After row, Centre clears advocate as Bombay HC judge
1 year, 4 months ago

After row, Centre clears advocate as Bombay HC judge

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Ten months after the collegium reiterated its recommendation, first made in early 2022, the Union government, on Thursday notified the appointment of advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as a judge in the Bombay high court. Sundaresan’s appointment as a judge was earlier stalled by the Union government, which cited his “selectively critical” views on social media against governmental policies and initiatives. READ | ‘Can’t work against my self-respect’: Bombay HC judge resigns in courtroom On the same day, the collegium had also pushed for the appointment of advocate R John Sathyan as a judge of the Madras high court, whose elevation was sought to be stalled by the government over the sharing two posts on social media. As a bench led by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul continues monitoring the status of collegium’s recommendations, it has over the last three hearings flagged the court’s concerns over what it termed “pick and choose” by the government in appointing and transferring high court judges.

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Centre clears two judges for Delhi HC judges, 1 for Uttarakhand HC
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre clears two judges for Delhi HC judges, 1 for Uttarakhand HC

Live Mint  

The Centre on Tuesday notified the appointment of two new judges to the Delhi high court and one new judge to the Uttarakhand high court. Two advocates, Ajay Digpaul and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, will adjudicate matters in the Delhi high court, and judicial officer Ashish Naithani will take charge as a judge of the Uttarakhand high court, the Union law …

Parties Approaching Judges Becoming Regular Practice In NCLAT: Judicial Member Of Chennai Bench Recuses From Hearing Case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Parties Approaching Judges Becoming Regular Practice In NCLAT: Judicial Member Of Chennai Bench Recuses From Hearing Case

Live Law  

Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma, Judicial Member of the National Company Law Tribunal at Chennai recently recused from hearing a case after the parties to the case approached him for favorable orders. Adding that it had become a regular practice in NCLAT for parties to approach the judges, Justice Sharma said that if the same happened in the High Court, he …

‘Conflict of interest’: Plea in Supreme Court for fresh panel on Adani probe
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Conflict of interest’: Plea in Supreme Court for fresh panel on Adani probe

Hindustan Times  

One of the petitioners in the Adani-Hindenburg case has requested the Supreme Court to reconstitute the panel of experts to investigate into the accusations of regulatory failure and breach of laws against the conglomerate, alleging conflict of interest of three of the six-member panel that is headed by a retired apex court judge. It is therefore respectfully prayed, a fresh …

Silence continues on months-old Collegium recommendations to key High Courts
1 year, 9 months ago

Silence continues on months-old Collegium recommendations to key High Courts

The Hindu  

The government, despite a change of Union Law Minister, has continued its silence on a series of months-old Supreme Court Collegium recommendations on appointments to key High Courts. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as a judge of the Bombay High Court in February last year. January 2023 also saw the Collegium stand up to the government’s …

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Three Advocates As Additional Judges Of Bombay High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Three Advocates As Additional Judges Of Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Shailesh Pramod Brahme, Advocate Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla, and Advocate Jitendra Shantilal Jain as additional judges of the Bombay High Court for a period of two years. “In exercise of the power conferred by clause of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri Shailesh Pramod …

Supreme Court to hear Bombay lawyers body plea for action against VP, Rijiju over remarks on judiciary
1 year, 10 months ago

Supreme Court to hear Bombay lawyers body plea for action against VP, Rijiju over remarks on judiciary

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of the Bombay Lawyers Association against Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar over their remarks on the judiciary and the collegium system for appointment of judges. In an appeal, the lawyers body said the "frontal attack not just on the judiciary but the Constitution'' by …

Supreme Court forms expert panel to probe any regulatory failure on Adani issue
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court forms expert panel to probe any regulatory failure on Adani issue

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday formed a five-member expert committee headed by former apex court judge, Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre, to investigate the causal factors and existence, if any, of regulatory failure which led to investors losing crores due to the volatility in the securities market following Hindenburg Research’s report accusing the Adani Group of manipulation of share prices and …

Centre wanted vetting process in picking judges
2 years, 1 month ago

Centre wanted vetting process in picking judges

The Hindu  

The government, just a little over a month before the Supreme Court Collegium recommended advocate Victoria Gowri for Madras High Court judgeship on January 17, 2023, had in the apex court flagged the “compelling need” for a debate to include an “appropriate mechanism” in the Memorandum of Procedure for “assessment of the personality” of candidates under consideration for judicial appointments …

