Justice JS Verma
11 Supreme Court judges to retire in next 12 months, starting with justice GS Singhvi on 11 December. He will be followed out by Justice H L Gokhale (March 9), Justice Sathasivam (April 26), Justice Misra (April 27), Justice K S Radhakrishnan (May 14), Justice A K Patnaik (June 2), Justice S S Nijjar (June 6), Justice B S Chauhan (July 1), Justice C K Prasad (July 14), Justice Lodha (September 27) and Justice Desai (October 29) [TOI]
Medical negligence killed Justice JS Verma, alleges widow Pushpa Verma has alleged that justice Verma died because of medical lapses. Former Chief Justice of India MN Venkatachaliah is now leading 34 signatories to a letter to the prime minister, urging him to look into the lapses and general regulatory standards [Hindustan Times]
Lawyer-cop violence: Lawyers thrashed a cop in the Madras HC premises yesterday over the officer’s having allegedly forcibly taken one of them into his car. The lawyers were suspects in an assault case [Deccan Chronicle]