Live streaming of court proceedings has flipside, judges need to be trained: CJI

Live streaming of court proceedings has flipside, judges need to be trained: CJI

[ad_1] Cuttack: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Saturday said live streaming of court proceedings has a flipside, adding the judges need to be trained “because every word that we say is up in the public realm”. Speaking at the Neutral Citation for the Indian Judiciary and National Conference on Digitisation, CJI Chandrachud … Read more

Full strength SC should not be aberration but regular feature: CJI Chandrachud

Full strength SC should not be aberration but regular feature: CJI Chandrachud

[ad_1] New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud has said a Supreme Court functioning at its full strength should not be an “aberration” but a “regular feature” and asked the in-house think tank –Center for Research and Planning (CRP)– to collect data of top 50 judges in the country for selection as … Read more

In today’s fraught times, mediation has an imp message: CJI Chandrachud

In today’s fraught times, mediation has an imp message: CJI Chandrachud

[ad_1] New Delhi: Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday said that the Centre should adopt mediation in a big way instead of taking recourse to litigation for resolving disputes. Mediation is a process that involves resolving disagreements, bringing together various stakeholders, and finding a common ground, he said at a national seminar on … Read more

‘Don’t mess around with my authority’: CJI Chandrachud warns lawyer

‘Don’t mess around with my authority’: CJI Chandrachud warns lawyer

[ad_1] New Delhi: A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud everyday usually hears around 100 cases on an average seeking urgent listing before the benches of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice’s court is often packed with lawyers, who mention their matter seeking urgent hearing. During the mentioning of the cases, the … Read more

Journalism is a tool of democracy, was proved by CJI at Ram Nath Goenka Awards

Journalism is a tool of democracy, was proved by CJI at Ram Nath Goenka Awards

[ad_1] Journalism is a tool of democracy. While I had gone to attend the annual Ram Nath Goenka Awards for the journalists, I thought that it would be just like another five star elitist function as per the Persian idiom, “Nashistan, do guftan, khurdan, v barkhastan, meaning, “Meeting, discussing, eating and finally departing! It wasn’t … Read more

CJI intervenes to end month-long protest of MP lawyers against HC order

CJI intervenes to end month-long protest of MP lawyers against HC order

[ad_1] Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud Bhopal: The continuous abstention of advocates from all three benches of the Madhya Pradesh High Court to oppose its order for disposing 25 pending cases in three months has hit legal proceedings across the state and promoted Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud to intervene in the … Read more

SCBA seeks time from CJI to discuss issues of lawyers’ chambers, elevation

SCBA seeks time from CJI to discuss issues of lawyers’ chambers, elevation

[ad_1] Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud New Delhi: The President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Vikas Singh, has written to Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud, seeking a meeting with the executive committee to discuss matters pertaining to the conversion of 1.33 acres of land allotted to the court by the … Read more

Sexual orientation of candidate for judgeship has nothing to do with ability: CJI Chandrachud

Sexual orientation of candidate for judgeship has nothing to do with ability: CJI Chandrachud

[ad_1] New Delhi: Amid a controversy over the Supreme Court recommending for a second time the elevation of gay senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a judge of the Delhi High Court, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday the sexual orientation of a candidate for judgeship has nothing to do with his … Read more

No appointment of SC judges could be made during my tenure due to lack of consensus in Collegium: Ex CJI Bobde

No appointment of SC judges could be made during my tenure due to lack of consensus in Collegium: Ex CJI Bobde

[ad_1] Former CJI Sharad A. Bobde New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India S A Bobde Saturday said no judges could be appointed in the Supreme Court during his 18-month tenure as the head of the judiciary since the collegium could not arrive at a consensus. Bobde said there have been times when no elevation … Read more

Collegium system not perfect but best available: CJI Chandrachud

Collegium system not perfect but best available: CJI Chandrachud

[ad_1] New Delhi: Not every system is perfect but this is the best system developed by the judiciary, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday while defending the Collegium system of judges appointing judges, a major bone of contention between the government and judiciary. Speaking at the India Today Conclave, 2023, the … Read more