High Court Chief Justice Cannot Individually Reconsider Judges' Appointment, Must Be Collectively Done By Collegium : Supreme Court
4 months ago

High Court Chief Justice Cannot Individually Reconsider Judges' Appointment, Must Be Collectively Done By Collegium : Supreme Court

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While directing the Himachal Pradesh High Court Collegium to reconsider the elevation of two District Judges, the Supreme Court held that the Chief Justice of a High Court cannot individually reconsider a recommendation.The Court reiterated that the decision has to be taken collectively by the Collegium after deliberations. While directing the Himachal Pradesh High Court Collegium to reconsider the elevation of two District Judges, the Supreme Court held that the Chief Justice of a High Court cannot individually reconsider a recommendation. Thereafter, on 4th January 2024, the Supreme Court Collegium resolved that the proposal for the elevation of both be remitted for reconsideration to the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. It was informed that on 6th March 2024, the Chief Justice of the High Court individually addressed a letter to the Supreme Court Collegium on the suitability of the petitioners.

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SC collegium recommends Patna HC CJ K Vinod Chandran as top court judge
4 days, 9 hours ago

SC collegium recommends Patna HC CJ K Vinod Chandran as top court judge

India TV News  

The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday recommended Patna High Court Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran to be appointed as a judge of the apex court. During his long tenure as a judge and chief justice of the high court, Justice Chandran has acquired significant experience in diverse fields of law," said the collegium resolution. The apex court collegium also comprising …

2024 Supreme Court Decisions Relating To Judges & Judicial Service
1 week, 3 days ago

2024 Supreme Court Decisions Relating To Judges & Judicial Service

Live Law  

In 2024, the Supreme Court passed notable orders and made key observations on multiple issues related to the working of the District Judiciary and Judicial Officers. Here is a relook of the important developments : High Court Chief Justice Cannot Individually Reconsider Judges' Appointment, Must Be Collectively Done By Collegium : Supreme Court The Supreme Court allowed a writ petition …

SC May Curb Judgeship to Kin of Judges
1 week, 4 days ago

SC May Curb Judgeship to Kin of Judges

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium is poised to examine a proposal that aims to prohibit the appointment of judges in High Courts based on familial relationships. According to sources, the collegium may instruct High Court collegiums to refrain from recommending candidates whose parents or close relatives are current or former Supreme Court or High Court judges. Additionally, Justices Hrishikesh …

Union govt notifies appointments of CJs of Himachal, Uttarakhand high courts
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Union govt notifies appointments of CJs of Himachal, Uttarakhand high courts

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has notified the appointments of chief justices of the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand high courts almost three months after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended their elevation. “In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following chief justices and …

Supreme Court Collegium summons Allahabad High Court judge over 'majority' remark
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court Collegium summons Allahabad High Court judge over 'majority' remark

India Today  

The Supreme Court Collegium has summoned Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav of the Allahabad High Court to appear in person and explain his remarks that the country should function according to "the majority's wish" at an event earlier this month. In response to media reports on Justice Yadav’s remarks, the Supreme Court on December 10 sought a report from the Allahabad …

Supreme Court stays Himachal Pradesh High Court’s order on parliamentary secretary appointments
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court stays Himachal Pradesh High Court’s order on parliamentary secretary appointments

India TV News  

In a significant legal development, the Supreme Court has partially stayed the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s order, which had annulled the appointment of six parliamentary secretaries in the state. The Himachal Pradesh government had filed an appeal against the High Court's order, which had declared the appointments of the six parliamentary secretaries as illegal, ruling that these positions violated constitutional …

Tell Us Why Candidates Reiterated By Collegium Aren't Appointed As Judges : Supreme Court Asks Attorney General
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tell Us Why Candidates Reiterated By Collegium Aren't Appointed As Judges : Supreme Court Asks Attorney General

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Attorney General for India to give a tabulated chart of the candidates whose names have been reiterated by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges and give the reasons for not clearing those appointments.As per the judgment in the Second Judges Case, Collegium reiterations are binding on the Union Government. The Supreme …

Centre to share information with Supreme Court on collegiums resolutions on High Court chief justices
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre to share information with Supreme Court on collegiums resolutions on High Court chief justices

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday informed Attorney General R. Venkataramani about a contempt petition filed by the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand against delay by the Union government to act on a Supreme Court Collegium in July to appoint a Chief Justice to the State’s High Court. Ramachandra Rao, Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, as …

Centre to share information with SC on collegiums resolutions on HC chief justices
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre to share information with SC on collegiums resolutions on HC chief justices

