Joining the debate on the issue of appointment of judges, former law minister and leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said there should be a clearly defined “objective criterion” to decide who becomes a judge.
AHMEDABAD: Additional sessions judge R H Sharma, who was a CBI lawyer in the Sanjay Dutt case and was credited with one of the fastest disposal of cases as sessions judge in Ahmedabad, has been suspended on charges of corruption.
New Delhi: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken a serious view of an alleged vilification campaign launched in the print and electronic media by some anti-Dalit and casteist elements in the Bar Council of India and various State Bar Associations in the Justice
Chennai : The controversy over Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran’s elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court took another turn in Tamil Nadu, after a group of advocates and activists alleged that the campaign against him was instigated by casteist interests
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday finalised a comprehensive Judicial Inquiry Bill that proposes to fix accountability of judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court, as well as a mechanism to inquire into specific complaints of corruption and misconduct against individual judges.