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Supreme Court strength rises to 37 after five new judges take oathThe Supreme Court has expanded its ranks to 37, thanks to the swearing-in of five new judges on Tuesday. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant ...
Judges must be free from external control: CJI GavaiChief Justice of India BR Gavai emphasized the importance of judicial independence, cautioning against solutions that compromise it while a...
Instances of corruption, misconduct within judiciary impact public confidence: CJI GavaiChief Justice of India B R Gavai addressed concerns about corruption and misconduct within the judiciary, emphasizing their detrimental imp...
Cash row: SC rejects RTI plea for in-house panel report, CJI's letter to President, PMThe Supreme Court has denied an RTI request for the report on Justice Yashwant Varma, which investigated cash discovery allegations. The ap...
Won't take up any official post after retirement: CJI Sanjiv KhannaCJI Sanjiv Khanna, retiring after being appointed on November 11, 2024, stated he would not accept any post-retirement official assignments...
Constitution is supreme, asserts CJI-designate B R Gavai, says no to post-retirement assignmentJustice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, poised to become the first Buddhist Chief Justice of India on May 14, has declined any post-retirement as...
Rise in number of women judges nation-wide trend: CJI ChandrachudThe Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, noted the increase in the number of women judicial officers across the country. During court p...
High Court CJs discuss 4 crore case backlog at conferenceThe CJs will meet state chief ministers on Saturday to sort out infrastructure and manpower issues which bog down the judiciary. Such exerc...
SC collegium recommends names to Centre, 13 HCs to get new Chief JusticesPrior to that, in a historic decision on August 17, the Collegium headed by the CJI had recommended nine names, including three women, for ...
Speculations in media on judges' appointment process very unfortunate: CJI RamanaThe CJI N V Ramana said that as an institution, the apex court holds the freedom of media and the rights of individuals in high esteem and ...
CJI condoles passing away of former Supreme Court judge M Y EqbalMoments after the bench headed by the CJI assembled through video conferencing, Justice Ramana made a statement that he was shocked at the ...
Telangana encounter deaths: SC orders judicial inquiry, to be headed by its ex-judge VS SirpurkarAn apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was hearing two public interest litigations seeking an independent probe into the dea...
Government asks CJI Dipak Misra for successor’s nameCJI Misra demits office on October 2 and has to give the name of his successor at least a month before retirement. The process starts with ...
Team Congress began recce after revolt of 4 judgesA Congress crack-team comprising Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel, Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibal — endorsed by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi — started...
Judges’ issue to be sorted out soon: High-level SC sourceThe meeting between the CJI and Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph lasted around 15 minutes before court...
Appointment of judges needs transparency and accountabilityWe need to discuss openly and freely, the best method of appointing the best judges, for nothing less than the precious constitutional righ...
Senior advocates U U Lalit, Arvind Datar under lens for Supreme Court judges’ jobA collegium headed by CJI R M Lodha will meet this week to consider names of two more senior advocates, for appointment as SC judges.
Drawbacks in collegium system can be overcome: P SathasivamCJI-designate Justice P Sathasivam today admitted that there are drawbacks in the collegium system for appointment of judges to higher judi...
- Discussions on judges' promotion must not come under RTI, says CJI
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has drawn the battlelines within the judiciary as the deadline nears for the Supreme Court to appea...
- Karnataka HC judge wants publicity: CJI
The split within the judiciary over the issue of disclosure of judges’ assets widened on Sunday with the Chief Justice of India K G Balakri...