Articles tagged with: Chief Justice of India (CJI)

CJI meets legal hacks, hints that may allow journos to live tweet from SC courtrooms in future

Chief Justice of India (CJI) _Dipak Misra_ on Monday hinted at possibly allowing journalists to publish news straight from courtrooms on Twitter from their mobile phones, live during case proceedings in the Supreme Court.

J Dipak Misra makes it to CJI office today, despite opposition from several fronts for more than a year

Justice Dipak Misra took oath today as the 45th Chief Justice of India (CJI), succeeding CJI JS Khehar. Misra’s suitability for India’s highest judicial office was questioned before CJI Khehar and in the media, since last year when his name surfaced in allegations of misrepresentation from 1979.

NUJS finally constitutes 16-years-overdue review commission, 9 months after resolving to

NUJS Kolkata has finally constituted its 16-years-overdue review commission, nine months after former Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur signed a resolution to institute a judicial review of the law school.

CJI Khehar: Foreign lawyer entry will be good • 1 day later: BCI condemns ‘draconian’ LC report wholesale

Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar, as probably the first sitting CJI having been reported to do so, as far as we are aware, said at a function on Saturday (8 July) that legal market liberalisation should take place.

Chief TS Thakur bids farewell after one of the toughest of recent CJI terms • He will be missed

BloombergQuint ( @BloombergQuint ) tweeted: “ Parting words from India’s 43rd Chief Justice of India:“ Chief Justice TS Thakur Laments Lack Of Judges, Pendency In His Farewell Speech Dealing with the emerging areas of litigations, the Chief Justice said, “You will have very, very serious issues comi...

Allegedly ‘short-tempered’ JS Khehar to get quite short 8-month term as Chief Justice of India

Supreme Court Justice JS Khehar has been formally confirmed by the President of India as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) to succeed Justice TS Thakur and will be the first CJI from the Sikh community, according to the Indian Express.

70% retired SC judges as of Feb ‘16 already in quasi-judicial & other posts

70 out of the 100 Supreme Court judges, who retired as on 12 February 2016, took up post-retirement jobs with various permanent and ad hoc bodies and committees, with the greatest number taking up quasi-judicial posts, according to data collected by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

The Chief Justice of India birthday lottery (or if you only see one CJI-related infographic in the next 8 years, let it be this one)

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Supreme Court judge Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, who was elevated to the apex court on Friday from the Allahabad high court where he was the chief justice, was born on 11 November 1959.

6 ways TS Thakur already seems to be a different Chief Justice of India (CJI)

CJI Thakur: Different breed?It's been less than a week that Justice TS Thakur took oath as the Chief Justice of India and it doesn't seem to be a straight road ahead for him.  In the middle of a polarised intolerance debate, a parliamentary and judicial "supremacy" tussle and almost stagnant judicial appointments.
CJI Thakur: Different breed?It's been less than a week that Justice TS Thakur took oath as the Chief Justice of India and it doesn't seem to be a straight road ahead for him. In the middle of a polarised intolerance debate, a parliamentary and judicial "supremacy" tussle and almost stagnant judicial appointments.
It’s been less than a week that Justice TS Thakur took oath as the Chief Justice of India and it doesn’t seem as though he’ll have a straight road ahead of him: he’s taking up the chief’s mantle in the midst of a polarised intolerance debate, a tussle between parliamentary and judicial supremacy tussle and almost stagnant judicial appointments.

HL Dattu: A CJI in a hurry to nowhere or saviour of the judiciary?

As Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice HL Dattu appeared to be a man in a hurry. However, despite having held the office for a near eternity compared to many other recent CJIs, what he has managed to achieve as a judge and administrator in that time is questionable.

CJI Thakur succeeds CJI Dattu, vows to tackle pendency in 13-month-term

Justice Tirath Singh Thakur was on Thursday sworn in as the 43rd Chief Justice of India.

220 new cases filed in SC daily yet pendency reduced from 64,000 to 58,000 during Dattu

Outgoing Chief Justice of India HL Dattu on Tuesday refused to join the ongoing debate on intolerance saying that as head of the country’s judiciary, it would not be proper for him to comment on it. “There is a debate going on in parliament and other places. As the head of an institution, if I say a...

Justice TS Thakur to start 13-month CJI tenure from 3 December

Justice TS Thakur, the seniormost judge after Supreme Court Chief Justice HL Dattu, will become the next Chief Justice of India and would be at the helm of the country’s judiciary till 4 January, 2017. Chief Justice Dattu has recommended the name of Justice Thakur, being the seniormost judge after h...

'Beginning of restoration of our dignity' claims Dave as CJI to hear SCBA complaints [via Livelaw]

LiveLaw reported that Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Dushyant Dave said at the general body meeting today, in which he had threatened to vote on a boycott of official functions at the Supreme Court attended by judges, that the bench had apparently listened to his demands, including f...

CJI Dattu bans oral adjournment requests in SC: Now adjournments require 2 days notice

The new Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu has put an end to the practice of orally seeking case adjournments in the Supreme Court, by making it mandatory to circulate an advance written request for adjournments, to the court and the opposing counsel. A Supreme Court circular from yesterday state...

Lodha the Brave, a CJI for the ages & coming storms: Court Witness’ definitive report card

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***A Chief Justice of India for 153 days is unlikely to leave a legacy behind. Somehow, this one did, explains Court Witness.

Welcome CJI Dattu: 16-hour-workday judge who knows ‘common man’, sworn in for giant 14-month term

Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was Sunday sworn-in as the 42nd Chief Justice of India. Administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee, Chief Justice Dattu will hold office till Dec 2, 2015. He succeeds Chief Justice R.M. Lodha who demitted office Sep 27. Talking to report...

Burning brief but bright: RM Lodha’s idealism fuelled a time of remarkable judicial activism at the Supreme Court

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Advocate Abhik Chimni argues that CJI RM Lodha, who retires today, was a remarkable CJI made of the right idealistic stuff at the right time.

Next CJI, HL Dattu, looks forward to heading 'best institution in the world'

The president has cleared for Justice HL Dattu to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) on 28 September 2014, replacing RM Lodha when he retires from the Supreme Court, reported the PTI . Dattu reportedly said: “I will request for blessing of all citizens of this country to give me courage an...

SC cleaves at Gordian undertrial knot: Release all who've served half charged sentence without trial

In a bold move the Supreme Court today tried begin solving the national undertrial prisoner crisis, by ordering the release of all those in jail for more than half their charged sentence who’ve yet to see a trial. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha ordered all districts’ judic...