The Lokpal’s ruling that High Court judges are amenable to its jurisdiction and the Supreme Court order staying it on its own motion raise more than a mere question of law ...

The order received a strong reaction from a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, which declared it “very, very disturbing” ...

The order received a strong reaction from a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, which declared it “very, very disturbing” ...

A bench of Justices B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Abhay S Oka issued notice and sought responses from the Centre, the Lokpal ...

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Lokpal order on entertaining complaints against sitting high court judges ...

The Constitution did not establish the High Courts, the Lokpal argued in the January 27 order. On the other hand, the Supreme Court was completely a child of the Constitution, the ombudsman noted.

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Lokpal order on entertaining complaints against sitting high court judges saying it ...

A special bench headed by Justice B R Gavai issued notice and sought responses from the Centre, the Lokpal registrar and the person who has filed complaints against the sitting high court judge.

The apex court took suo motu cognisance of the January 27 order of the Lokpal, which stated that High Court judges were public servants and, thus, came within the ambit of the Lokpal Act.

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The apex court, while issuing formal notices to the Union government, the Lokpal registrar and the person who had filed ...