Ex-cji

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  Supreme Court Imposes Fine Of Rs 5 Lakh For "Motivated" Plea Against Ex-Chief Justice's Appointment

  The Supreme Court today directed that Rs 5 lakh cost be recovered from the land of a litigant who had filed a motivated petition in 2017 challenging the appointment of the then Chief Justice Dipak Misra.

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  Ayodhya Dispute Most Fiercely-Contested Case In India's History: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi

  The Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute at Ayodhya was the "most fiercely-contested cases in India's legal history" in which every point was "hotly" debated and "passionately" argued by the lawyers, former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who headed the bench that delivered the historic verdict, has said.

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  Ex-Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi On Why He Accepted Rajya Sabha Nomination

  Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on Monday by President Ram Nath in an unprecedented move, said his presence in parliament will "be an opportunity to project the views of the judiciary before the legislative and vice versa".

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  Ex-Chief Justice Of India RM Lodha Duped Of Rs 1 Lakh In Online Scam

  Former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha was cheated of Rs 1 lakh in an online scam after the email account of his friend, a retired judge, was hacked, a police officer said on Sunday.

• 118 Kerala Lawyers Appeal to President, Say ex-CJI Can't be Made Governor

  The political and legal row over the proposed appointment of former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam as the Kerala Governor is intensifying. Today, the Kerala High Court Advocates Association, which had been criticising the appointment, sent a resolution signed by 118 members to President Pranab Mukherjee.

• 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.

• 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.

• Cash-for-Votes: Judiciary may have to step in, says ex-CJI

  Former Chief Justice of India JS Verma has hit out at the government for not acting on the cash-for-votes scam. He has warned that the judiciary might have to step in, if the government failed to push the probe into the scam."The Supreme Court is monitoring 2G, and this and that...why, because otherwise nothing was happening. Therefore, it appears ...

• 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...

• Supreme Court questions Centre on ex-CJI Balakrishnan

  The Supreme Court today asked Attorney General G E Vahanvati to apprise it about the status of a complaint filed in May last year against former Chief Justice of India and Chairman, National Human Rights Commission K G Balakrishnan, seeking a CBI probe into his assets."What is the status of the complaint forwarded to the Minsitry of Home Affairs?" ...

• 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...

• Minister was named in letter, reiterates justice Reghupathy

  Madras High Court judge Justice Reghupathy on Saturday once again reiterated his previous claim that in his letter to the then Chief Justice of Madras High Court HL Gokhale, he had specifically named former Telecom Minister A raja, alleging that he had tried to influence him in a case.Law Minister M Veerappa Moily had on Friday said that Raja's nam...

• Was ex-CJI Balakrishnan aware of Raja influencing judge?

  Did former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan hide the truth about A Raja trying to influence a Madras High court judge? In a rare disclosure, today, Supreme Court judge H L Gokhale issued a statement contradicting the former top judge, and said, "The former Chief Justice of India has stated in his press conference that in my letter I did not m...