A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of two additional judges for appointment as permanent judges of the Gauhati High Court. The Collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has recommended the appointment of Chief Justices to five High Courts. Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava has been proposed for appointment as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court following … Read more
The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday recommended to the government the appointment of three new Chief Justices to the High Courts of Uttarakhand, Orissa, and Meghalaya. The Collegium has largely followed the norms of merit, seniority, and integrity of the judges in its recommendations. It has recommended … Read more
L-R: Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, Justice Manoj Bajaj, and Justice Gaurang Kanth. File photos. Three high court judges, including one from Delhi, were transferred on July 15, having been turned down by the Supreme Court Collegium for a choice posting days earlier. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Twitter announced that Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh … Read more
The Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D. Y. Chandrachud stood firm by its July 5 recommendations to transfer these judges. It said the transfers were proposed in the better administration of justice. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court Collegium on July 12 found no merit in the reservations expressed by … Read more
Former Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit. File | Photo Credit: PTI Former Chief Justice of India Justice U.U. Lalit said on February 18 the collegium system of appointment of judges is a near perfect model which is “fool proof”. Speaking at an event organised by ‘Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms’ (CJAR) on … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Friday recorded a submission by Attorney General R. Venkataramani that warrants of appointment of five judges to the apex court will be likely issued by February 5. “It is happening… The five warrants of … Read more
Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, and two Supreme Court judges, met Gujarat and Telangana High Courts’ lawyers on Monday over the Collegium’s proposed transfers of Justices Nikhil Kariel and A. Abhishek Reddy, agreeing to “examine” their grievances while “strongly conveying” that they have to get back … Read more
Supreme Court of India | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday agreed to list in due course a writ petition to reconsider the collegium system of judicial appointments to the Supreme Court and the High Courts. The petition sought the revival of the National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC, which … Read more