Tag: Ranjan Gogoi
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Madras High Court chief justice Vijaya K Tahilramani resigns over transfer denial
While holding office as the acting chief justice of the Bombay High Court, she had in May 2017 upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of 11 people in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case, which was transferred to Maharashtra from Gujarat by the top court.
September 7, 2019 -
Missing for hours, P Chidambaram appears at Congress headquarters
P Chidambaram reached the Congress headquarters hours after his petition challenging the Delhi High Court rejection of anticipatory bail was not listed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
August 21, 2019 -
CJI Ranjan Gogoi proposes ‘happiness classes’ in judicial academies
"It was a brilliant concept to have happiness classes. I have thought about exploring the same in our judicial academies as well. I am yet to consult my colleagues, but I am sure we can introduce it across judicial academies after hearing students from the audience share their learnings," CJI Gogoi said.
August 1, 2019 -
Complete Unnao accident probe in 7 days, orders SC, transfers all 5 linked cases to Delhi
The court further directed the Uttar Pradesh state government to pay compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the rape survivor and her family and ordered CRPF protection.
August 1, 2019 -
‘Will do something constructive’: CJI seeks report in a week on Unnao rape victim’s letter claiming threat
Family members of the Unnao rape victim, in a letter to CJI Ranjan Gogoi on July 12 had stated that the kin of accused threatened them to settle case otherwise they would be implicated in false cases.
July 31, 2019 -
SC seeks AG aid in PIL seeking minority definition on state-wise data
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose took note of the submissions of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi that the law which allows declaration of minority community on the basis of national data was illegal.
July 20, 2019 -
Of judges and pending cases
The Central Government must act on recommendations of the CJI to ensure judicial backlogs are addressed holistically, says SUNIL GARODIA.
July 18, 2019 -
CJI writes to PM Modi, seeks increase in number of Supreme Court judges
The Chief Justice, who wrote three letters to the PM, said there more than 58,000 cases were pending in the Supreme Court and the number was increasing due to new cases every day.
June 23, 2019 -
All review petitions seeking investigation into Rafale deal should be dismissed, govt to SC
In its submissions, the government has argued that any interference may affect operational preparedness of Indian Air Force, further adding that the review petitions were based on flimsy and unfounded grounds.
May 25, 2019 -
SC rejects PIL seeking 100 per cent tally of VVPAT slips with EVMs
The bench, comprising of justices Arun Mishra and MR Shah, refused to entertain the PIL filed by Tech 4 All, a Chennai based organisation, observing that a larger bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, has already dealt with the matter and passed an order.
May 21, 2019 -
The Judiciary & Us
Who should serve as judges? What are the essential ethical and character qualities to be deemed essential in one selected to serve as a judge? Should a lawyer be promoted to the Bench just because he is legally erudite and experienced in court-craft? Should extraneous considerations and political interference be allowed to dilute the integrity of the selection process? At least a small dose of realism is necessary to think right on this issue.
May 14, 2019 -
Arun Shourie slams SC, says probe panel acted as ‘members of club’ in CJI harassment case
By refusing to give the complainant a copy of the report of the in-house Inquiry Committee, the top court has acted like the CBI, Shourie said.
May 9, 2019 -
‘Shocked’ complainant seeks SC probe panel report giving clean to CJI in harassment case
The woman claims that if a copy of the report is handed over to the CJI, then it is her right to have the report to learn about the reason behind the rejection of her complaint.
May 8, 2019 -
Protests over clean chit to CJI in harassment case; Section 144 imposed outside SC, protesters detained
The protest comes a day after the Supreme Court-appointed three-judge in-house committee on Monday said it found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations against the CJI.
May 7, 2019 -
‘Extremely scared, gross injustice done’: Complainant after CJI cleared in harassment case
Her statement came hours after the Supreme Court-appointed three-judge in-house committee said it found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations against the CJI.
May 7, 2019 -
Harassment charges against CJI Ranjan Gogoi baseless, says SC in-house probe panel
Chief Justice Gogoi was accused of sexual assault by a former officer who worked as a junior assistant at the Supreme Court between May 2014 and December 2018.
May 6, 2019 -
In unprecedented move, CJI appears before panel probing harassment charges against him
A letter of request was issued to the Chief Justice of India asking him to meet the committee and he responded to it and met the panel on the issue.
May 2, 2019