Judges
- India
Parliament can enact law but power to scrutinise it lies with court: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the scheme of the Constitution requires it to be the final arbiter of law and while the Parliament has the right to enact…
- India
‘Very High’: Centre says 25% of names recommended by HCs rejected at SC level
New Delhi: Amid the ongoing row between the Centre and the judiciary over delay in appointments of judges, the Centre has told the Supreme Court that as on November 30, 2022, sanctioned…
- Delhi
BJP govt using high dignitary to run down collegium system: TMC MP in LS
Delhi: TMC Lok Sabha member Saugata Roy on Thursday alleged that the central government is “using a high dignitary” to run down the collegium system of appointing Supreme Court and high court…
- India
Existing collegium system should not be derailed: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Friday the existing collegium system should not be derailed on the basis of statements of “some busybody”, asserting the top court is one of the…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP lawyers’ JAC meet Governor over transfer of judges
Amaravati: The AP Advocates Joint Action Committee on Friday submitted a representation to Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan requesting that the transfer of two judges from the High Court to other States…
- India
SC refuses to entertain PIL on doubling judges posts in district courts, HCs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL that sought a direction to the Centre and all states to double the number of judges in subordinate judiciary and…
- India
SC collegium recommends transfer of 7 judges, 3 from Telangana HC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium recommended the transfer of seven high court judges, but its resolution doesn’t include the name of Gujarat High Court judge Nikhil S. Kariel, whose proposed transfer…
- Featured News
EWS reservation: Key quotes from judges
New Delhi: Following are the important quotes from the Supreme Court judgment upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment providing 10 percent reservation to people belonging to the economically weaker sections…
- India
Fittest should be appointed as judges, not someone whom collegium knows: Law Minister Rijiju
Mumbai: The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has called “opaque” the present Supreme Court collegium system through which judges are appointed, and said the “fittest” persons should be appointed as judges and…
- India
Fittest should be appointed, not someone whom Collegium knows: Rijiju
Mumbai: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the present Supreme Court collegium system through which judges are appointed is “opaque”. The “fittest” persons should be appointed as judges and not…
- News
People not happy with collegium system, it is govt’s job to appoint judges: Rijiju
Ahmedabad: Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju said the people of the country are not happy with the collegium system and according to the spirit of the Constitution, it is the…
- India
Two SC judges put forth reservations to collegium note on appointment of judges
New Delhi: Two members of the five-judges Collegium of the Supreme Court are learnt to have put forth their reservation to provide written consent to a proposal for the appointment of four…
- India
‘Some teething problems, all judges on same page’: CJI Lalit on listing of cases
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit on Thursday said that teething problems are bound to arise in the new way of listing of cases in the apex court, but all…
- Telangana
Telangana: Six new high court judges to take oath
Hyderabad: Six new judges of the Telangana High Court took oath on Tuesday. Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan administered the oath to the new judges at a ceremony held at the High Court.…
- Telangana
Telangana HC gets 6 new judges, strength increases from 28 to 34
Hyderabad: A total of six advocates have been appointed as Telangana high court judges after president Droupadi Murmu signed their appointment on Friday. Out of these six advocates, four have been appointed…