Centre clears 5 judges after prod from Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Centre clears 5 judges after prod from Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

The Union government cleared five new judges for the Supreme Court, hours after it assured a top court bench that the appointments will happen “very soon”, according to people aware of the matter who said a formal notification was likely to be issued late on Friday night or over the weekend. While hearing a contempt plea complaining against inordinate delay …

Necessary pushback: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court Collegium’s reiteration of recommendations
2 years, 2 months ago

Necessary pushback: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court Collegium’s reiteration of recommendations

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court collegium has done well to push back against the Union government’s attempts to block the appointment of some advocates as High Court judges. Communications between the collegium and the Centre offer a glimpse into the untenable nature of the government’s objections to proposed appointees, making it abundantly clear how badly the current regime wants to control judicial …

Four Supreme Court Collegium resolutions give an insight into government’s priorities
2 years, 2 months ago

Four Supreme Court Collegium resolutions give an insight into government’s priorities

The Hindu  

Four Supreme Court Collegium resolutions backing online free speech,dignity based on sexual orientation and integrity in judicial appointments deliver an extraordinary display of transparency, but at the government’s cost. An April 2021 letter from the Law Minister wonders if the lawyer’s “passionate attachment” to gay rights would make him vulnerable to “bias and prejudice” as a Delhi High Court judge. …

Supreme Court Reiterates Proposal To Elevate Somasekhar Sundaresan As Bombay HC Judge
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Reiterates Proposal To Elevate Somasekhar Sundaresan As Bombay HC Judge

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its last year’s recommendation to the Centre to appoint Advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as Judge of the Bombay High Court holding that his views on social media cannot be used to infer he’s highly biased opinionated person. Expression of views by a candidate does not disentitle him to hold a constitutional office so long as …

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 9 Additional Judges To Bombay High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 9 Additional Judges To Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Central Government today notified the appointment of 9 Additional Judges to Bombay High Court.The names proposed for elevation are :1. The Central Government today notified the appointment of 9 Additional Judges to Bombay High Court. It may be noted that on February 16, the Supreme court collegium had recommended the appointment of ten advocates as judges of the Bombay …

35 Notable Judgments Delivered By Justice Vineet Saran
2 years, 10 months ago

35 Notable Judgments Delivered By Justice Vineet Saran

Live Law  

Justice Vineet Saran, who retired as a Judge of the Supreme Court on 10th May 2022, had been instrumental in developing jurisprudence of various aspects of law. Case Title: Ravinder Singh @ Kaku v. State of Punjab Judgment Dated: 04 May 2022 Coram: Uday Umesh Lalit & Vineet Saran, JJ. Case Title: Dheeraj Mor v. Hon'ble High Court of Delhi …

BREAKING : Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment In Pleas Challenging Maratha Quota Tomorrow
3 years, 10 months ago

BREAKING : Supreme Court To Pronounce Judgment In Pleas Challenging Maratha Quota Tomorrow

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will pronounce judgement tomorrow in a batch of pleas challenging the Maharashtra SEBC Act, 2018, which provides for reservation for Marathas in jobs and education.A 5-Judge Bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, L. Nageswara Rao, S. Abdul Nazeer, Hemant Gupta and S. Ravindra Bhat had reserved judgment in the case on March 26 after …

More than 700 Lawyers Write to Chief Justice, Raise Concern over Trend to 'Browbeat Judiciary'
4 years, 7 months ago

More than 700 Lawyers Write to Chief Justice, Raise Concern over Trend to 'Browbeat Judiciary'

News 18  

More than 700 lawyers from across India have written to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde criticising the "recent trend of browbeating and intimidating the judiciary". Referring to "institutional disruptors", the signatories said the foundation of the judiciary is the confidence of the people in its ability to deliver justice. "The actions of these institutional disruptors through name calling and …

Madras HC To Suo Motu Test Constitutional Validity Of Section 36B Of The Advocates Act [Read Order]
5 years, 1 month ago