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will be providing some details next week concerning the collegium's recommendations on the appointment of chief justices in several high courts in the country. Earlier, the attorney general on September 13 told the bench that the central government had received some "sensitive material" that had led to a …

Supreme Court Collegium changes July 11 resolution on Chief Justice appointments to four High Courts
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Collegium changes July 11 resolution on Chief Justice appointments to four High Courts

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday changed its July 11 recommendations for appointments of Chief Justices to four High Courts. Sandhawalia, seniormost puisne judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, had been recommended as Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court by the Collegium in its July 11 resolution. Again, in July, the Collegium had recommended Justice Tashi …

Supreme Court Collegium names five Additional Judges to be made permanent in Madras High Court
4 months ago

Supreme Court Collegium names five Additional Judges to be made permanent in Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended the appointment of Justice Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri and four other Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the Madras High Court. The Collegium said a committee of two Supreme Court judges had assessed the judgments of the five Additional Judges, in a bid to check their merit and suitability for appointment as Permanent …

‘Chief justice can’t act solo’: SC quashes collegium’s decision
4 months ago

‘Chief justice can’t act solo’: SC quashes collegium’s decision

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday intervened to quash a collegium decision of the Himachal Pradesh high court that overlooked two senior district judges for elevation, marking a first-of-its-kind decision on an issue that is usually dealt very selectively or administratively. In its decision, the apex court ruled that “lack of effective consultation” during judicial appointments falls within the scope of …

SC asks Himachal Pradesh HC collegium to reconsider names of two judicial officers for elevation as Judges
4 months ago

SC asks Himachal Pradesh HC collegium to reconsider names of two judicial officers for elevation as Judges

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court held on Friday that the process of judicial appointments to constitutional courts in the country is not the Chief Justices’ “prerogative” and must be consultative. The case revealed that the Chief Justice of the High Court chose to “individually” address the Supreme Court Collegium on the suitability of the two judicial officers without keeping his High Court …

Two Kerala judges move SC against their exclusion from list for appointment as HC judges
4 months, 1 week ago

Two Kerala judges move SC against their exclusion from list for appointment as HC judges

The Hindu  

The selection of High Court judges from Kerala has once again run into controversy with two senior district judges moving the Supreme Court against their exclusion from the list and the inclusion of some others, whom they term as ineligible. Two lists Interestingly, the Kerala collegium had earlier sent two lists of judges to be elevated to the High Court. …

Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 3 lawyers as Delhi HC judges: Check names here
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 3 lawyers as Delhi HC judges: Check names here

India TV News  

The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the names of three lawyers for appointment as judges of the Delhi High Court. We have also perused the observations made by the Department of Justice in the file," the resolution passed by the Supreme Court Collegium stated. Lawyers who have been recommended are: Ajay Digpal Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar Shwetasri Majumdar Current strength …

SC Collegium recommends nine names for appointment as permanent judges of Allahabad HC
4 months, 4 weeks ago

SC Collegium recommends nine names for appointment as permanent judges of Allahabad HC

New Indian Express  

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of nine Additional Judges of the High Court at Allahabad for appointment as permanent Judges of the same High Court. The nine names recommended by the apex court collegium for being appointed as permanent judges of Allahabad HC are Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, Justice Manish Kumar Nigam, Justice Anish Kumar Gupta, …

SC bench to hear Punjab HC’s criticism of its order
5 months ago

SC bench to hear Punjab HC’s criticism of its order

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of an unusual order issued by a Punjab and Haryana high court judge, who criticised a stay order previously passed by the apex court while commenting that the Supreme Court tends to perceive itself as more “supreme” than it actually is and views high courts as being less “high” than they …

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends One-Year Extension For Nine Additional Judges Of Calcutta High Court
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends One-Year Extension For Nine Additional Judges Of Calcutta High Court

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The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended an extension of tenure by one year for nine additional judges of the Calcutta High Court.The Collegium comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai has recommended the names of the following additional judges for extension of tenure:Justices Biswaroop Chowdhury, Partha Sarathi Sen, Prasenjit Biswas,. The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended …

Supreme Court gets 2 new judges, its first from Manipur
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court gets 2 new judges, its first from Manipur

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The central government on Tuesday notified the appointments of justices N Kotiswar Singh and R Mahadevan to the Supreme Court, following the recommendations by the collegium. The Supreme Court collegium, led by CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, recommended their names on July 11, considering factors such as seniority, merit and judicial integrity Justice Singh’s elevation marks a historic moment …

