In last-minute changes, the UPA government has proposed the inclusion of two "eminent persons" instead of two "jurists" in a six-member judicial appointments commission that will seek to strike a balance and avoid extra weightage to judiciary in the body.

The success of a parliamentary democracy depended on “maintaining a fine balance” between the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, President Pranab Mukherjee said in Kolkata on Sunday as he called upon the judiciary to come up with a mechanism to “ self-discipline itself” to

Jagdish Sharan Verma was one of those rare judges of the Supreme Court who stood for professional ethics and certain values in public life. Although public memory is sure to associate him with the recent anti-rape panel which produced a landmark report recommending far-reaching changes

Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping a new, stronger anti-rape law in the country.