Madras HC To Suo Motu Test Constitutional Validity Of Section 36B Of The Advocates Act [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has decided to suo moto consider the vires of Section 36B of the Advocates Act, 1961, inasmuch as it stipulates that in case a Disciplinary inquiry against an Advocate is not completed by the State Bar Council within stipulate time, the same shall stand transferred to the Bar Council of India. "In the opinion of this …

Supreme Court to hear case of SC/ST reservations in promotions on 3 August; no interim order against 2006 verdict
6 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court to hear case of SC/ST reservations in promotions on 3 August; no interim order against 2006 verdict

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of the case related to reservations in case of promotions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories on 3 August, while refusing to pass an interim order against its 2006 verdict which dealt with the application of the concept of ‘creamy layer’ for reservations to SC and ST categories in government job promotions. …

Five-judge SC bench reserves verdict on petitions challenging constitutional validity of Aadhaar
6 years, 10 months ago

Five-judge SC bench reserves verdict on petitions challenging constitutional validity of Aadhaar

Firstpost  

A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra reserved its judgement on the Aadhaar matter. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar and its enabling 2016 law. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed …

Centre Alters Collegium's Recommendation & Extends Additional Judge's Tenure Instead Of Making Him Permanent
6 years, 11 months ago

Centre Alters Collegium's Recommendation & Extends Additional Judge's Tenure Instead Of Making Him Permanent

Live Law  

For what might be another first in the ongoing tussle between the Centre and the Supreme Court collegium, the former has unilaterally altered a recommendation to extend an Additional Judge's term instead of making him permanent as first reported by The Print.Vide a notification issued on 19 April, the Centre extended Justice Ramendra Jain's term as an Additional Judge of …

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 6 Advocates As Judges Of 2 HCs [Read Resolutions]
7 years ago

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 6 Advocates As Judges Of 2 HCs [Read Resolutions]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium, on Monday, recommended the appointment of five Advocates practicing at Calcutta High Court as High Court Judges.The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Ranjan Gogoi has recommended elevation of the following five Advocates: Biswajit Basu Amrita Sinha Sutanu Kumar Patra Abhijit Gangopadhyay Jay. The Supreme Court Collegium, on Monday, …

Breaking: SC Constitutes Constitution Bench To Hear Aadhaar Case
7 years, 8 months ago

Breaking: SC Constitutes Constitution Bench To Hear Aadhaar Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has constituted the Constitution Bench which would hear the arguments on Aadhaar’s alleged violation of the right to privacy.The Bench would comprise of CJI Khehar, Justice Chelameswar, Justice Bobde, Justice Chandrachud and Justice Abdul Nazeer. The Supreme Court has constituted the Constitution Bench which would hear the arguments on Aadhaar’s alleged violation of the right to privacy. …

“Government & SC Must Get on With Business, Not Spar,” Say Experts
8 years, 7 months ago

“Government & SC Must Get on With Business, Not Spar,” Say Experts

The Quint  

The unprecedented executive-judiciary logjam has sparked an emotive and highly divisive debate about the future of the courts, but most lawyers are unanimous that both sides must get on with business rather than spar at the cost of litigants. Lawyers are, however, divided on who to blame for the deadlock that has arisen over the Memorandum of Procedure – which …

Supreme Court and Narendra Modi govt's latest bone of contention: Judicial dynasties
8 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court and Narendra Modi govt's latest bone of contention: Judicial dynasties

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court of India and the Narendra Modi government seemed to be deadlocked over the Memorandum of Procedure for the appointment of judges. The memorandum stated: “Independence and integrity of Indian judiciary has been put at stake by the collegium of Punjab and Haryana High Court while recommending the names of advocates for elevation as judges. The reason for …

JNU row: SC seeks reply of Centre, Delhi Police on plea against lawyers
9 years, 1 month ago

JNU row: SC seeks reply of Centre, Delhi Police on plea against lawyers

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre and Delhi Police on a plea seeking an SIT probe and initiation of contempt action against three lawyers who were allegedly caught on camera "bragging and boasting" that they had beaten up JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including journalists, in a court complex. A bench comprising Justices J …

SC sets up three member panel to scrutinize functioning of Consumer Protection forums and suggest remedial measures
9 years, 1 month ago

