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 Kabir assumed the office of acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on January 11, 2005.
He was elevated as Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court on March 1, 2005 and became a judge of the Supreme Court of India on September 9, 2005. Justice Kabir was responsible for the computerisation of the Calcutta High Court, the City Civil Court and other courts in Kolkata. He was appointed as executive chairman of National Legal Services Authority on January 14, 2010.
(With additional information from IANS)...
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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
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
Aurangabad: The Constitution can replace the religious texts in today's times, Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia said in Aurangabad. "The Constitution should be studied by Indians to know about citizens' rights. If you read it, there is no need to read the religious books as you may find God in our Constitution. Gaining knowledge of the Constitution would be a real homage to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar," he said, delivering...
02:54 AM, Sep 02, 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
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09:45 PM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the Chief Justice of India cautioned the government against tinkering with the independence of judiciary, Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said judicial freedom was paramount and a proposed law on judicial accountability will not undermine it. He said after Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia made the remarks on Thursday, "I had also said in my intervention that it is not accountability to undermine...
02:26 PM, Aug 16, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Justice SH Kapadia on Wednesday warned the government not to tinker with judicial independence while enacting laws to make the judiciary accountable. "Sometimes in our anxiety to do justice we give an interpretation which may disturb constitutional balance between three branches of the government," he said. "Judicial accountability should be balanced with judicial independence," Kapadia said in his address at a function organised by the Supreme Court...
01:15 PM, Aug 15, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Centre and state governments for framing guidelines for hospitals, particularly private ones, to prevent them from retaining original certificates of nurses at the time of their employment. A bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia issued notices to Ministry of Health and Family Affairs and state governments on a PIL alleging that harassment and hostile attitude of the various...
05:44 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the exercise undertaken by it for framing guidelines for reporting court proceedings was aimed at making the press know its "lakshman rekha" and not intended for taking punitive action against the journalists. "Whatever efforts we are making, please don't understand that it is for punishing or taking punitive action. We only want that press should know what is the 'lakshman rekha' for...
08:01 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the idea of putting temporary restraint on reporting of court proceedings saying enforcing guidelines in this regard would lead to "infringement" of right to free speech. The Guild said there was no power under the common law for the courts to "postpone" the publication of judicial proceedings and if there was any "vacuum" in law, restrictions...
07:21 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: As Supreme Court on Wednesday explored the option of postponing the publication of court proceedings in sensitive matters, including criminal cases, it was told that news was a perishable commodity which lost its value, if banned. "We are not banning but are invoking the doctrine of postponement. It is a question of the timing" of the reporting of court proceedings, Chief Justice SH Kapadia told counsel Anup Bhambhani...
08:45 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: Holding that a PIL questioning CJI SH Kapadia being part of the bench which delivered the Vodafone tax matter verdict was "highly scandalous, frivolous and irresponsible", the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the plea for quashing the judgement and imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the petitioner. "It is one of the most irresponsible petitions. You want to destroy the institution and want to make it dysfunctional,"...
01:33 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict holding that the Indian Income Tax Department does not have jurisdiction to levy Rs 11,000 crore as tax on the overseas deal between Vodafone International Holdings and Hutchison Group. The court had on January 20 allowed Vodafone's appeal and had quashed the Bombay High Court verdict which had upheld the decision to levy tax on...
06:49 PM, Feb 17, 2012
New Delhi: NGOs in Gujarat have written to the Chief Justice of India, after some media reports said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2002 riot cases plans to file a closure report. The NGOs have asked Chief Justice SH Kapadia to ensure justice for the riot victims. Their letter also asks the Chief Justice of India to inquire why the recommendations of Amicus Curaie Raju Ramchandran are...
08:48 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday admitted Sahara group's plea challenging the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) order directing its two companies to refund around Rs 17,400 crore to their investors, and extended its interim order to stay tribunal's decision till further date. Admitting Sahara's plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia listed the matter for further hearing on January 20. The group informed the court that it...
04:29 PM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed export of unused stock of Endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it in on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the "dilution, packaging and export" of the agrochemical will be handled by public sector unit (PSU) Hindustan Insecticide Ltd. The bench also...
11:53 AM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said contemptuous remarks against the judiciary will weaken the institution, though it was not averse to bonafide expression of opinion on corruption and its shortcomings if made with some basis. The apex court said the judiciary was still one of the institutions which had "withstood all kinds of pressure" and has remained a strong pillar of democracy. "You can file a bonafide report...
01:23 AM, Dec 09, 2011
New Delhi: A day after the shocking revelation by a fellow judge that former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan could be approached for fixing cases, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chief refused to step down, saying that he has not done anything wrong. Balakrishnan has hit back, accusing Justice Shamshuddin of being approachable. While the opposition demands an investigation, the Centre continues to distance itself from the controversy. ...
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