Supreme Court Collegium recommends 2 high court judges for elevation
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Collegium recommends 2 high court judges for elevation

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended two senior high court judges for appointment as judges in the apex court. Jammu and Kashmir's chief justice, Justice N Kotiswar Singh, and Madras High Court judge, Justice R Mahadevan, have been recommended by the Collegium for appointment as judges in the Supreme Court. Justice N Kotiswar Singh became the Chief Justice of the …

SC collegium suggests Centre to permanently appoint three Delhi HC judges
6 months ago

SC collegium suggests Centre to permanently appoint three Delhi HC judges

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of three additional judges of the Delhi High Court for appointment as permanent judges. The collegium, which also comprised Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai, recommended that seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court be appointed as permanent …

Delhi HC fines petitioner who sought info on SC Collegium’s criteria for appointments
7 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC fines petitioner who sought info on SC Collegium’s criteria for appointments

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a direction to the Supreme Court Collegium to provide detailed reasons while refusing to accept recommendations for appointment of High Court judges. Petitioner Rakesh Kumar Gupta also sought directions to the top court collegium to reveal the “qualification” needed for appointment as a High Court judge, and publish monthly data related …

State Bar Council Requests Madras High Court Collegium To Give Adequate Representation To All Sections Of Advocates For Elevation To Bench
9 months ago

State Bar Council Requests Madras High Court Collegium To Give Adequate Representation To All Sections Of Advocates For Elevation To Bench

Live Law  

The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry has written to the Chief Justice of Madras High Court- Justice SV Gangapurwala requesting the CJ and the Collegium judges to consider the names of candidates hailing from different sections of the society including minorities while recommending names for elevation to the bench and to give adequate representation to ensure socio economic …

Supreme Court Informed Of Madhya Pradesh High Court's Refusal To Reconsider Dismissal Of 6 Women Judges
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Informed Of Madhya Pradesh High Court's Refusal To Reconsider Dismissal Of 6 Women Judges

Live Law  

In a suo motu writ petition registered wrt simultaneous termination of services of 6 female civil judges in Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court was recently apprised that the Administrative Committee of the State High Court has resolved to not re-consider its earlier decision.Taking note, the Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and AG Masih gave time to the parties to file …

SC Collegium recommends two judges for Telangana HC
10 months, 3 weeks ago

SC Collegium recommends two judges for Telangana HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Union government to transfer Justices Sujoy Paul, of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, and Moushumi Bhattacharya, of the Calcutta High Court, to the Telangana High Court. Justice Sujoy Paul was born in 1964 and enrolled as an advocate in 1990 with the Madhya Pradesh High Court, practising multiple specialisations. She was …

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 10 Punjab & Haryana High Court Additional Judges As Permanent Judges
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 10 Punjab & Haryana High Court Additional Judges As Permanent Judges

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of the ten additional judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, as permanent judges.Following are the judges whose names are recommended: Justice Kuldeep Tiwari, Justice Gurbir Singh, Justice Deepak Gupta, Justice Amarjot Bhatti, Justice Ritu Tagore, Justice Manisha Batra. The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of the ten additional …

Should High Court Consult State Govt To Lay Down Criteria For Selection Of District Judges? Supreme Court Asks Haryana Govt
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Should High Court Consult State Govt To Lay Down Criteria For Selection Of District Judges? Supreme Court Asks Haryana Govt

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The Supreme Court on Monday asked if a High Court is required to consult the State Government for laying down the criteria for the selection of District Judges. To which the SG replied, “.nothing remains if the criteria is to be fixed without consultation ….appointment and promotion means anything that forms part of that process because the appointing authority is …

District Judges Selection | Supreme Court Faults Jharkhand HC For Changing Criteria Midway, Directs To Appoint 7 Candidates
10 months, 4 weeks ago

District Judges Selection | Supreme Court Faults Jharkhand HC For Changing Criteria Midway, Directs To Appoint 7 Candidates

Live Law  

Recently, the Supreme Court observed that after the performance of individual candidates is assessed, then it would be impermissible for the High Court to alter the selection criteria for the appointment of District Judiciary Judges.The Bench Comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sanjay Kumar directed the High Court of Jharkhand to consider the appointment of seven persons qualified to. Recently, the …

Six high courts to get new chiefs; 3 names cleared after three months
11 months, 1 week ago

Six high courts to get new chiefs; 3 names cleared after three months

Hindustan Times  

The Union government on Friday notified the appointment of chief justices in six high courts even as three of these recommendations of the collegium remained pending for the last three months. While the government notified three recommendations made by the collegium on December 27, it left out two others The names of justices Ritu Bahri, Chakradhari Sharan Singh and S …

