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Kiren Rijiju starts speaking with political parties for impeachment motion
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has started speaking with various political parties for an impeachment motion against High Court judge Yashwant Varma in the next Parliament Session, government sources said on Tuesday. The Supreme Court had constituted an inquiry committee foll
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Three new Supreme Court judges take oath
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Three High Court judges -- Justice NV Anjaria, Justice Vijay Bishnoi, and Justice AS Chandurkar- took oath on Friday as the judges of the Supreme Court.
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CPI MP Sandosh Kumar seeks impeachment motion against Delhi HC judge Verma
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In his letter, Sandosh Kumar stated that "If proven true, these allegations are not only a gross betrayal of public trust but also a serious affront to the integrity of our judicial institutions."
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PIL seeks urgent judge appointments in Delhi HC to ensure timely justice
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Plea moved by Practising lawyer Amit Sahni, stated that as per sanctioned strength, the Delhi High Court should have 60 judges (45 permanent and 15 additional). However, it is currently functioning with only 36 judges, reflecting a vacancy rate of 40%.
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'Case can be filed against anyone, but special permission required if judg
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday reacted to the alleged discovery of cash at Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Verma's house, underlining that no FIR has been registered against Justice Varma and said that a case can be filed against anyone in the country, but a special permission i
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Purity of Criminal Justice system defines direction of democratic nation:
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
"In a democratic nation, the purity of its criminal justice system defines its direction...for a criminal investigation, the initiation has to be by an FIR, First Information Report. It is the law of the land that every cognizable offence is required to be reported to the police, and failure
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Centre notifies appointment of six judicial officers as Allahabad High Cou
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Union Ministry of Law and Justice on Wednesday notified the appointment of six judicial officers as judges of the Allahabad High Court.
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Malegaon blast case: Special NIA judge in transfer list; families of victi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Judge A K Lahoti has been transferred from the Mumbai court to Nashik. More than 200 district judges are named in the general transfer list released by Bombay HC. The judges are directed to assume office on June 9, after the court reopens for summer vacation
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Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma Transferred to Calcutta HC, Third Delhi HC Tra
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Central Government, through the Ministry of Law and Justice, on Tuesday approved the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation to transfer Delhi High Court Judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma to the Calcutta High Court. This marks the third instance of a Delhi High Court judge being reassigned to a
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SC declines to entertain PIL to register FIR in Justice Yashwant Varma cas
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL seeking registration of an FIR into the alleged recovery of a stash of cash from the official residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma.
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JP Nadda held discussion with Jairam Ramesh over judiciary accountability
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Rajya Sabha Leader of the House JP Nadda on Wednesday met Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and held a discussion over judiciary accountability on the issue of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma.
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"Lack of insensitivity", says SC as it stays Allahabad HC's 'grabbing brea
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The judgement showed a "lack of sensitivity" on the part of the Allahabad High Court judge, said the Supreme Court on Wednesday as it stayed the ruling, which stated that grabbing a minor girl's breasts, breaking her pyjama and trying to drag her beneath a culvert would not come under the of
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