Centre Not Entitled To Segregate Collegium Resolutions, Supreme Court Should Act Tough Against Executive For Sitting Over Proposals : Justice MB Lokur

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur opined that the Central Government is not entitled to pick and choose names by segregating the resolutions made by the Supreme Court collegium. He added that it is unfair on the part of the Centre to keep certain collegium proposals pending.The retired Supreme Court judge was speaking in an interview with Manu Sebastian, the Managing Editor...

Lawyers Expected to Address Court with Deference, Judges also Should Refrain From Showing Needless Sensitivity On Counsel's Utterances: Delhi HC

Observing that lawyers are expected to always address the court with deference, the Delhi High Court has said that mutual respect between the bench and bar is essential for a vibrant legal system."Counsel are, on all occasions, expected to address the Court with deference and respect. Mutual respect between Bench and Bar is the indispensable sine qua non for a vibrant and vigorous legal system...

Explained | Nayanthara-Vignesh Shivan Controversy: What Does Surrogacy (Regulation) Act Say?

Actor Nayanthara and her husband filmmaker Vignesh Shivan on October 9 posted pictures of their twin babies on Instagram and other social media platforms. Within hours of the announcement about the newborns' birth, a controversy has erupted — questions are being raised whether surrogacy laws were followed by the couple. During a presser, the Tamil Nadu Health Minister was asked a...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Dismisses ED's Plea Challenging Bail Granted To Anil Deshmukh

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging the Bombay High Court's order granting bail to NCP leader and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in a PMLA case. A bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli however clarified that the observations made by the High Court will not influence the trial and are only...

CJI UU Lalit Recommends Justice DY Chandrachud As The Next Chief Justice Of India

Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit has written to the Union Government recommending the name of Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, the second senior judge of the Supreme Court, as the next Chief Justice of India.CJI Lalit handed over the letter designating the successor CJI to Justice Chandrachud today at 10.15 AM. CJI Lalit had requested all judges of the Supreme Court to assemble at...

"State Of West Bengal Usurped Powers Of Chancellor" : Supreme Court Affirms Quashing Of Calcutta University VC's Reappointment

The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the State of West Bengal usurped the powers of the Chancellor (WB Governor) while re-appointing Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee as the Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University.Holding so, the Court dismissed the petitions filed by the State of West Bengal and Banerjee assailing the order of the Calcutta High Court, whereby the decision of the State...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of J&K&L HC CJ Pankaj Mithal As Rajasthan HC CJ; Notifies Appointment Of New CJ Of J&K&L HC

The Central Government has notified the transfer of Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.The Centre has also notified the appointment of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as the new Chief Justice of the J&K&L High Court.The Supreme Court collegium had made recommendations regarding...

Collegium Procedure Should Make No Difference If There's Consensus About The Names : Former SC Judge Justice MB Lokur

Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur has said that if there is no disagreement among the collegium members regarding the proposals for elevation, then the fact that a different procedure of meeting has been adopted should not be a ground for objection.Justice Lokur was referring to the Supreme Court collegium deciding to defer the consideration of ten names, after two judges of...

Masala Bonds Case: Kerala High Court Stays Further Summons Against Dr Thomas Issac & KIIFB Officers For 2 Months

The Kerala High Court has put on hold for two months the further issuance of summons against Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and Former Finance Minister of Kerala Dr Thomas Issac in connection with ED probe into alleged FEMA violations in the issuance of Masala Bonds in 2019.The development comes in the pleas challenging ED summons in connection with the investigation into...

In A First, Supreme Court Collegium Introduces Procedure To Scrutinise Judgments Of HC Judges & Assess Relative Merit For Elevation

The statement released by the Supreme Court collegium today has revealed an interesting fact - that the collegium has introduced a procedure for scrutinising the judgments authored by High Court judges who are under consideration for elevation to the Supreme Court. The collegium has also introduced a procedure to assess the relative merit of candidates on an objective criteria. However, the...

Two Judges Objected To Procedure, September 30 Meeting Discharged : Supreme Court Collegium Releases Statement

Amidst the speculations about the Supreme Court collegium meeting held on September 30, a joint statement has been released by the collegium members stating that the said meeting has been discharged in view of the Union Law Minister's letter to the Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on October 7 asking him to name his successor. "In the circumstances, no further steps need be taken and...

"Why This Secrecy? Citizens Entitled To Know": Justice MB Lokur On Collegium & Judges'Appointments [Video Interview]

Interview of Justice Madan B Lokur, former judge of the Supreme Court, with Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of...