Supreme Court Judge Retires

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed "shock" over some retired high court judges getting a meagre pension ranging between Rs 6,000 and Rs 15,000.

Justice Hima Kohli (retired), who has always been vocal about women's rights and is considered a tough judge, recently retired from the Supreme Court.

A retired judge of Bangladesh's Supreme Court was detained from the northeastern frontier with India in Sylhet while he was allegedly attempting to flee the country, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said late on Friday.

Justice Sachin Datta turned down the petitioners' prayer to appoint a retired high court or Supreme Court judge as the administrator of WFI

A group of retired judges of Supreme Court and high courts have written to Chief Justice of India on escalating attempts by "certain factions to undermine the judiciary through calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement".

The pension for retired district judges drew the Supreme Court's concern on Monday, with the judges asking Attorney General R Venkataramani to help with an "equitable solution".

The Supreme Court has criticised a former judge of the Madras High Court for pronouncing a one-line order in a criminal case and releasing the detailed judgement five months after he retired from service.

Extending the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges based on their performance may not be practical, will "further erode" Parliament's powers and may result in "undue favouritism", the government has told a parliamentary panel.

Former Supreme Court Judge AK Patnaik had said the judiciary has taken several good steps since he retired in 2014 and the courts should, while staying within their limits, seize opportunities to "clean" legislatures.

Justice Sanjay Kaul, a senior Supreme Court judge, retired yesterday, ending his six-year-long tenure at the court.

The BJP in its manifesto for Telangana has promised to form a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to go into alleged corruption by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, headed by Chief Minister KC Chandrashekar Rao.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday invited retired Supreme Court judges, who were part of interim seven-member committee formed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a "cooling-off period" of two years for retired judges of the top court and high courts before they can accept political appointments.

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has recommended to increase the retirement age of judges in High Courts and Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking an SIT probe headed by a retired Supreme Court judge or the CBI into the July 13 incident in Patna in which a BJP leader died while taking part in a protest against Nitish Kumar government.

The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed "shock" over some retired high court judges getting a meagre pension ranging between Rs 6,000 and Rs 15,000.

Justice Hima Kohli (retired), who has always been vocal about women's rights and is considered a tough judge, recently retired from the Supreme Court.

A retired judge of Bangladesh's Supreme Court was detained from the northeastern frontier with India in Sylhet while he was allegedly attempting to flee the country, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said late on Friday.

Justice Sachin Datta turned down the petitioners' prayer to appoint a retired high court or Supreme Court judge as the administrator of WFI

A group of retired judges of Supreme Court and high courts have written to Chief Justice of India on escalating attempts by "certain factions to undermine the judiciary through calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement".

The pension for retired district judges drew the Supreme Court's concern on Monday, with the judges asking Attorney General R Venkataramani to help with an "equitable solution".

The Supreme Court has criticised a former judge of the Madras High Court for pronouncing a one-line order in a criminal case and releasing the detailed judgement five months after he retired from service.

Extending the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges based on their performance may not be practical, will "further erode" Parliament's powers and may result in "undue favouritism", the government has told a parliamentary panel.

Former Supreme Court Judge AK Patnaik had said the judiciary has taken several good steps since he retired in 2014 and the courts should, while staying within their limits, seize opportunities to "clean" legislatures.

Justice Sanjay Kaul, a senior Supreme Court judge, retired yesterday, ending his six-year-long tenure at the court.

The BJP in its manifesto for Telangana has promised to form a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to go into alleged corruption by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, headed by Chief Minister KC Chandrashekar Rao.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday invited retired Supreme Court judges, who were part of interim seven-member committee formed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking a "cooling-off period" of two years for retired judges of the top court and high courts before they can accept political appointments.

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has recommended to increase the retirement age of judges in High Courts and Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking an SIT probe headed by a retired Supreme Court judge or the CBI into the July 13 incident in Patna in which a BJP leader died while taking part in a protest against Nitish Kumar government.