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ARTICLE 124 OF THE CONSTITUTION
Ordinance issued to increase number of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38The government has increased the Supreme Court's judge strength. An ordinance now allows for 38 judges, up from 34. This includes the Chief...- Cabinet nod to raise SC strength to 37 plus CJIThe Union Cabinet has approved increasing the number of Supreme Court judges. The strength will rise to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of ...
- Rajya Sabha Chairman refuses to admit Opposition’s impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh KumarRajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan has rejected a move to impeach Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. This marks the end of the...
- Let the washing of (dirty?) linen beginThe initiation of impeachment proceedings against Justice Yashwant Varma marks a significant moment for the Indian judicial system. A notic...
- Barred by jurisdiction: Lokpal disposes of corruption complaint against ex-CJI ChandrachudThe anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has dismissed a complaint alleging corruption against former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for...
- Constitution bench of ‘at least’ five Supreme Court judges will examine Section 124A validityDeclining the request made by both attorney general R Venkataramani and solicitor general Tushar Mehta, the CJI observed that Section 124A ...
- Former Union minister Arun Shourie moves Supreme Court against sedition lawSignificantly, the petition was filed on the day when a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana expressed concern over “enormous misuse” o...
- SC seeks response from Centre on plea challenging sedition lawA bench Justice U U Lalit, Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice K M Joseph were hearing a plea challenging section 124-A of the Indian Penal...
- Supreme Court junks PIL against Farooq Abdullah, fines litigantsMerely disagreeing with the government will not amount to sedition, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta said on Wednesd...
- Expression of view which is dissent from government not seditious: Supreme CourtThe top court was hearing a plea which referred to his statement on restoring Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, ...
- Nothing happens 'secretly' in collegium: Justice J S KheharThe most common criticism that the collegium system was "opaque" was today trashed by Justice J S Khehar of the Supreme Court.
- Merit of prospective CJI should be assessed by jurists, not government: Markandey KatjuA plain reading of Article 124(2) shows that consultation by the President of India with the judges of the SC or HCs is only if he deems it...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill to be passed in the on-going Session of ParliamentLaw and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who had introduced the bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday, asked the House to take it up for con...
- Statute amendment likely to change how judges are appointedEfforts of the executive to do away with the collegium system began under UPA but failed to fructify.
- NDA seeking views of parties on Judicial CommissionRavi Shankar Prasad said a Constitutional Amendment Bill to set up the proposed commission has lapsed following the dissolution of the 15th...
- Cabinet nod for constitutional status to proposed JACAccording to the proposal, while new Article 124 A of the Constitution will define the composition of JAC, Article 124 B will define its fu...
- Cabinet to decide on granting constitutional status to Judicial Appointments CommissionCabinet is likely to take a call on the issue of granting constitutional status to a proposed panel for appointment and transfer of judges.
- Judicial Bill in Rajya Sabha: Government, Opposition unite to attack judiciaryGovt and Oppn were united in criticising the functioning of the judiciary and sought to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to ...
- Bill to scrap collegium system may come up in Rajya Sabha tomorrowA bill to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts is likely to be introduced in the Rajya Sabh...
- Government to create new mechanism for appointment of judgesThe government proposes to set up a six-member Judicial Appointments Commission headed by the CJI with the Law Minister as a govt represent...
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