Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 19:39
In a major reshuffle in the district level judiciary, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has transferred 160 judges and judicial officers of the twin states, a High Court official said on Friday.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 21:04
The collegium system of appointment of judges is likely to stay for time being as Parliament could not pass amendment bill in the Monsoon Session.
Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 14:39
Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Saturday expressed regret that the wrong numbering of the Constitution Amendment Bill prevented it from being introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 15:41
Arun Jaitley said that a bill providing a say for the executive in the appointment of judges in the higher judiciary should be referred to a parliamentary panel.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 10:57
Chile`s judges issued a long-awaited apology Wednesday to relatives of those who sought missing loved ones under the regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet only to have courts shrug them off.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 23:45
The Constitution Amendment Bill providing a say for the Executive in the appointment of judges of higher judiciary is likely to hit a roadblock.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 19:37
In a significant development, the Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a proposal, which seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 15:02
Speaking at the inauguration of Alternative Disputes Resolution Centre here, he said, though judges were not elected members by the people but lawyers and judges were ultimately accountable to the people.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 23:35
The municipal legislature of Shanghai Thursday sacked four senior judges from the city`s higher court for soliciting prostitutes at a night club, Xinhua reported.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 23:10
The municipal legislature of Shanghai on Thursday sacked four senior judges from the city`s higher court for soliciting prostitutes at a night club, Xinhua reported.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 14:44
Four senior judges of a Shanghai court in China have been suspended following an investigation into allegations that they hired prostitutes at a night club, officials said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 16:46
Favouring a relook at the present system of appointment of judges, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley suggested raising the retirement age of Supreme Court and High Court judges to improve the functioning of the judiciary.
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