SC collegium asks Dinakaran to go on leave

Last Updated: Saturday, April 3, 2010, 14:21

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice PD Dinakaran is facing allegations of corruption and land-grabbing.

No info on judges whose elevation was objected: App authority

Last Updated: Friday, March 12, 2010, 14:37

The government has given a final no to an RTI application seeking details or list of judges whose elevation to the Supreme Court or as Chief Justices of High Courts have been objected to by the President.

SC Collegium `secretive`, says K`taka Judge

Last Updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 19:26

K`taka HC Judge has questioned the functioning of SC Collegium, accusing it of being "secretive".

Records of collegium meetings not kept: CJI

Last Updated: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 17:37

Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Sunday said the records of collegium meetings to appoint or elevate judges were not kept as any written material may jeopardise career prospects of a candidate.

SC Collegium didn’t make mistake on Dinakaran: CJI

Last Updated: Monday, January 11, 2010, 23:48

The CJI maintained that any judge found to have tresspassed any land is not fit to be elevated.

SC Collegium examining petitions against Allahabad HC CJ

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 22:15

The Supreme Court Collegium is understood to be examining complaints against Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, whose elevation as a judge of the apex court has been kept on hold.

Collegium should recommend names for judges after verification

Last Updated: Friday, December 18, 2009, 22:43

A panel of eminent jurists on Friday expressed concern over the report of keeping the elevation of Allahabad High Court Chief Justice as judge of Supreme Court on hold.

Collegium system has done more harm to judiciary: Justice Iyer

Last Updated: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 00:17

The collegium system on appointment of judges for higher judiciary today came under sharp criticism from noted jurist and former Supreme Court judge V R Krishna Iyer, who said "it has done more harm than solving the problem."

Dinakaran`s fate sealed by SC collegium

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 23:11

The fate of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran appears to have been sealed with the Supreme Court Collegium not in a mood to elevate him.

SC Collegium to decide Dinakaran`s fate by Tuesday

Last Updated: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 09:47

The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, will within a couple of days decide the fate of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran.

Lawyers tell SC collegium not to elevate Dinakaran

Last Updated: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 18:57

Bar Association of India, led by eminent jurist Fali S Nariman, appealed to the SC Collegium to desist from elevating Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran to the apex court to "save the credibility of the judiciary".

No plan to change Collegium system to appoint judges

Last Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 20:07

Barely a month after lamenting that the present Collegium system was coming in the way of overcoming shortage of judges, the Govt today said there is no proposal at present to change the existing mode of appointing judges.