West Asia crisis a balance of payments stress test, India better placed to navigate: NageswaranIndia's Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran described the West Asia crisis as a "live balance of payments stress test" impacting i...
12 May, 2026, 03.30 PM IST
Chip, chip, chipping away: Are GoI & Election Commission rewriting poll rules unilaterally and putting democracy in peril?A proposed change to Lok Sabha seats and issues with voter roll revisions raise concerns. Independent institutions, like the Election Commi...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.50 PM IST
Government reworks bill on judges' accountability; wants performance assessedThe framework of the new bill had come up for discussion at a meeting of the Advisory Council of the National Mission for Justice Delivery ...
17 Jul, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
Government wants fresh bill to probe complaints against judgesThe government favours bringing a bill which seeks to change the system of probing complaints of "misbehaviour and incapacity" against judg...
07 Feb, 2016, 11.56 AM IST
Government hints at bringing afresh a bill on judges' accountabilityThe Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill moved by the previous UPA government had lapsed with the dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha.
17 Dec, 2015, 02.40 PM IST
New bill on judicial standards unlikely soonThough the bill was passed by the Lok Sabha in March, 2012, it had undergone changes in the Rajya Sabha following protests by the judiciary...
30 Apr, 2015, 05.40 PM IST
New judicial bill is need of the hour, says AP Shah, Chairman, Law CommissionAP Shah Chairman, Law Commission says that there is a need for some way to discipline apart from impeachment in the judicial bill
20 Aug, 2014, 10.21 AM IST
Judicial Appointments Bill in Parliament likely next weekThe issue gained momentum after several top jurists pushed for scrapping of the existing collegium system under which judges appoint judges.
29 Jul, 2014, 08.00 PM IST
- Judicial Accountability Bill in Budget session of Parliament
A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Manmohan Singh, had last month approved amendments to the Bill.
10 Jan, 2013, 08.05 PM IST
- Judicial Standards Bill to be brought in Winter session of parliament
A bill on judicial standards will be brought in the Winter session of Parliament, government said today indicating that a controversial cla...
17 Nov, 2012, 01.50 PM IST
- Controversial clause to go from judicial standards bill
Govt has decided to drop a controversial clause in a bill on judicial standards which debars judges from making verbal comments against any...
03 Aug, 2012, 09.35 PM IST
- Judicial Accountability Bill to be taken up in Lok Sabha tomorrow
Judicial Accountability Bill that will provide for accountability of judges will be taken up by the Lok Sabha tomorrow.
27 Dec, 2011, 10.57 PM IST
- Government okays judicial accountability, whistle blower bill to deflate Team Anna
In an attempt to blunt Team Anna’s campaign against the Lokpal bill, the Union Cabinet has cleared the Judicial Standards and Accountabilit...
14 Dec, 2011, 02.55 AM IST
- Government's legislative agenda in winter session
A look at the legislative agenda of the government and the new Bills that are to be discussed in the winter session of the parliament.
22 Nov, 2011, 12.48 PM IST
- Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill to be finalized soon
The Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill is likely to be finalised by a Parliamentary Committee this week.
22 Aug, 2011, 10.01 PM IST
- Judicial accountability long overdue
Judicial accountability moved closer to becoming reality with Cabinet finally approving Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill 2010.
07 Oct, 2010, 05.26 AM IST
- Judicial Standards & Accountability Bill differed
Once bitten, twice shy. The Manmohan Singh government is taking a cautious approach in dealing with the higher judiciary.
16 Mar, 2010, 06.23 AM IST