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Justice Kurian Joseph retires: Bar leaders say senior Supreme Court judge was among 'most popular' ones
• 6 years agoAttorney General K K Venugopal praised Justice Kurian Joseph saying, "We are going to miss Your Lordship's smile".
Justice Kurian Joseph to retire today: SC judge, who authored 1,034 judgments, was part of triple talaq, Nagraj verdict
Fp Staff • 6 years agoJustice Kurian Joseph, one of the seniormost judges of the Supreme Court of India, is set to retire on Friday. He is also the tenth on the list of judges at the apex court who have authored the maximum amount of judgments.
Justice NH Patil is 42nd Chief Justice of Bombay High Court: All you need to know
Fp Staff • 6 years agoJustice NH Patil's appointment as the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court comes after a Supreme Court collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice MB Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph pointed out that the office of the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court has been lying vacant for quite some time, since the retirement of Justice Manjula Chellur in December last year.
CJI Dipak Misra will be remembered for chronicle of controversies, rather than major judgments
Raghav Pandey And Neelabh Bist • 6 years agoThe last week of outgoing CJI Depak Misra's tenure was probably the best week that the Indian legal community has seen in terms of the rights that were guaranteed to the citizens.
Supreme Court constitution bench to revisit 12-yr-old verdict on SC/ST quota in government jobs on 3 August
• 7 years agoThe Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim order against its 12-year-old verdict that had dealt with the application of the 'creamy layer' for reservations to SC and ST categories in government job promotions
Justice J Chelameswar refuses to attend farewell organised by SC Bar Association; judge to retire in June
Fp Staff • 7 years agoJustice J Chelameswar, the second most senior judge in the Supreme Court, has refused to attend a farewell slated to be organised in his honour.
Supreme Court's 'life and existence' under threat: Justice Kurian Joseph writes to CJI Dipak Misra; read full text
Fp Staff • 7 years agoSupreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra over the government's delay in clearing the Collegium's recommendation to elevate a judge and a senior woman advocate to the apex court.
Supreme Court judge writes to CJI over delay in judges' appointments, says 'very life and existence' of institution under threat
• 7 years agoIrked over the government's delay in clearing the collegium's recommendation to elevate a judge and a senior woman advocate to the apex court, Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra contending that the "very life and existence" of the institution was "under threat" and a "surgical intervention" is required.
Supreme Court Roster: CJI Dipak Misra arrogating powers to himself is likely to aggravate crisis in apex court
Sauravdatta • 7 years agoby putting in place a judges' roster — a 'subject-wise' roster shows what type of cases will be listed before benches headed by the 12 senior-most judges of the apex court which is meant to come into effect from 5 February, Misra has ostensibly made an effort to show that he has risen to the challenge, but once one digs deeper, it shows that this is not the case.
Supreme Court bench headed by CJI refuses to restrain media from reporting on judges' row
Ians • 7 years agoThe Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea seeking to restrain the media from publishing reports relating to a row among its judges even as Chief Justice Dipak Misra held a closed-door meeting with four rebel judges.