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JUSTICE RUMA PAL
Discuss repatriation of Indian kids taken away by child agencies abroad: Retired judges to G20 leadersThe retired judges suggested that return to a safe placement in the home country is a more humane and compassionate solution for such child...
SC gets nine new judges, Justice Nagarathna could be first woman CJI in 2027The new judges include Justice B V Nagarathna, who will be in line to be the first woman CJI in September 2027, Justice Bela M Trivedi, Jus...
Senior advocates seek larger bench ‘to review standards of criminal contempt’The bench said it would on August 20 hear arguments on what sentence to be given to him. The Contempt of Courts Act envisages a maximum jai...
Justice R Banumathi joins collegium as Gogoi demits officeJustice R Banumathi, in the news recently for dealing with P Chidambaram’s bail plea, will be the first woman judge in more than 13 years t...
History repeats as Supreme Court to witness all-women bench on September 5The apex court had seen a women alone bench for the first time in 2013 when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat togethe...
In a first, three women judges in Supreme CourtMalhotra was the first senior woman advocate to be directly appointed as the judge of the Supreme Court.
Judges’ selection: Why everyone is interested and wants to have a sayThe present imbroglio over the Centre’s decision to seek reconsideration of the recommendation to appoint Justice K M Joseph as an SC judge...
Indu Malhotra sworn in as Supreme Court judgeWith Malhotra joining the bench, the strength of the Supreme Court is now 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31, including the CJI.
Activist & expert arbitrator, meet Indu Malhotra, 1st woman lawyer to become SC judgeAs a counsel for Save Life Foundation, Malhotra framed guidelines for the Good Samaritan law for protection from harassment of those who he...
Collegium sends Indu Malhotra, KM Joseph's names as SC judgesThis move by the collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, comes amid an ongoing tussle in the top court which had cam...
Collegium system: Don't shoot the messenger, it will hurt the little man's faith in judiciaryJustice Ruma Pal described the process of appointment of judges to the superior courts as "possibly the best kept secret of this country".
Collegium has run its course: Even in the new NJAC, judiciary has veto on appointing judgesThe Constitution does not provide for such a collegium, and judges used to be appointed by the executive branch, that is the government, un...
Justice Markandey Katju's expose: How a corrupt judge continued in Madras High CourtThis expose is by Justice Markandey Katju, who was chief justice of Madras high court before becoming SC judge. He is now chairman of the P...
- SC to rule on I-T's say over Mauritius origin of cos
The Supreme Court will soon decide on the income-tax department's right to decide whether a Mauritius-based company is actually a resident ...