Justice Ak Sikri

Plea in SC challenges Alok Verma's removal as CBI chief, alleges 'conflict of interest' in Justice AK Sikri's position on selection panel

A fresh row is likely to erupt in the controversy surrounding the Central Bureau of Investigation, as a new petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, questioning the way Alok Verma was sacked as the agency's director. Reports said the plea questions the Selection Committee's order as well as Justice AK Sikri's presence at the panel meeting at which Verma's future in the CBI was decided, News18 reported.

Opaque collegium system prisoner of top judges' whims; body's every decision is suspicious and arbitrary

The newly constituted Supreme Court collegium with the induction of Justice Arun Misra in it, upon the retirement of the then senior-most judge Justice Madan B Lokur, has rescinded the decision of the collegium taken on 12 December, 2018.

Justice Sikri row: Lok Sabha polls will test resilience of Indian democracy as political discourse drag down public institutions

The Justice AK Sikri controversy will eventually die down and become lesser than a footnote in history, but the damage to democracy and the decline in the level of trust in institutions is permanent

Justice Sikri wants controversy surrounding removal of CBI chief to 'die', senior lawyers say unfair to target him

Justice AK Sikri of the Supreme Court wants the controversy, over his proposed post-retirement assignment and nomination on the PM-led panel which removed Alok Verma as CBI chief, to "die" even as some senior advocates Monday termed the incident mischievous and aimed at targeting him.

After media furore, Justice AK Sikri withdraws consent to Centre's offer for nominating him to CSAT after retirement

The Union government was said to have secured the concurrence of both CJI Gogoi and Justice Sikri before filing the nomination.

No proof of corruption against Alok Verma, selection panel acted hastily, says retd SC judge who oversaw CVC probe against ex-CBI chief

Retired Supreme Court judge AK Patnaik, who was supervising the CVC enquiry into graft charges levelled against Alok Verma, said that there was no evidence against him. He also said that the decision of the Narendra Modi-led selection committee to remove Verma as CBI Director was hasty.

Alok Verma removed as CBI chief: Mallikarjun Kharge's dissent guided more by political rivalry than legality

The removal of ousted CBI chief Alok Verma was approved by two members of the three-member Selection Committee.

Alok Verma sacked: AG Mukul Rohatgi slams CBI chief's reaction to removal; Congress says Narendra Modi fears probe in Rafale case

A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday removed Alok Verma as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director, merely a day after he had resumed office on Wednesday

CVC report doesn't have enough material to disqualify Alok Verma as CBI chief, says Mallikarjun Kharge in dissent note

Mallikarjun Kharge said "there can be no alternative, but to restore Alok Verma unto "full range of authority enjoyed by the office of the director".

Thousands of psychiatric patients chained in sheds in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun; SC asks govt to provide medical aid

Taking cognisance of the issue, the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice AK Sikri directed Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led BJP government to take requisite actions in order to provide mental healthcare and treatment at the earliest.