Articles tagged with: tribunals
Breaking: Compat now defunct without chairman and members
The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) is now without a chairman and members after its chairman and ex-Supreme Court Justice VS Sirpurkar and member Rahul Sarin retired yesterday, several weeks after its only other member Pravin Tripathi had retired. Tripathi, whose tenure was due to end on 31 ...
CJI: Gov’t laws responsible for perception of judges chasing post-retirement tribunal jobs
“Daring” the government to do away with laws requiring tribunals to be headed by judicial members chief justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha said that it is these laws that create a public perception that retired judges are “running and running and running after tribunals”, reported the Economic Times . ...
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Cal client complains HC advocate sexually harassed her : A Kolkata college professor has complained to the Calcutta High Court Bar Association that an advocate whom she had instructed had sexually harassed her during the course of her litigation. The association will now convene an executive committ...
SC toughens up tribunal appointment rules of retired judges, threatens stay
The Supreme Court threatened to stay the appointment of retired judges to tribunals across India blaming lack of action in bringing uniformity in their appointment process and service conditions, reported the Times of India . Picking out Armed Forces Tribunal, National Commission for Dispute Redress...
Delhi faces retired judges’ housing crunch, as 30 tribunals come up
Delhi’s more than 24 tribunals, with 5 more in the pipeline, are demanding official bungalows for their heads “in keeping with their [retired judge] rank”. However, while 32 bungalows for Supreme Court judges and 45 for high court judges are reserved in Lutyens’ Delhi, no such quota exists for tribu...
Tribunals not free from ministries; One-advocate-one-vote in bar associations; Hackers deface Pakistan SC web; 2G cookie crumbles; Trilogy fights cops again over early close…
SC decides that advocates can only vote in one bar association election each to curb opportunistic SCBA voting [ TOI / Spreadlaw ] Patents and other tribunals may not be independent enough of the ministries that fund them [ Mint ] Pakistan Supreme Court website hacked [ BBC ] Former aide of BJP lead...
Unburdening the courts: Road traffic insurance claims to get faster tribunals
The Government has decided to set up special fast track courts for the quick disposal of road accident insurance claim in order to provide compensation within 30 to 45 days in the light of alarming increase in the victims of motor accidents.