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of A Judicial Officer As Chhattisgarh HC Judge
1 year ago

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of A Judicial Officer As Chhattisgarh HC Judge

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The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judicial Officer, for appointment as Judge of the High Court of Chhattisgarh.On 6 August 2023, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues made the above recommendation. The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Shri Arvind Kumar …

Allahabad HC chief justice blames former CJI in retirement speech
1 year, 1 month ago

Allahabad HC chief justice blames former CJI in retirement speech

Hindustan Times  

Retiring Allahabad high court chief justice Pritinker Diwaker has alleged that the Supreme Court collegium in 2018, then headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, transferred him from the Chhattisgarh high court with the “ill-intention” of harassing him. The Allahabad HC He also thanked incumbent CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud for “rectifying the injustice”, after the current Supreme Court collegium …

Stop pick and choose approach: Supreme Court to Centre on judicial appointments
1 year, 2 months ago

Stop pick and choose approach: Supreme Court to Centre on judicial appointments

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised concerns over the central government's "pick and choose" approach while accepting names from the Collegium's proposals for appointment of judges. The bench also implied that when the Supreme Court Collegium proposes names of judges for appointments to high courts, the government, instead of selectively choosing from the proposed names, must clear the judges in …

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Two Judicial Officers As Additional Judges Of Delhi High Court
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Two Judicial Officers As Additional Judges Of Delhi High Court

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The Central Government has notified the appointment of two judicial officers as additional judges of the Delhi High Court. The two judicial officers are Shalinder Kaur and Ravinder Dudeja.The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended their appointment as Delhi High Court judges on October 10. In its resolution, the Collegium had said that the Delhi High Court’s Chief Justice, in consultation …

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Five Advocates As Punjab & Haryana High Court Judges
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Five Advocates As Punjab & Haryana High Court Judges

Live Law  

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the names of five advocates for appointment as Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The names of the five advocates are Harmeet Singh Grewal, Deepinder Singh Nalwa, Sumeet Goel, Sudeepti Sharma and Kirti Singh.In its resolution passed today, the Collegium said, "On 21 April 2023, the Chief Justice of the High Court …

SC Collegium Proposes Appointment Of Two Judicial Officers As Tripura HC Judges, Says Cogent Reasons For Not Recommending Senior Judicial Officers
1 year, 3 months ago

SC Collegium Proposes Appointment Of Two Judicial Officers As Tripura HC Judges, Says Cogent Reasons For Not Recommending Senior Judicial Officers

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul & Sanjiv Khanna has recommended the names of two judicial officers for appointment as judges of the Tripura High Court. After careful scrutiny and evaluation of the candidates merit and suitability and also taking into account the views of the Chief Justice and senior judges of the …

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Adv Ravindra Agrawal As Chhattisgarh HC Judge, Says Centre Flagged Some Complaints But No Bearing On Integrity
1 year, 3 months ago

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Adv Ravindra Agrawal As Chhattisgarh HC Judge, Says Centre Flagged Some Complaints But No Bearing On Integrity

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The Supreme Court Collegium comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna has recommended the name of Advocate Ravindra Kumar Agrawal for appointment as a Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court. Earlier this year, Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High in consultation with two senior-most Judges of the Court had recommended the elevation of Advocate Agrawal as …

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Judicial Officer VK Vyas As A Judge Of Gujarat High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Judicial Officer VK Vyas As A Judge Of Gujarat High Court

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The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Judicial Officer Vimal Kanaiyalal Vyas as a Judge of the Gujarat High Court. In its resolution passed yesterday, the Collegium has said on 7 February 2023, the Chief Justice of the High Court in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues made the above recommendation. In order to ascertain his suitability for …

Manipur High Court Acting Chief Justice among 18 judges shifted by Supreme Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Manipur High Court Acting Chief Justice among 18 judges shifted by Supreme Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court Collegium in its latest resolution has recommended the transfer of 18 judges to 7 High Courts, of which one of the prominent recommendations is regarding the transfer of Justice MV Muralidharan from the Manipur High Court to the Calcutta High Court. Furthermore, in July, the Collegium recommended the appointment of Justice Siddharth Mridul, a Delhi High Court …

Judges' Appointment | After Supreme Court Rebuke, Centre Acts On Certain Pending Collegium Recommendations
1 year, 3 months ago

Judges' Appointment | After Supreme Court Rebuke, Centre Acts On Certain Pending Collegium Recommendations

