The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing a matter seeking direction to the Centre to immediately notify all recommendations for the appointment of judges that have been sent to it by the apex court Collegium.
After levelling charges against the Pakistan army over his removal from power, former Prime Minister Imran Khan dragged Geo Group and Pakistan's judicial system into the Toshakhana reference.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday said Judges at the grassroots are reluctant to grant bail due to the sense of fear of being targeted for granting bail in heinous cases.
The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court of India Justice DY Chandrachud on Wednesday has become the 50th head of the Judiciary of the country. He will have a tenure till November 10, 2024.
Justice Chandrachud will take oath as the 50th Chief Justice of India on November 9 as current CJI UU Lalit will demit his office on November 8 after having a brief tenure of 74 days as the head of India's judiciary.
"There has been a systemic attack on various institutions. Judiciary, bureaucracy and media are under attack. When Congress returns to power,we'll ensure that these institutions are freed from the grasp of RSS and independence is maintained in these institutions," said Rahul Gandhi.
The Chief Minister was speaking at the national seminar on environment and sustainable Development and the role of judiciary organised by the Gauhati High Court in collaboration with the Assam government at Kaziranga.
The Supreme Court has directed the state governments and union territories, which are yet to submit affidavits relating to the amount disbursed for the judicial infrastructure, to file the report within four weeks in a prescribed format.
Shillong (Meghalaya), Oct 23 (ANI): Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday announced that the Central government has decided to remove all obsolete and archaic laws of the Indian judiciary from the statute box stating that they have no relevance in today's time.
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 18 (ANI): Emphasizing the need for reforms in judicial appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has said the procedure of the Collegium system is very opaque and there exists "internal politics" in the Judiciary.