K.G. Balakrishnan

Sitting Pretty Does the NHRC deserve K.G. Balakrishnan as its chairman?

Jitender Gupta
Under fire ex-CJI K.G. BALAKRISHNAN agrees to disclose assets after weeks of fobbing off queries. But now a citizens’ initiative wants a CBI probe into his tenure in the SC.
Jitender Gupta
Illustration by Sandeep Adhwaryu
Justice Y.K. Sabharwal greets Justice Balakrishnan after the latter becomes CJI

Narendra Bisht
New Chief Justice of India Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia with Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan after taki...

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Supreme Court’s SC/ST Verdict ‘Basically Wrong’: Former Chief Justice, K.G. Balakrishnan

Apr 13, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
IT Report Says Former CJI Balakrishnan’s Family Members Hid Crores Of Income

NGO Common Cause had moved the Supreme Court for an independent investigation against former Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan.

Feb 15, 2017

| Outlook Web Bureau
'There Was No Use Informing Justice Balakrishnan'

Justice Kapadia's claim that he did not bring any corrupt Judge to the Supreme Court, has to be qualified by at least one instance where he (or rather the Collegium of which he was a member) almost succeeded.

Aug 11, 2014

| Markandey Katju
'For Valid And Compelling Reasons'

The power to remove Governors, the Supreme Court Constitution Bench held in 2010, 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'

Jun 17, 2014

| K.G. Balakrishnan R.V. Raveendran S.H. Kapadia B. Sudershan Reddy P. Sathasivam
'For Valid And Compelling Reasons'

The power to remove Governors 'cannot be exercised in an arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable manner. The power will have to be exercised in rare and exceptional circumstances'

May 07, 2010

| K.G. Balakrishnan R.V. Raveendran S.H. Kapadia B. Sudershan Reddy P. Sathasivam
'Make A Reference To The Supreme Court'

Letters to the President and Prime Minister of India asking them to make inquiries and initiate steps for removal of Justice Balakrishnan on multiple charges of serious misconduct from the post of chairmanship of the NHRC

Apr 04, 2011

| Prashant Bhushan Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms
In The Line Of Fire

Full text of the CJI speech, being projected as controversial in which he said that due regard must be given to the personal autonomy of rape victims "since in some cases the victim may choose to marry the perpetrator or choose to give birth to a chi

Mar 08, 2010

| K.G. Balakrishnan
'Become Familiar'

"Democratic values such as ‘freedom of speech and expression’, ‘freedom of association’ and the ‘freedom to pursue an occupation, business, profession or trade’ need to be protected in the online domain as well"

Jan 31, 2010

| K.G. Balakrishnan
Achtung! Tread Carefully

'...Instead of offering a considered response to the growth of terrorism, a country may resort to questionable methods such as permitting indefinite detention of terror suspects, the use of coercive interrogation techniques and the denial of the righ

Dec 17, 2008

| K.G. Balakrishnan
Judgment Summary I

Summary of the judgement by the chief justice of India in Ashoka Kumar Thakur Vs. Union of India and Ors

Apr 10, 2008

| K.G. Balakrishnan

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Silent Alarm

Less knocks on NHRC’s door while violations keep rising are a wake-up call. It must get back to keeping the State alert.

Dec 30, 2020

| K.G. Balakrishnan
Grab A Gavel

Markandey Katju’s explosive revelations puts the SC collegium, ex-CJIs under scanner

Aug 04, 2014

| Anuradha Raman
Warding Off The Eye

The judiciary and Parliament seem to think they could do with less coverage

Apr 23, 2012

| Anuradha Raman
Best Judge Himself

The clamour rises for under-probe K.G. Balakrishnan to quit NHRC

Jul 11, 2011

| Chandrani Banerjee
‘I Don’t Want To Share My PAN Card Details’

Former CJI defends himself against charges that his relatives have acquired assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.

Mar 21, 2011

| Outlook
Fall Season At August Office

Probes, allegations, but KGB isn’t moving

Mar 21, 2011

| Chandrani Banerjee
Use Argument, Not Stones

Why civil society must not let key democratic reforms drown in cynicism

Feb 14, 2011

| Prem Shankar Jha
Justice K.G. Balakrishnan (Aka KGB)

Should I quit, I will be denying myself the fundamental right to serve the country..

Jan 17, 2011

| Ajith Pillai
At Stake, Your Honour

Will the clamour against former CJI Balakrishnan stem the rot in judiciary?

Jan 17, 2011

| Anuradha Raman
‘Controversies Were Always There, The Media Now Reports It In Detail’

The CJI on his three years in office, on several allegations of corruption and judicial impropriety against senior judges

Mar 22, 2010

| Chandrani Banerjee