Tag: Judge

New Delhi: In an unprecedented and “extraordinary” event in the history of Indian judiciary, four senior sitting judges of the Supreme Court on Friday met the media to allege that the administration of the country’s top court was not in order. “It is an extraordinary event in the history of judiciary and more particularly in […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today quashed the case against the CBI which had wrongly entered the house of a sitting judge of Orissa High Court in September 19 night last year after the probe agency apprised the apex court through an affidavit that it had apologised the Judge for its mistake. In its affidavit, […]

Bhubaneswar: Criticism poured in from all quarters of the society today over the Facebook post of former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju on Odias. Describing the situation to be ‘different’ had Justice Katju made comments on people of other States like the one on Odias, former Police Commissioner of Mumbai Arup Patnaik said, “The […]

Jorhat: Former Supreme Court Judge and Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh and Orissa High Courts Sailendu Nath Phukan died on Sunday in upper Assam’s Jorhat district. He was 83 and is survived by two sons and as many daughters. Phukan, a former Chairman of the Assam Human Rights Commission, passed away at a private hospital […]

Mumbai: Actress Malaika Arora has been invited to judge a Bollywood dance competition at the ongoing Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). Dance lovers from all over Australia are set to participate in the Telstra dance competition this year at the IFFM. Malaika is excited about judging the show. “Dance is an integral part of […]

New Delhi: Senior lawyer Indu Malhotra was sworn in on Friday as Supreme Court judge, amid raging controversy over the Narendra Modi government returning recommendation on Justice K.M.Joseph. She was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Dipak Misra. She will have a tenure of a little over three years. With her swearing in […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain the media from publishing reports relating to a row among its judges even as Chief Justice Dipak Misra held a closed-door meeting with four rebel judges. A bench headed by Chief Justice Misra refused to pass any order, for now, […]

Los Angeles: Singer Selena Gomez is reportedly being eyed as a judge along with singer Katy Perry for the singing reality show “American Idol”. “Producers think that Selena would be great to join the judging panel because she would bring in a younger crowd for ratings. She’d be considered the nice judge and they would […]

Canberra: Indian-origin Sikh human rights advocate Palbinder Kaur Shergill has been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in New Westminster. Shergill is the first turbaned Sikh to be appointed to the judiciary in Canada, the World Sikh Organisation (WSO) of Canada said, news portal Voice Online reported. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of […]

Washington: Donald Trump’s controversial nominee Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a judge of the US Supreme Court, in a major victory for the US President amid crackling tension, angry protests and high drama on Capitol Hill. Kavanaugh was officially sworn in Saturday evening as the 114th Justice of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice […]

On the face of it, the rebellion of sorts by the four honourable judges of the Supreme Court concerns procedural issues in the way the Supreme Court has been functioning of late. But one just has to look closely at the reactions of various people, including politicians and legal luminaries, to this unprecedented act by […]