SC sets up three member panel to scrutinize functioning of Consumer Protection forums and suggest remedial measures

Live Law  

A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India has reportedly appointed a high-level committee to carry out a nine-point scrutiny of the functioning of the Consumer Protection Courts and suggest remedial measures.The Bench, comprising Chief Justice T.S. Sikri and Justice R. Banumathi has appointed a three member panel comprising former Supreme Court Judge Arijit. A three Judge Bench …

SC sets up three member panel to scrutinize functioning of Consumer Protection forums and suggest remedial measures
9 years, 1 month ago

SC sets up three member panel to scrutinize functioning of Consumer Protection forums and suggest remedial measures

Live Law  

A three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India has reportedly appointed a high-level committee to carry out a nine-point scrutiny of the functioning of the Consumer Protection Courts and suggest remedial measures.The Bench, comprising Chief Justice T.S. Sikri and Justice R. Banumathi has appointed a three member panel comprising former Supreme Court Judge Arijit. A three Judge Bench …

Can't leave appointments of judges at the mercy of God: Supreme Court
9 years, 9 months ago

Can't leave appointments of judges at the mercy of God: Supreme Court

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday tersely told the Centre that appointment of judges in higher judiciary is a “serious” business and cannot be left either to the “hit-and-trial” method or to the mercy of God. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday tersely told the Centre that appointment of judges in higher judiciary is a “serious” business and cannot be …

National Judicial Appointments Commission is a greater disaster than Collegium system ; In Conversation with Iqbal Chagla, Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court
10 years, 1 month ago

National Judicial Appointments Commission is a greater disaster than Collegium system ; In Conversation with Iqbal Chagla, Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Mr. Iqbal M. Chagla is one of the most sought-after counsels in civil litigation and company matters and the successor to the very illustrious Lt. Justice M. C. Chagla. I had the same dilemma so I went to my senior tutor and I asked him and he said, “What has your tutor told you?” To this, my tutor replied, “Well, …

National Judicial Appointments Commission is a greater disaster than Collegium system ; In Conversation with Iqbal Chagla, Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court
10 years, 1 month ago

National Judicial Appointments Commission is a greater disaster than Collegium system ; In Conversation with Iqbal Chagla, Senior Advocate, Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Mr. Iqbal M. Chagla is one of the most sought-after counsels in civil litigation and company matters and the successor to the very illustrious Lt. Justice M. C. Chagla. I had the same dilemma so I went to my senior tutor and I asked him and he said, “What has your tutor told you?” To this, my tutor replied, “Well, …

Govt. to seek views of jurists on collegium on Monday
10 years, 8 months ago

Govt. to seek views of jurists on collegium on Monday

India TV News  

New Delhi: Government will seek the views on of jurists and former judges on the proposed Judicial Appointments Commission bill it plans to bring in Parliament to replace the present collegium system. Sources said Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and senior Law Ministry officials will interact with top jurists and former judges on Monday to elicit their views on the …

Reallocation shifts solar cases to new judges
11 years, 6 months ago

Reallocation shifts solar cases to new judges

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has gone in for a reallocation of subjects being handled by some of its judges, triggering a furious debate outside on account of the reported transfer of solar scam cases to new judges. The debate arose over the reassignment of the solar scam cases, including a petition relating to an allegation against Salim Raj, former gunman …

Collegium system of judges appointment to be revisited
13 years, 11 months ago

Collegium system of judges appointment to be revisited

The Hindu  

With the Centre endorsing the plea for revisiting the 1993 nine-judge judgment, which paved the way for the collegium system of judicial appointments, the Supreme Court has asked the Registry to post before Chief Justice of India S.H. The Suraz India Trust, in its petition filed in 2010, sought reconsideration of the proposition of law settled in the judgment rendered …

Plea For Review Of Verdict On Judges Appointment Sent To CJI
13 years, 11 months ago

Plea For Review Of Verdict On Judges Appointment Sent To CJI

India TV News  

New Delhi, Apr 4: The union government today favoured a review of a 1993 verdict of the Supreme Court which gave primacy to the judiciary over the executive in appointment of judges in the apex court and the high courts. With Attorney General Goolam E Vahanvati supporting a petition by Suraz India Trust, an NGO, for the review of the …

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