New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed all proceedings of the two-member Inquiry Commission headed by the former-top court judge Justice Madan B Lokur which was constituted by West Bengal to investigate the alleged Pegasus snooping row. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli took note of the plea that despite the …
Justice Madan B Lokur, who once led the public revolt against then CJI Dipak Misra alongside Justice Ranjan Gogoi, no longer sees eye to eye with his long-time associate and the current Chief Justice of India. Justice Madan B Lokur, who last year stood alongside Ranjan Gogoi — now Chief Justice of India — at a press conference of senior …
The Union government on Wednesday cleared the names of two judges for elevation to the Supreme Court even as the higher judiciary plunged deeper into controversy with former members of the apex court’s collegium questioning its decisions and asking for more transparency in the selection process. Karnataka High Court Chief justice Dinesh Maheshwari was recently overlooked for elevation and the …