CJI NV Ramana News

CJI NV Ramana will be retiring on August 26 He urged people to build a democracy filled with "vibrancy and idealism" He leaves behind a lasting legacy of judicial reforms like scrapping of Sedition law

Kapil Sibal digs on government over SC’s remarks on Pegasus Often non-cooperation is evidence of guilt, he attacked government Justice N V Ramana noted that the central government did not cooperate with the probe

SC will hear a plea seeking a ban on freebies The top court has said that a three-judge bench hear the plea now The SC is hearing the plea filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, seeking a ban on '‘freebies’ to lure voters in the run-up to elections

Bengal judge who was hearing TMC’s Anubrata Mondal’s case received death threat Lawyers wrote letter to CJI and requested to transfer the case outside the state “This act is nothing less than a direct and brazen attack in the Justice delivery system,” the letter read

The SC said it will consider a plea seeking to debar convicted members of parliament and state assemblies from contesting polls for life An apex court bench made this observation while hearing a plea by Senior advocate Vikas Singh The bench was told that a constable will not get his job back if he was convicted but a politician can even become the home minister after conviction

CJI NV Ramana has recommended Justice UU Lalit as his successor to Centre Justice Lalit is likely to be appointed head of the judiciary on August 27

The SC today hears the plea of the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena challenging disqualification proceedings initiated against them The top court said that the issues in petitions may require reference to a 5-judge bench and posted the case for hearing on August 1 The apex court granted time to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde-led camp to file an affidavit on the pleas filed by Thackeray-led faction

CJI NV Ramana was speaking at an event organised at the Rajasthan Assembly by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Ramana people expect the court to stand as a counterweight to legislative and executive excess when Opposition is missing. He also said that non-filling up of judicial vacancies was the main reason for the huge pendency of cases.

An open letter written to CJI has criticised the recent SC observations against suspended BJP member Nupur Sharma The letter alleged that the apex court surpassed the "Laxman Rekha" and called for "urgent rectification" steps The SC castigated Nupur Sharma for comments on Prophet Muhammad, saying her remarks are disturbing and smack of arrogance

Gauhati HC Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Gujarat HC judge, Justice Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala, took oath today The SC Collegium on May 4 had recommended to the Centre the elevation of Justices Dhulia and Pardiwala for appointment

PM Modi inaugurated the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Court PM Modi made a strong pitch for use of local languages in courts. CJI Ramana voiced his concern over misuse of PILs and said it has now turned into "Personal Interest Litigation" and is used to settle personal scores.

PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts today. The conference will take place at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Chief Justice of India, Justice NV Ramana and Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju will also address the conference.

The CJI asked lawyers to take a pledge to propagate ideas that form the basis of the Constitution: freedom, equality and justice Lawyers and judges are part of one large family, the CJI said "The history, present, and future of this nation lie on your shoulders," the CJI told lawyers

Tushar Mehta submitted that the government has nothing to hide He added that there are unsubstantiated media reports

Petitions seeking an independent probe into the Pegasus snooping allegations is based on "conjectures, surmises". Centre will set up a committee of experts to examine the issue of alleged Pegasus snooping.

SC takes up pleas for probe into Pegasus snooping row It said that nobody should cross the limits and all parties should avoid parallel debates

Chief Justice of India along with his family, was accorded welcome on his arrival at the main entrance of the temple amidst chanting of Vedic hymns by Veda pundits.