Cji Balakrishnan

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  Centre Forms Panel To Examine Giving Dalit Status To Religious Converts

  Centre has appointed a commission headed by former CJI KG Balakrishnan to examine the matter of giving Scheduled Caste status to new people who claim to "historically" have belonged to Scheduled Castes, but have converted their religion.

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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".

• 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.

• 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.

• Supreme Court asks Centre about action taken against ex-CJI Balakrishnan

  The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to brief it on the action taken on the allegations against former Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan in connection with a disproportionate assets case.

• Justice Balakrishnan should break silence, says ex-CJI

  The pressure is mounting on former Chief Justice of India (CJI) KG Balakrishnan. After Income Tax authorities probing charges of illegal wealth against his three close relatives said they have found black money, Balakrishnan's peers say they are disappointed and that he must clear his name."Since all these close relations of Balakrishnan are those ...

• Ex-CJI Balakrishnan's kin have black money: I-T department

  Causing further embarrassment to KG Balakrishnan, the former Chief Justice of India (CJI), there are reports that the Income Tax department has established that three close relatives of his, have black money in their possession."As far as Justice Balakrishnan is concerned, I cannot say anything. But as far as his relatives, two sons-in-law and brot...

• Vigilance inquiry against Sreenijan, ex CJI's son-in-law

  The Kerala government has ordered a vigilance inquiry to study allegations of corruption against P V Sreenijan, the son-in-law of the former Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan.Sreenijan, who has served as a former vice-president of the Youth Congress in Kerala resigned from the party last week.  The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau w...

• Ex CJI's brother resigns amid corruption charges

  K G Bhaskaran, the brother of former Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan, has resigned as Special Government Pleader in the Kerala High Court. Bhaskaran was on leave since Tuesday.He has cited poor health as the reason for his resignation.Bhaskaran was asked by the Kerala Advocate General to quit or go on leave for allegedly amassing weal...

• Ex CJI's Balakrishnan's son-in-law PV Sreenijan resigns from Youth Congress

  Facing a vigilance probe over allegation of amassing wealth, P V Sreenijan, son-in-law of former CJI K G Balakrishan, today resigned the membership of the Youth Congress.A former state vice-president of Youth Congress, Sreenijan had been under pressure from his own party after coming under the shadow allegation that he had built assets disproportio...

• Kerala Govt asks ex-CJI Balakrishnan's brother to quit

  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...

• Was asked not to write to PM on Balakrishnan: Former Supreme Court judge

  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...

• Kerala CM orders probe against former CJI Balakrishnan's son-in-law

  In a new twist to the property scam involving P V Sreenijan, son-in-law of former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has recommended a vigilance probe into the alleged amassing of wealth by Sreenijan. The Chief Minister has ordered a Vigilance enquiry into the charge that Sreenijan had amassed property ...

• Justice Kapadia is India's new Chief Justice

  Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court and one who wants all judges to keep themselves abreast with commercial laws, was today appointed as the 38th Chief Justice of India (CJI). The 62-year-old judge will take over from incumbent Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan on May 12 and would remain at the helm of Indian Ju...