Justice Katju
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Justice Katju engages Fali Nariman for his defence after contempt notice by Supreme Court: Report
India | Nov 13, 2016, 08:07 AM ISTFormer SC judge Markandey Katju has engaged noted Fali Nariman for his defence after the top court served him a notice for contempt.
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Soumya verdict: Ready to appear before SC, says Justice Katju; asks if Constitution allows him to do so
India | Oct 19, 2016, 04:31 PM ISTJustice Markandey Katju has said that he would be happy to appear before Supreme Court in Soumya rape-murder case but wanted the apex court to consider whether Article 124(7) of the Constitution barred him from appearing before it.
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‘Take Kashmir, but only if you take Bihar also’: Katju’s outrageous ‘package’ deal for Pakistan
India | Sep 27, 2016, 12:18 PM ISTFormer Press Council chairman Justice Markandey Katju has sparked a fresh controversy with his sardonic remark against Bihar.
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Soumya murder case: Markandey Katju was an 'incompetent' judge, says Govindachamy’s lawyer
India | Sep 19, 2016, 09:16 PM ISTGovindacahamy's lawyer alleged that Justice Markandey Katju was an "incompetent and prejudiced judge after he had questioned SC verdict in Soumya rape and murder case
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Keralites are ‘the real Indians’, says Justice Markandey Katju
India | Aug 12, 2016, 03:09 PM ISTFormer Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju has hailed people of Kerala as “the real Indians”.
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Justice Katju terms Lodha reforms ‘illegal’ and ‘unconstitutional’
Cricket | Aug 07, 2016, 06:18 PM ISTFormer Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Sunday made a stringent attack on the apex body’s verdict on BCCI reforms, terming them as “unconstitutional and illegal”. Katju, who has been appointed by the BCCI
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Justice Katju's six posers to ex-Chief Justice Lahoti
India | Jul 22, 2014, 01:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju, who alleged corruption in judiciary, Tuesday posed six questions to former chief justice of India Justice R.C. Lahoti.Justice Katju posed the questions to Justice Lahoti
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Justice Katju apologises for his 90 pc of Indians are fool remark
India | Aug 25, 2013, 08:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Press Council of India Chairperson Justice (retd) Markandey Katju on Saturday apologised to people whose feelings he may have hurt by his "90 percent of Indians are fools" remark or other statements."Some people
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Suspend sentences of Sanjay, Zaibunnisa: Justice Katju
India | Apr 02, 2013, 07:05 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 2: Press Council of India chief Markandey Katju, spearheading efforts to seek pardon for 1993 Mumbai blast convicts Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunnisa Kazi, has sought suspension of their jail sentences as long
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Anna Hazare lacks scientific ideas, says Justice Katju
National | Mar 31, 2013, 09:59 AM ISTMumbai, Mar 31: Observing that anti-corruption protests gradually fizzle out, Press Council of India Chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju on Saturday said agitations like that of social activist Anna Hazare lack "scientific idea"."Protesting at the
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Katju writes to President, PM, Shinde, seeks pardon for Sanjay Dutt, Zaibunnisa
National | Mar 29, 2013, 09:04 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 29: Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice Markandey Katju on Thursday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and made an appeal to pardon actor Sanjay Dutt and 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict
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Justice Katju should not act like a Congress spokesperson: JD(U)
National | Mar 29, 2013, 07:12 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 29: With Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju making a pitch for pardoning actor Sanjay Dutt, Janata Dal (United) on Thursday said he should not act like a spokesperson of
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Justice Katju to seek pardon for both Sanjay Dutt, Zaibunnisa
India | Mar 28, 2013, 02:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 28: Notwithstanding actor Sanjay Dutt's statement that he would not apply for mercy, Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice (retd) Markandey Katju today said that he would still go ahead and
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Governor has no power to pardon Sanjay Dutt: Jethmalani lashes out at Justice Katju
India | Mar 24, 2013, 06:42 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 24: The Maharashtra Governor lacks power to pardon Sanjay Dutt, senior lawyer and BJP leader Mahesh Jethmalani today said criticising Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju for his “unseemly haste” in seeking
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80% of Hindus and Muslims have fallen prey to communalism: Justice Katju
India | Dec 13, 2012, 09:46 PM ISTAligarh,Dec 13: Chairman of Press Council of IndiaJustice Markanday Katju today alleged politicians in independent India “have played a major role in spreading deeper the poison of Hindu-Muslim divide, whose seeds were sown by the
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I said 'fool' to awaken Indian people to social evils, says Justice Katju
India | Dec 10, 2012, 11:28 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 10 : Press Council of India chairman retired Justice Markandey Katju today clarified that his remark ‘90 per cent of Indians are fools' was meant to awaken people to the realities of
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Justice Katju is a visionary, says Salman Khurshid
India | Dec 10, 2012, 01:03 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 10: Days after PCI chief Markandey Katju favoured reunification of India and Pakistan to resolve Kashmir issue, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid has cautioned against picking up issues which may raise people's
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Thane girl deactivates her Facebook account, 10 held for vandalizing her uncle's clinic sent to judicial custody
India | Nov 20, 2012, 09:52 PM ISTMumbai, Nov 20: Ten persons, possibly Shiv Sena activists, arrested for vandailizing the clinic of a doctor, whose daughter posted a Facebook comment were today sent to 14 days judicial custody by a local court.
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Google, Facebook Content Objectionable, Says Justice Katju
India | Jan 18, 2012, 06:09 PM ISTBhopal, Jan 18: Press Council of India (PCI) Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has said that social networking sites like Facebook and Google should be ready to face legal action on failure to remove objectionable content
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Justice Katju Says, Mirza Ghalib, Sarat Chandra Should Be Given Bharat Ratna
India | Dec 17, 2011, 08:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 17: Press Council chief Justice Markandey Katju today suggested Bharat Ratna for noted Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib, saying there is no “fitter” person than him to whom the award can be bestowed.“I