Articles tagged with: impeachment

Cong, opposition draft impeachment motion vs CJI Dipak Misra

In an unprecedented development, an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, is being readied by opposition parties, including the Congress. Times Now has learned that regional parties have approached the Congress for support on the move. In fact, the impeachment draft is ready and the Congress as well as the Nationalist Congress Party led by Sharad Pawar have already signed it, Majeed Memon confirmed. Memon is a leader of the NCP and a criminal lawyer by profession.

AAP-led Lok Sabha campaign starts drive to impeach Justice KL Manjunath for alleged 'crores' of wealth

Four Lok Sabha Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs and others have collected signatures to impeach Karnataka high court judge Justice KL Manjunath, two months after the central government rejected the Supreme Court collegium’s recommendation to transfer him to Punjab and Haryana, reported the Indian Express ....

Sen nears impeachment; Herbert Smith’s Parsons cycles for India; NSE appeals MCX fine; Ambani says not under RTI; No dirty dancing at Trilogy…

Rajya Sabha votes in force for Justice Soumitra Sen’s impeachment for misappropriating Rs 33 lakh in 1983 [ Mint ] NUJS to get involved [ TOI ] Herbert Smith’s India chairman Chris Parsons is cycling 2,500 km through Europe to raise $250,000 for Loomba Foundation, which offers education to Indian po...

Wired: Sen holds court; More lawyers for Anna; Dignified judges do not take coffee abroad…

Justice Soumitra Sen held court in parliament yesterday in the first day of the impeachment proceedings [ The Hindu / TOI ] SC cautions police that “preventative arrest” only if “an offence cannot otherwise be prevented” [ The Hindu ] Jaipur lawyers were latest to strike for Anna Hazare following si...

SC restarts Dinakaran impeachment without inquiry member PP Rao

The Supreme Court has vacated the stay on impeachment proceedings initiated against Sikkim chief justice PD Dinakaran in the Rajya Sabha and ordered for the replacement of inquiry committee member and senior counsel PP Rao with another jurist.