was among the accused, when he died of a heart attack in 2014. The judge who replaced him ruled there was ...

A rare public attack on the Supreme Court by government ministers is reviving a debate about whether elected representatives should have a say in choosing the country's arbiters of justice.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday launched a fresh attack on the mechanism to appoint Supreme Court and high court judges, saying the collegium system is "alien" to the Constitution.

There is a limit to which you target judges, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while expressing displeasure over news reports that it was delaying hearing a plea alleging increasing attacks on Christian institutions and priests across the country.

KCR referred to the Supreme Court's strongly-worded observations on now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma for her controversial Prophet comments and praised the two judges for their remarks.

A judge who was part of the Supreme Court bench that strongly criticised the BJP's Nupur Sharma for her comments on Prophet Muhammed, today made strong remarks about personal attack on judges for their judgments.

The court said two weeks of imprisonment is a very lenient punishment and that there'll be some remorse when he goes to jail for two weeks and when he's barred from practice.

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur noted on Saturday that the media is under attack "in many ways" in the country but the freedom of press is a fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Tuesday said that a judge, when on the Bench, cannot defend himself against even "motivated attacks," while a retired judge can do so when the need arises.

Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Wednesday termed the alleged snooping by the Israeli spyware Pegasus as the "biggest attack on the privacy" of people and demanded a probe into it by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court.

Chief Justice of India designate Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde today said it bothers him when he sees judges feeling "harassed" amid unrestrained criticism and finds the attack difficult to ignore.

The Supreme Court collegium, or a group of five most-senior judges, met today to take a call on Justice KM Joseph's elevation to the top court that was rejected by the government in April. This is the collegium's second meeting to firm up its response to the centre's decision that has set up a face-off between the judiciary and the executive and ha...

Rahul Gandhi, the target of the ruling BJP's sharp attacks after the Supreme Court ruled that there was no need to probe Judge BH Loya death, delivered a stinging comeback on Thursday that signalled the Congress president's disagreement with the court's findings. The Supreme Court had earlier in the day rejected demands for an independent probe int...

The BJP today mounted an attack on the opposition Congress after the Supreme Court rejected pleas to probe the death of Judge B H Loya, alleging that the "invisible" hand behind the petitions was that of Rahul Gandhi who tried to use the judiciary for "character assassination" of Amit Shah.

The death of judge BH Loya in 2014 while deciding on murder charges against BJP president Amit Shah will not be investigated, the Supreme Court said today, calling petitions for an independent probe "scandalous" and a "frontal attack on the judiciary". A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the petitions were in criminal contempt...

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is expected to decide today whether an independent investigation should be held into the death of judge BH Loya. The 48-year-old judge was handling a murder case in which BJP chief Amit Shah was among the accused, when he died of a heart attack in 2014. The judge who replaced him ruled there was ...