SC tasks Justice Madan Lokur to deal with stubble burning threatening to overwhelm Delhi NCRThe top court directed the chief secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and UP to assist Justice Lokur, enable physical surveillance of fields wher...
16 Oct, 2020, 09.34 PM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
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...
24 Jan, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
'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...
23 Nov, 2018, 07.07 AM IST
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.
20 Aug, 2018, 01.26 PM IST
AG Venugopal blames SC for ‘hitting’ mining, telecom and coal sectorsOn SC’s decision to ban liquor vends alongside national highways, the attorney general said: “Thousands of people lost their jobs.” He also...
09 Aug, 2018, 06.35 AM IST
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...
07 Mar, 2018, 08.08 AM IST
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...
24 Feb, 2018, 02.02 PM IST
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...
23 Feb, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
It was simmering for some time: SC judges had written another letter of protest in OctoberET has learnt that several SC judges shared their concern on the matter with Justice Lokur, prompting him to write to the CJI.
12 Jan, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
‘Transparency’ can’t ‘Trample Rights’: Two Supreme Court judges tell CJIThe SC had decided the text of the collegium’s resolutions on rejecting candidates for judicial appointments will be uploaded on its websit...
20 Dec, 2017, 12.26 AM IST
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...
25 Jan, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
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.
16 Nov, 2016, 07.11 AM IST
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...
15 Nov, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
Jaya's DA case: 3 judge bench to commence hearing from April 21Justice R Banumathi differed with Justice Lokur and held that the SPP was duly authorised to represent the state before the HC as well.
16 Apr, 2015, 11.38 PM IST
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...
15 Apr, 2015, 11.22 PM IST
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...
27 Jun, 2014, 04.48 PM IST