Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has separated himself from the bench that will hear the unconditional apology and contempt of court cases of PCO judges, including Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and that of former Attorney General Latif Khan Khosa.Some public circles had openly suggested that the CJ should not graciously head the bench hearing these cases. The chief justice has formed a five member...
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Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has conveyed to the Union Government that it has decided to drop the name of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran from the list of those recommended for elevation to the Supreme Court for the time being.The decision of Supreme Court Collegium has cleared the decks for elevation of four others to the apex court namely Justice A...
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Only five judges of the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice K GBalakrishnan, don’t have investments in shares and mutual funds, as perdisclosure of assets posted on the web site of the apex court on Monday. Sixteenother top judges of the country have made investments in such marketinstruments.Investments in shares and mutual funds have attractedJustice S H Kapadia, who is next in line to become...
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Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has separated himself from the bench that will hear the unconditional apology and contempt of court cases of PCO judges, including Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and that of former Attorney General Latif Khan Khosa.Some public circles had openly suggested that the CJ should not graciously head the bench hearing these cases. The chief justice has formed a five member...
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Nov. 10 editorial ("Justice disqualified") notes that "New rules on recusal of state Supreme Court members could cause problems with subjective standard." It is worse than that. The promulgation of the four-justice Michigan Supreme Court majority rule that permits justices to oust other justices from consideration of a case is a seizure of power without authority that is unprecedented in the history...
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President Asif Ali Zardari has sent references against six judges of Lahore, Peshawar and Sindh high courts to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC).The judges against whom references have been filed include Lahore High Court’s Justice Syed Shabbar Raza, Justice Hamid Ali Shah, Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan and Justice Syed Sajjad Ali Shah.According to the Presidency, references have also been sent to SJC...
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new Supreme Court Judges finally took oath of office today minus Karnataka High Court Chief Justice D D Dinakaran, whose alleviation to the apex court has been put on hold due to allegations of land grabbing and corruption against him.Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan today administered oath of office and secrecy in order of seniority to Justice A K Patnaik (Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court)...
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Kerala High Court judge Justice V Giri today resigned citing personal reasons. He sent his resignation letter to the President. Justice Giri (49) met high court Chief Justice Justice S R Bannurmath this morning and informed him about the decision, court sources said. Justice Giri has requested the President to accept the resignation with immediate effect, they said. Sworn-in as an additional judge...
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the footsteps of Justice R V Raveendran, Justice Markandey Katju also recused himself from the Supreme Court bench hearing Reliance Industries Limited appeal against Bharat Petroleum Company Limited.Justice Katju while withdrawing from the case said,'' if I do not withdraw from the case, tomorrow media will write about me also.'' Justice Katju was presiding over a two-judge bench in which Justice A...
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ISLAMABAD: Former Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has submitted a detailed reply of contempt of court notice issued by Supreme Court. He also filed a petition against Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s appointment as chief justice. Four on duty senior judges of Supreme Court Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Khalil Ramday, Justice Raja Fayyaz and Justice Chaudhry Ijaz and federation through law ministry have...
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