Articles tagged with: HL Dattu
In the dead of Sunday night, Indira Jaising wins stay of Nithari killer's hanging from CJI-to-be
In a pre-dawn order at the residence of future CJI HL Dattu with Justice AR Dave, the Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Surinder Koli, who was convicted of the so-called Nithari serial murders and rapes that took place in Noida from 2005. Senior counsel Indira Jaising obtained the one-week s...
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...
Katju acquires new target: Blogs HL Dattu should not become CJI
Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju has apparently set his crosshairs on the next Chief Justice of India (CJI), HL Dattu, in a column published by the Times of India and re-published on his own blog. Katju argued in his post that the CJI post should not be awarded automatically on ...
'Gulami Bhasha': Advocate petitions SC to replace English with Hindi as judicial lingua franca
A petition in the Supreme Court pleaded for a constitutional amendment to make Hindi an official language to conduct high and apex court proceedings in. A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice HL Dattu issued notice to the government about the petition that was filed by advocate Shiv Sagar Tiwari, w...
SC won't cancel Unitech 2G accused's bail, despite CBI recording of him trying to influence prosecutor
Justice HL Dattu said that it was not appropriate at this stage to interfere with the bail the court granted in November 2011 for Sanjay Chandra, despite the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) approaching the court claiming Chandra was “materially interfering” and trying to influence the investig...
After RM Lodha scoffs at joining Lokpal panel, HL Dattu may get post
After the Supreme Court’s second-most senior judge and next Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha said he would be the last person to accept appointment to the Lokpal selection panel, Chief justice of India (CJI) P Sathasivam reportedly nominated the SC’s third-most senior judge HL Dattu to the pane...