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Former CJI KG Balakrishnan says he didn't know Justice Karnan while appointing him as Madras HC judge

Reacting sharply to the Justice CS Karnan fiasco, former Chief Justice of India, KG Balakrishnan on Tuesday made it clear that he did not personally know the controversial judge while appointing him as a judge in the Madras High Court in 2009.

Former CJI Justice HL Dattu to be appointed as NHRC chairperson

Former Chief Justice of India Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was on Tuesday selected as the next Chairperson of the NHRC.

Income tax probe against kith and kin of ex-CJI KG Balakrishnan 'yielded nothing': Centre

Former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Tuesday got a breather with the government telling Supreme Court that the Income Tax department's probe into the allegation that his kith and kin had amassed wealth during his tenure as the CJI from January 2007 to May 2010 has "yielded nothing".

The Cairn decision: Why the govt is no longer an honest broker

In the Cairn decision, the government has shown that it was batting for ONGC and was not an honest broker. But this is the situation in scores of cases. Time to change that

Delhi High Court reserves order on PIL seeking CBI probe into Katju's charges

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into Press Council of India head Markandey Katju's charges.

There is a campaign to malign judiciary, collegium system has not failed: CJI

Supreme Court Chief Justice RM Lodha on Monday frowned at a campaign to run down the collegium system for the appointment of judges.

Ex-CJI tried his best to elevate corrupt judge, says Katju in blog post

Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju Monday again complained of interference in the appointment of judges, saying former chief justice of India KG Balakrishnan tried his best to elevate a judge to the apex court despite allegations of corruption against him.

Katju affair brings to light judiciary vulnerability to govt pressure

Markandey Katju's whistle-blowing has bared all that is wrong with the collegium system of selecting judges, and how political pressure can be applied without anyone knowing about it.

Former judges support Katju, confirm his allegations as true

Former Supreme Court and Madras High Court judges have come out in Justice Katju's defence, confirming his allegations to be true.

After Katju's allegations, govt to review collegium system of judges' selection

The government is looking at reviewing collegium system of judges' selection following Justice Katju's allegations.