It has become fashionable to bemoan the state of our justice-delivery system and call for judicial reforms with almost clockwork regularity. The latest Conference of Chief Ministers of States & Chief Justices of High Courts held in the Capital on Sunday was no exception. Speaking
The United Progressive Alliance government is committed to securing the foundations of the rule of law and judicial independence as the non-negotiable components of the basic structure of the Constitution, Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar said on Sunday.
Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar today said that the "political consensus" over the need to broad-base the process of appointment of Supreme Court and High court judges was in place.
Justices Kurian Joseph and Pinaki Chandra Ghose were sworn in as Supreme Court judges on Friday. Chief Justice of India, Altamas Kabir administered the oath of office.
Justice C Nagappan of the Madras High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. He would take oath of office on February 27.