Shortage of judges a hinderance in justice delivery system: CJIAugust 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Chief Justice of India, K.G.Balakrishnan, on Sunday expressed concern over the chronic shortage of judicial officers and said it was hindering the efforts to overcome an ever increasing number of pending cases. Addressing the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts in the national capital Balakrishnan said there were structural obstacles, which discourage talented young law graduates from joining the judicial services.
Chief Justices to discuss resolution of pending cases todayAugust 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A two-day annual conference of Chief Justices of various High Courts will begin here from today. The meeting will be presided over by Supreme Court Chief Justice of India K.G.
Chief Justices to discuss resolution of pending casesAugust 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A two-day annual conference of Chief Justices of various High Courts will begin here from tomorrow. The meeting will be presided over by Supreme Court Chief Justice of India K.G.
Government defers introduction of Judges Bill in Rajya SabhaAugust 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amidst protest from opposition benches the UPA Government deferred introduction of the Judges (Declaration of Assets and Liabilities) Bill, 2009 in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Bill seeks to exempt the contents of the assets declarations made by judges of the superior courts from disclosure.
Moily says more than 2.6 crore cases pending in subordinate courtsJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of Law and Justice, Veerappa Moily, on Monday said that more than 2.6 crore cases were pending in the subordinate courts and over 39 lakh cases were pending in high courts across the country. "As per the reports received from the Registries of the High Courts, 39,10,858 cases were pending in the High Courts and 2,66,50,467 cases were pending in the Subordinate Courts as on December 31, 2008," Moily said.
Judicial reforms will be initiated in two months, says MoilyJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government is working for a national consensus on judicial reforms, and within a couple of months the judicial reforms will be implemented, Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said.
JKNPP opposes court's verdict on legalising homosexual relationsJuly 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) workers on Saturday held a demonstration in front of the Parliament in New Delhi, to protest against Delhi High Court's verdict that legalises homosexuality. Bhim Singh, Chief of JKNPP, said the judgement, which legalises consensual sex among people of the same gender, ignores the feelings of majority of Indians.
New Bill would make Indian Judges disclose assetsJune 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily said that the Government would bring a legislation in the coming Budget session of the Parliament to ensure disclosure of assets by judges mandatory.
High courts talk tough on pleas of three politiciansMarch 25th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Adopting a tough stance, two high courts Wednesday declined to hear three politicians who had sought their intervention in different criminal cases pending against them. While separate benches of the Allahabad High Court turned down applications of dreaded mafia don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and budding politician and Bharatiya Janata Party's Pilibhit nominee Varun Gandhi, the Uttarakhand High Court proved to be equally unobliging for yet another criminal-turned politician Amarmani Tripathi.
'Judges not to be treated as people's representatives'March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday said that judges should not be treated like members of parliament and other representatives of the people on the issue of assets' declaration since such information could be misused. Justice S. Ravinder Bhat while hearing the Supreme Court's plea challenging a Central Information Commission (CIC) order on the issue, said: 'Public interest standards for the judiciary have to be different from other institutions.
Orissa fast track courts begin work to try riot casesMarch 2nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Two first track courts inaugurated Sunday in Orissa have begun work to clear cases related to communal violence in Kandhamal district, officials said. The courts were inaugurated in a renovated building in the district headquarters of Phulbani, some 200 km from here by Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court B.S.
Delhi High Court had only five minutes to hear a case last yearFebruary 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI -With a staggering number of 332,141 cases that came up before the Delhi High Court during 2007-08, each case barely got five minutes of hearing before the honourable judges, its annual report released here Tuesday said. According to the report, the first time the court has revealed such details, it spent around 4 minutes 55 seconds on an average on hearing each case.
Delhi now has 12 more evening courtsFebruary 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - All the 12 evening courts opened in the three district courts in the national capital to handle cheque bounce cases of less than Rs.25,000 began functioning Monday. With this the total number of evening courts functioning in the five district courts in the national capital is now 18.
Chief justice not averse to judges declaring their assetsJanuary 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Seeking to set aside the controversy over official disclosure of judges' wealth, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Friday said he was not averse to the judges of the higher judiciary declaring their assets.
3,000 village courts to start within a month: Law ministerJanuary 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj Saturday said around 3,000 village courts will start functioning within a month, meeting the United Progressive Alliance government’s promise to take the justice delivery system to the doorsteps of people in remote villages across the country.
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