Attorney General K K Venugopal on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there has never been a female Chief Justice of India and improving the representation of women in the judiciary could also go a long way towards a more balanced and empathetic approach in cases involving sexual violence.
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan has regretted the "error" in his tweet of October 21 in which he was critical of Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde being provided a special helicopter by the Madhya Pradesh government.
Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde inaugurated India's first-ever E-resource centre Nyay Kaushal on October 31.
As NTA confirmed that JEE Main, NEET exams will be held as scheduled, two students have approached the Supreme Court seeking postponement of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) on humanitarian grounds.
Chief Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde has been in Nagpur for several weeks due to the lockdown and recently he sent Twitter into a frenzy with pictures of riding a Harley Davidson bike.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday nominated former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha. "President is pleased to nominate Shri Ranjan Gogoi to Council of States to fill the vacancy caused due to the retirement of one of the nominated member," the official government notification read.
The rule of law is probably the "most fundamental feature" of modern constitutions and its success depends on how judiciaries across the world respond to emerging challenges, Chief Justice S A Bobde said on Saturday.
Sharad Arvind Bobde took oath as the 47th Chief Justice of India on Monday. But what made headlines was a heartwarming gesture of CJI Bobde that earned him praises. Justice Bobde (63), succeeds Justice Ranjan Gogoi and will have a tenure of over 17 months as CJI till April 23, 2021.
Justice Gogoi had taken note of vacancies and lack of infrastructure in courts and has been monitoring them by issuing directions to all states and respective high courts to do the needful. A five-judge constitution bench, of which Justice Bobde was also a part, rendered a unanimous verdict to put the curtains down on the vexatious Ayodhya land dispute which was pending in courts since 1950.
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde will be sworn-in as the 47th Chief Justice of India on Monday. According to a statement, President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office of Chief Justice of India to Justice Bobde at 9.30 a.m.
In a pathbreaking verdict on Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority under the Right to Information Act. It, however, added that judicial independence has to be kept in mind while disclosing information in public interest.
Earlier on January 10, 2010, the Delhi High Court had held that the office of the chief justice of India comes within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) law, saying judicial independence was not a judge's privilege, but a responsibility cast upon him. The Supreme Court on Wednesday in its verdict said the office of Chief Justice of India is a public authority under RTI.
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on petitions challenging the Delhi High Court decision bringing the office of the chief justice of India (CJI) under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The statement by Justice Bobde, who was part of a nine-judge Constitution bench which declared right to privacy as a fundamental right, assumes significance in the wake of a growing clamour for more transparency in the functioning of the apex court's Collegium.
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The Supreme Court on Monday reopened after 6 days and it is expected to deliver verdicts on some of the key issues that have been pending since long. The important issues include the Rafale deal case, the Sabarimala temple case and the verdict on bringing the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) under the right to information act. Besides, the court will also take up some crucial matters for hearing, including the one related to sexual harassment allegations against the CJI.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a written reply said 43.55 lakh cases are pending in the high court and out of these, 18.75 lakh relate to civil matters and 12.15 lakh are criminal cases.
A three-judge in-house committee, comprising Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee, Sikkim High Court Chief Justice S K Agnihotri and Madhya Pradesh High Court's Justice P K Jaiswal, had in January 2018 concluded there was sufficient substance in the allegations contained in the complaint against Justice Shukla and that the aberrations were serious enough to call for initiation of proceedings for his removal.
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years.
Immediately after the office of apex court's Secretary General came out with the findings of the committee, the woman issued a press statement saying that she was "highly disappointed and dejected".
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