Kolkata: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Wednesday said separation of administrators from investigators in the police was one of the necessary steps for speedy trials and faster disposal of criminal cases to reduce the huge pendency in different courts in the country. "There should be a separate wing for investigation only, separate from administrators in police forces. This will facilitate speedy trials and faster disposal of cases," Justice Kabir said.
He was delivering a speech on 'Reforms required for speeding up justice delivery system, particularly with regard to criminal offences' as part of the sesquicentennial (150th) celebrations of the Calcutta High Court. "Investigation has to be done properly and that has to be done by proper investigators," the CJI said. "In several cases, sentence and conviction have been stayed by an appeal court and until the appeal is decided, the appellant is regarded to be innocent," Justice Kabir said.
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01:06 AM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: The mortal remains of former Chief Justice of India JS Verma, who headed a panel to frame a tough law to combat crimes against women, were on Tuesday consigned to flames in the presence of prominent political leaders and those from legal fraternity. The funeral pyre was lit by Verma's grandson Amirudh at the Lodhi crematorium where former Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian, a close associate, joined in performing...
09:59 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Jaipur: The Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Friday said that work to dispense speedy and fair justice to common man through the 'Gram Nyayalaya' (rural court) is in the process of being implemented. Justice Kabir, who was in Sirohi district to inaugurate a 'Gram Nyayalaya' building, told reporters in Jaipur that "these courts are created to mitigate legal problems of poor who found it difficult to travel to...
03:28 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: In what could result in another stand-off between the government and the judiciary, the UPA cabinet is likely to take up proposals for a revamp in the way judges are appointed. The Law Ministry wants judges to be appointed by a Judicial Appointments Commission, which includes members of the executive. The Law Ministry says judges cannot be allowed to decided their own appointments. Currently, a collegium of judges...
09:34 AM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Amid the controversy over the hanging of Afzal Guru, Chief Justice of India(CJI) Altamas Kabir on Sunday said the families of death row convicts should be informed in advance about their execution. However, he sought to play down the controversy on the issue saying the past incidents should not be raked up again. "Procedure as has been in the past, they should have been informed and as far...
11:14 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday said that the Delhi gangrape incident in December 2012 was not an isolated occurrence and episodes like that happened every day. He added that there can't be knee-jerk reactions to such cases and they need to be tackled in a proper way. Kabir was presiding over the conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of high courts in the capital....
06:45 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Saturday said public sentiments akin to "baying for blood" of the juvenile accused in the Delhi gangrape-cum-murder case before the conclusion of trial is unfortunate. Referring to December 16 gangrape-cum-murder case as a "ghastly" incident, Justice Kabir also said the kneejerk reaction of general public against the juvenile was wrong. ...
10:04 PM, Mar 16, 2013
CNN-IBN's Surya Gangadharan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on India-Italy standoff over the under trial marines' non-return. ...
06:33 PM, Mar 12, 2013
India has jurisdiction to try two Italian marines charged with killing two fishermen, India's Supreme Court said in a long-awaiting ruling on Friday, setting the stage for a criminal trial that could further sour ties between India and Italy. ...
01:56 AM, Jan 19, 2013
In a major setback to the two Italian marines accused of shooting dead two Kerala fishermen in February last year, the Supreme Court on Friday said that the duo will be tried in a special court under the Chief Justice of India. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 18, 2013
Former Chief Justice of India JS Verma has sought a probe into Digvijaya Singh's claim of having evidence of graft against relatives of BJP leaders AB Vajpayee and LK Advani, saying it was "very disturbing" and indicated a "conspiracy of silence" at the top. ...
09:27 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India, JS Verma has hit out at the political class saying that politicians are colluding with each other against the fight to end corruption. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, he accused the politicians of conspiring to tolerate corruption at the highest level. Below is an excerpt of the interview: Karan Thapar: Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said to this...
07:59 AM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Justice Altamas Kabir on Saturday took oath as the new Chief Justice of India after incumbent Chief Justice SH Kapadia relinquished office on Friday. Born on July 19, 1948 at Kolkata, Justice Kabir did his LLB and MA from the University of Calcutta. He was enrolled at the Bar on August 1, 1973 and was made a permanent judge of Calcutta High Court on August 6, 1990. Justice...
01:32 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: Pointing out that the biggest challenge the country faces is to get inclusive growth, Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia on Saturday said the government's focus should be to promote policies which generate employment. The CJI said that 10 million jobs need to be created in the country annually. "If growth goes down, unemployment will increase and at that point investment is important," he said in his address...
12:10 PM, Sep 22, 2012
Bhubaneswar: Former Chief Justice of India Ranganath Mishra died at a private hospital in Bhubaneshwar on Thursday night following prolonged illness, family sources said. He was 86 and survived by wife Sumitra Mishra. A legal luminary, Mishra had been admitted to the hospital on May 22 following old-age related ailments and the end came on Thursday night. A multi-faceted personality closely associated with writing and cultural activities, Mishra was born...
02:25 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: Justice Altamas Kabir will be the new Chief Justice of India and will assume charge Sep 29, said official sources Thursday. Incumbent Chief Justice SH Kapadia will relinquish office September 28. Born on July 19, 1948 at Kolkata, Justice Kabir did his LLB and MA from the University of Calcutta. He was enrolled at the Bar on August 1, 1973 and was made a permanent judge of Calcutta...
09:30 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia, who retires this month, has recommended the name of seniormost Supreme Court judge Justice Altamas Kabir as his successor, setting in motion the process of change of guard in the apex court. Sources in the Law Ministry said Justice Kapadia, due to retire on September 28, recommended the name of Justice Kabir (64) recently. As per the Memorandum of Procedure which governs...
07:10 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: Asserting that the judges should not govern the country or evolve policies, Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia on Saturday wondered what would happen if the executive refuses to comply with judiciary's directives. He asked judges if they would invoke contempt proceedings against government officials for not complying with their decisions and disapproved a recent Supreme Court judgement which said "right to sleep" was also a fundamental right....
05:14 PM, Aug 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to take note of the allegations against former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan in the Disproportionate Assets case. The court said that the competent authority at the Centre should look into the allegations and decide accordingly, since there was a laid down procedure to remove a sitting NHRC chief. The Supreme Court's order came on a petition that alleged that...
11:14 AM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: An NGO, seeking removal of former CJI KG Balakrishnan as the NHRC chairman for his alleged misconduct, on Monday told the Supreme Court that a key document of the Centre on probe into disproportionate assets against him and his kins has gone "missing" from the apex court files. This was told to a bench of justices BS Chauhan and JS Khehar by advocate Prashant Bhushan, the counsel for...
08:43 PM, May 07, 2012
