Tag: Chief Justice S A Bobde

New Delhi: The government’s top law officer on Thursday recommended a fixed tenure of three years for the Chief Justice of India. Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, in his address at the felicitation function of the new Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, said: “There must be a fixed term of minimum three years for the Chief Justice […]

New Delhi: Chief Justice S A Bobde recused himself on Tuesday from hearing the plea of convict Akshay Kumar Singh seeking review of the 2017 apex court judgment upholding his death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case. At the outset, a special bench comprising CJI and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan made it […]

New Delhi: On the suggestion of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Nusli Wadia on Monday in the Supreme Court withdrew the defamation cases against Ratan Tata. Chief Justice Bobde appreciated Wadia Group chairman’s response on the suggestion. “We appreciate it,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant. Tata’s […]

New Delhi: Chief Justice S A Bobde mooted an idea before the Bar on Thursday that there should be a minimum experience criteria for lawyers to appear before the Supreme Court. A bench comprising the CJI and justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant expressed its view on fixing some experience criteria for lawyers to […]

New Delhi: Some people are targeted with greater intensity and need more protection, the Supreme Court said on Monday after the Maharashtra government opposed the Bombay High Court order staying probe into two FIRs lodged against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for allegedly making inflammatory comments. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde […]