Justice Sa Bobde

SC receives communication on Justice Akil Kureshi's elevation as MP chief justice; govt's decision to be placed before Collegium

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it had received a communication from the Ministry of Law and Justice on the Collegium's recommendation, elevating Justice Akil Kureshi as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court

Ayodhya hearing from 6 Aug: With CJI Gogoi retiring in November, chances high for early resolution of dispute

If the Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi fails to reach a verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute till his retirement on 17 November, the whole process would begin afresh after the appointment of a new Chief Justice

Section 144 imposed outside SC, 55 detained as lawyers protest procedure to probe sexual harassment charges against CJI Ranjan Gogoi

On Monday, the in-house committee of the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the CJI. The verdict stated that it found "no substance in the allegations" made against CJI Ranjan Gogoi by a former female employee of the Supreme Court.

Ranjan Gogoi sexual harassment allegations: Justice NV Ramana recuses self after complainant objects

The development comes a day after the former apex court woman employee wrote a letter to the panel expressing reservation over inclusion of Justice Ramana.

Daily Bulletin: Rahul, Priyanka to campaign in UP today; Jacinda Ardern says govt unaware of Sri Lanka blast links with NZ; day's top stories

Today's top stories: Rahul Gandhi and sister Priyanka to both campaign in Uttar Pradesh today; the Congress chief called BJP president Amit Shah a murder accused; Jusice SA Bobde will head the panel which will investigate sexual harassment charges against CJI Ranjan Gogoi; and more.

CJI Ranjan Gogoi picks senior-most judge SA Bobde, Justices NV Ramana, Indira Banerjee to probe sexual misconduct allegations against him

On Tuesday, the CJI set up a fresh bench comprising justices Mishra, R F Nariman and Deepak Gupta to adjudicate the matter relating to sexual harassment levelled against him.

Sexual harassment allegation against CJI Ranjan Gogoi: Justices SA Bobde, NV Ramana, Indira Banerjee to conduct inquiry

Justice SA Bobde was appointed to conduct an in-house inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi

Justice AK Sikri retires from SC; says every judge should possess 'some element of femininity' to do complete justice

On Wednesday, during the farewell function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association in the apex court lawns, Justice Sikri said every judge should possess "some element of femininity" to do complete justice. He got emotional and thanked the judiciary and lawyers for their help throughout his career.

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.

Nitish Katara murder case: Supreme Court dismisses Vikas Yadav's plea to review sentence

The apex court had said that that the courts have the power to impose the fixed term sentence without remission.