Justice Balakrishnan

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  SC/ST Verdict Of Supreme Court Is "Basically Wrong", Says Former Chief Justice

  Lending weight to the centre's criticism of the Supreme Court's verdict on the SC/ST Act, former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan today said the judgement was "basically wrong" and observed that judicial orders should not create violence among the people.

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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".

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  Top Court Seeks Attorney General's Help to Hear Plea Against Former Chief Justice

  The Supreme Court today sought the assistance of the Attorney General, Mukul Rohatgi, to hear a plea seeking a central probe into the alleged amassing of wealth by the kith and kin of Justice KG Balakrishnan, during his tenure as an apex court judge and Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

• 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 objects over naming former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan as 'KGB'

  The Supreme Court today took exception to an advocate using initials "KGB" to refer to former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan in his petition seeking his removal as the NHRC Chairman.

• Petition seeks reopening of 'fake' encounter cases in Andhra Pradesh

  The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Justice KG Balakrishnan has referred to the division bench of the Commission a petition seeking re-opening of all files related to alleged fake encounters in Kurnool and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh between 2000 and 2002, in which 19 persons were killed.

• 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.

• Assets case: Centre submits report on former Chief Justice to Supreme Court

  The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that it is probing into the allegations that former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and his relatives had amassed disproportionate assets during his tenure as judge and submitted it a probe status report.

• 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.

• Govt rejects RIL demand for gas price revision

  The government has rejected Reliance Industries' demand for a revision in the KG-D6 gas price

• Income Tax inquiry against former Chief Justice Balakrishnan

  The government has ordered an Income Tax inquiry against former Chief Justice of India, KG Balakrishnan.The Home Ministry has commissioned the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to study complaints of disproportionate wealth accumulated by Mr Balakrishnan.The inquiry is based on a letter sent by activist Prashant Bhushan, who is also playing a ma...

• 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 ...

• I've nothing to hide: Justice Balakrishnan on refusal to reveal I-T returns

  Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) KG Balakrishnan has reacted to the controversy over his unwillingness to disclose his Income Tax returns. A query under the Right to Information act had been filed with the Income Tax department at Kochi by T Balachandran, an RTI activist.Speaking to NDTV, Balakrishnan, whose family is under the Income Tax depart...