N Santosh Hegde

Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde said today he was "totally disappointed" Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested in connection with an excise policy linked money-laundering case.

Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde Friday said integrity of the Supreme Court as an institution has taken a big blow in the backdrop of allegations against the CJI and those on larger conspiracy to frame him and fixing of benches.

Retired Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde Wednesday advised the newly appointed Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi to bring in more transparency in judicial proceedings and promote solidarity between judges to avoid any "misunderstanding".

Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde has favoured a one-on-one meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India TS Thakur to discuss the issue of filling up of vacancies in higher judiciary.

Former Supreme Court Judge and Karnataka's ex-Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today backed charges of sedition against human rights watchdog Amnesty International. At an event organised by Amnesty International on Saturday, anti-India slogans were allegedly raised during a discussion on Kashmir, prompting the authorities to charge the human rights watchd...

Retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde has favoured imposition of "embargo" on frivolous cases in courts, and said too many appeals provided for in the legal system is delaying justice delivery.

Former Solicitor General of India N Santosh Hegde today said he is in "favour" of the sedition law as some "restrictions" are needed to stop people from abusing and talking against the country.

Retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde today said he is in "favour" of the sedition law as some "restrictions" are needed to stop people from abusing and talking against the country.

Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde says a political party floated purely on the anti-corruption plank will not succeed in elections at this stage as money power and diversity play a role. Hegde, a former Karnataka Lokayukta, who has distanced himself from erstwhile Team Anna's decision to start a political party, said cultural, linguistic a...

Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde, who was closely associated with now disbanded Team Anna, feels yoga guru Baba Ramdev's agitation on black money and graft issues may re-energise the anti-corruption movement. He also believed it could cause electoral damage to the Congress.

Key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde has said India should make keeping money abroad without permission an offence to force other countries to share information on illegal wealth stashed abroad. Welcoming the Budget proposal on tackling the menace of black money, Justice (Retd) Hegde said, "...you got to make having money abroad without permission...

Karnataka is caught in a classic case of letter of law versus spirit of law over appointment of a new Lokayukta for four months and an early solution to the issue is not in sight.

Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde has hit out at the state government for transferring Lokayukta official Jeevan Kumar V Gaonkar, alleging that it was an attempt to "sabotage" the probe against former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family.

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Shivaraj V Patil was today appointed the new Lokayukta of Karnataka. He will take over from N Santosh Hegde, who welcomed Mr Patil's appointment as a "very good choice".

With sleepovers and protective gear headlining recent events at the Karnataka Assembly, the Governor of the state, HK Bhardwaj, met President Pratibha Patil in Delhi to update her on the root cause of all the commotion: The powerful Reddy brothers, mining barons and cabinet ministers, and their alleged involvement with illegal mining.After the meet...

Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde said today he was "totally disappointed" Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested in connection with an excise policy linked money-laundering case.

Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde Friday said integrity of the Supreme Court as an institution has taken a big blow in the backdrop of allegations against the CJI and those on larger conspiracy to frame him and fixing of benches.

Retired Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde Wednesday advised the newly appointed Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi to bring in more transparency in judicial proceedings and promote solidarity between judges to avoid any "misunderstanding".

Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde has favoured a one-on-one meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India TS Thakur to discuss the issue of filling up of vacancies in higher judiciary.

Former Supreme Court Judge and Karnataka's ex-Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde today backed charges of sedition against human rights watchdog Amnesty International. At an event organised by Amnesty International on Saturday, anti-India slogans were allegedly raised during a discussion on Kashmir, prompting the authorities to charge the human rights watchd...

Retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde has favoured imposition of "embargo" on frivolous cases in courts, and said too many appeals provided for in the legal system is delaying justice delivery.

Former Solicitor General of India N Santosh Hegde today said he is in "favour" of the sedition law as some "restrictions" are needed to stop people from abusing and talking against the country.

Retired Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde today said he is in "favour" of the sedition law as some "restrictions" are needed to stop people from abusing and talking against the country.

Former Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde says a political party floated purely on the anti-corruption plank will not succeed in elections at this stage as money power and diversity play a role. Hegde, a former Karnataka Lokayukta, who has distanced himself from erstwhile Team Anna's decision to start a political party, said cultural, linguistic a...

Former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde, who was closely associated with now disbanded Team Anna, feels yoga guru Baba Ramdev's agitation on black money and graft issues may re-energise the anti-corruption movement. He also believed it could cause electoral damage to the Congress.

Key Team Anna member N Santosh Hegde has said India should make keeping money abroad without permission an offence to force other countries to share information on illegal wealth stashed abroad. Welcoming the Budget proposal on tackling the menace of black money, Justice (Retd) Hegde said, "...you got to make having money abroad without permission...

Karnataka is caught in a classic case of letter of law versus spirit of law over appointment of a new Lokayukta for four months and an early solution to the issue is not in sight.

Former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde has hit out at the state government for transferring Lokayukta official Jeevan Kumar V Gaonkar, alleging that it was an attempt to "sabotage" the probe against former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and his family.

Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Shivaraj V Patil was today appointed the new Lokayukta of Karnataka. He will take over from N Santosh Hegde, who welcomed Mr Patil's appointment as a "very good choice".

With sleepovers and protective gear headlining recent events at the Karnataka Assembly, the Governor of the state, HK Bhardwaj, met President Pratibha Patil in Delhi to update her on the root cause of all the commotion: The powerful Reddy brothers, mining barons and cabinet ministers, and their alleged involvement with illegal mining.After the meet...