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Sanjay Bhandari case likely to impact India's extradition petitions: Justice LokurA UK court's rejection of India's appeal in the Sanjay Bhandari extradition case could jeopardize over 100 pending extradition requests for...
UP's anti-conversion law cannot be sustained, contains many defects, says ex-SC judge Madan B Lokur"The Constitution says Ordinance can be passed if there is a need for immediate action. What is the need for immediate action to pass it wh...
Supreme Court appoints ex-judge M B Lokur as one-man panel to prevent stubble burningThe bench, also comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, directed the states concerned to provide adequate security, secretar...
Disappointed collegium revisited December list: Justice Madan B LokurJustice Lokur denied that corruption was rampant in the judiciary but admitted that a ‘faster and a more honest system of accountability’ w...
9 collegium U-turns in 10 yrs, careers of five Supreme Court judges hitTOI inquired from people with knowledge of collegium decisions over the years and found that on nine occasions in the last decade, collegiu...
'Is parallel system running in jails': Supreme Court frowns over special treatment to Chandra brothersThe report had said that the Unitech bosses had sofas, TVs and phones inside the jail. The court demanded an explanation from the central g...
Supreme Court to hear plea of Army men challenging prosecution in AFSPA areasJustice Lokur said that he, along with Justice U U Lalit, had passed the order last year and the matter has to go before the same bench.
CJI tussle: Supreme Court judge skips customary Wednesday lunchAs part of a tradition, the apex court judges meet for lunch every Wednesday, with each of them taking turns to bring 'ghar ka khana' (home...
Supreme Court judges urge CJI to hold full court on issues plaguing judiciaryThe letter was written a day before Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu rejected the opposition impeachment notice against Chief Justice of...
CJI-led Five-judge bench to hear land acquisition lawIn 2014, a three-member bench interpreted the 2013 law in a manner that land acquisition would lapse if the compensation money was not depo...
Need to introspect on effectiveness of POCSO Act: Justice Madan B LokurJustice Lokur said despite there being more number of cases of child abuse than murder, "we spend more time discussing murders" and wondere...
Row on ‘judicial discipline’ takes a sharper turn in SCThe knotty issue of ‘judicial discipline and propriety’ in contradictory judgments on land acquisition being tossed between two three-judge...
Supreme Court in knots as its 3-judge bench overrules another of same strengthFormer attorney-general Mukul Rohatgi provided the spark that reignited the “discipline” and “propriety” issue that has hurt unity among SC...
Deliberations to resolve Supreme Court crisis continueJustice J Chelameswar, who had led the four judges in the unprecedented press conference, was not present during the discussions as he was ...
CJI J S Khehar reinstates Justice M B Lokur as e-panel in-chargeThe e-Committee set up in 2004 is a body constituted by the Government under the Supreme Court for policy formation on and implementation o...
Chhattisgarh government won’t arrest Nandini Sundar for nowThe court permitted Chhattisgarh to probe the case if any further material came up after giving four weeks’ notice to the rights activist.
CJI TS Thakur drops sitting SC judge from e-panelUnder Justice Lokur, the national e-Committee had made significant contributions to make courts litigant friendly and lower the cost of tri...
Breakdown of Governor-Government communication unfortunate: Supreme CourtSuch a situation would be "most unfortunate" and "detrimental" to democracy, Justice M B Lokur, who concurred with the judgement delivered ...
J Jayalalithaa case classic example of wrong in criminal justice systemThe judge said even if the allegations are not true, "it is extremely unfortunate that a criminal trial should take more than 15 years to c...
Supreme Court judge B Lokur calls for e-courts to deliver quicker justiceSupreme Court judge Justice B Lokur batted for setting up of e-courts and said it is high time the obsolete and outdated systems are done a...