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In a damning admission of past malpractices in selection of judges to High Courts, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Friday said the bright and meritorious among District Judges were seldom appointed as judges of HCs. Chief Justices of HCs have...
Tags: District Judges, CJI, India, Mumbai, Chief Justice of India, Judge, K. G. Balakrishnan, Judiciary of England and Wales, Law Crime
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan owns a Santro Car and 20 sovereigns of gold jewellery as moveable property and three houses and two plots as immovable assets as he along with 20 other judges of the Supreme Court today made public details of their...
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The apex court appealed before a division bench on Monday saying CJI is not a public authority and the information he gets is not open for public scrutiny. However, the court's registrar general told RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, who initiated...
Rakesh Bhatnagar / DNA Thursday, September 3, 2009 2:56 IST New Delhi: Thanks to its earlier timidity on the disclosure of judges' assets, the Supreme Court finds itself in a piquant situation where a high court has ruled against it.
Tags: Supreme Court, public authority, chief justices, CJI, Delhi High Court, rti act, Chief Justice of India, RTI
The Rupee today ended at a one-and-half month low, weakening by 22 paise at 49.04/06 against the dollar, on heavy demand for the greenback, traders at the interbank foreign exchange (Forex) said here. The Indian unit resumed on a positive note at 48.70...
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He also said he has the right to speak on behalf of all judges as head of judiciary and this is the practice in judicial systems in other countries too. "The public has a right to know what is happening in judiciary and I am telling and I stand by what...
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The chief justice of India KG Balakrishnan has sent letters to chief justices of all high courts asking them to get rid of tainted lower court judges by offering them voluntary retirement. Much before the process for judging the judges takes concrete...
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A crucial hearing in the biggest-ever scam involving Allahabad high court judges, a supreme court judge and some judicial officers, besides employees of the government treasury in Ghaziabad, took an unusual turn on Thursday when chief justice (CJI) KG...
Tags: court judges, SSP Ghaziabad, apex court, chief justices, Allahabad High Court, KG Balakrishnan, pf scam, CJI
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday refused to comment on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s categorical statement that "corruption is another challenge we face both in government and the judiciary". The CJI also clearly said that the office...
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