Ex-CJI Justice Dattu will be next chairperson of NHRC

Former Chief Justice of India Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was on Tuesday selected as the next Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission. A committee headed by Prime......

Justice T S Thakur sworn in as 43rd CJI

Justice Tirath Singh Thakur was on Thursday sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee at an elegant function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The senior-most judge of the apex......

New Chief Justice of India has his task cut out

With a term ending in January 2017, Justice Thakur has to move fast to tackle the tough tasks cut out for him, says M J Antony. Justice Tirath Singh Thakur, who will take over as the new Chief......

No one can meddle in the process of judicial appts: Prez

Irrespective of system of judges' appointment, the process must operate on "well-established and transparent principles to select the best" and no one can meddle with it, President Pranab Mukherjee......