Live Law  

On the last occasion, the court reiterated its apprehensions to Attorney-General R Venkataramani over the government's delay in clearing the names or notifying the recommendations, pointing out that seventy recommendations made by the High Court Collegium since November 11, 2022, were pending with the Centre. Highlighting that seven names reiterated by the Supreme Court collegium, nine names proposed for the …

Supreme Court vs Government: Not advisable to “hold up” judicial process
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court vs Government: Not advisable to “hold up” judicial process

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday said it may not be “advisable” to hold up the entire judicial appointment process and insist that the government first clear names earlier recommended or reiterated by the Supreme Court Collegium. Justice Kaul however made a passing remark that Mr. Sathyan “may be” one of the names recently cleared by the government. Justice Kaul announced …

Centre notifies elevation of 11 judges in Punjab and Haryana high court
1 year, 3 months ago

Centre notifies elevation of 11 judges in Punjab and Haryana high court

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of law and justice on Wednesday notified the elevation of 11 additional judges as permanent judges in the Punjab and Haryana high court. The notification issued in this regard said: “In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint 11 additional …

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Making 11 Additional Judges Of Punjab & Haryana High Court Permanent
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Making 11 Additional Judges Of Punjab & Haryana High Court Permanent

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium today, has recommended the names of eleven Additional Judges of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, for appointment as permanent judges. The collegium consisting of CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna stated, "On an overall consideration of the above proposal, the Collegium is of the view that Ms Justice Nidhi …

Judges' Appointments | Supreme Court To Hear On Sept 26 Contempt Petition Against Centre Over Delay In Notifying Appointments
1 year, 4 months ago

Judges' Appointments | Supreme Court To Hear On Sept 26 Contempt Petition Against Centre Over Delay In Notifying Appointments

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has directed to list a plea against the central government sitting over names reiterated by the court's collegium for appointment to constitutional courts on September 26. This was orally mentioned for an early hearing before a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia today by Advocate Amit Pai.The plea has been filed by Advocates Association …

Collegium aims for a diverse bench, to make SC ‘people-centric’: CJI Chandrachud
1 year, 4 months ago

Collegium aims for a diverse bench, to make SC ‘people-centric’: CJI Chandrachud

Hindustan Times  

One of the main missions of the Supreme Court collegium in appointing judges is to ensure diversity and make the top court a “people-centric court”, Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said on Tuesday. Speaking at a ceremony to facilitate new Supreme Court judges Ujjal Bhuyan and SV Bhatti, chief justice Chandrachud emphasised that the appointment of the two …

Supreme Court Collegium Reiterates Its Recommendation To Transfer Justice Sudhir Singh To Punjab & Haryana High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Collegium Reiterates Its Recommendation To Transfer Justice Sudhir Singh To Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium today reiterated its recommendation dated 3.08.2023 to transfer Justice Sudhir Singh from Patna High Court to Punjab and Haryana High Court.The Collegium consisted of Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant.On 3 August 2023, the Collegium had proposed the transfer. The …

In Major Overhaul, Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of 23 High Court Judges
1 year, 5 months ago

In Major Overhaul, Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of 23 High Court Judges

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium consisting of Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant in its meeting held on 3 August 2023 has recommended transfer of 23 High Court judges. This includes:Gujarat High CourtJustice Alpesh Y Kogje from Gujarat High Court to Allahabad High Court Justice …

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Three Calcutta High Court Judges
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Transfer Of Three Calcutta High Court Judges

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 3 August 2023, has recommended the transfer of 3 Calcutta High Court judges. The Collegium, consisting of Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice B R Gavai and Justice Surya Kant, has recommended the names of the following 3 judges of the Calcutta …

Supreme Court collegium recommends transfer of 23 judges of high courts
1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court collegium recommends transfer of 23 judges of high courts

India TV News  

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended transfer of 23 judges of different high courts, including Gujarat High Court judge Justice Hemant M Prachchhak who had dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark. In 14 separate resolutions of August 10 uploaded on the apex court …

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Two Advocates And One Judicial Officer As Himachal Pradesh High Court Judges
1 year, 5 months ago

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Two Advocates And One Judicial Officer As Himachal Pradesh High Court Judges

Live Law  

The Centre today notified three fresh appointments of High Court judges to the Himachal Pradesh High Court, namely Ranjan Sharma, Bipin Chander Negi and Rakesh Kainthla. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court Collegium comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul & Sanjiv Khanna had recommended their names. The Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh in …

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