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 ...
06 May, 2026, 01.42 AM IST
Cabinet approves proposal to increase number of Supreme Court judgesThe Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to increase the number of Supreme Court judges. The strength will rise from 34 to 38, including t...
05 May, 2026, 07.49 PM IST
Time to introduce local languages in courts: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana"I think the time has come now to revisit the demand and take it to a logical conclusion. The practice of law before Constitutional courts ...
30 Apr, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
Justice Ramana takes historic decisions in one year as CJISworn in as the 48th CJI on April 24, 2021, he is credited for successfully ensuring the smooth functioning of the top court during the pan...
25 Apr, 2022, 10.35 PM IST
Legislature does not conduct studies or assess impact of law, leading to big issues: CJIChief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday said the legislature does not conduct studies or assess the impact of the laws that it p...
27 Nov, 2021, 03.59 PM IST
CJI takes stock of judicial functioning during pandemic, takes up issue of vacancies in HCs with CJsAn official statement said that Justice Ramana mooted an idea of setting up of the National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation to build mo...
04 Jun, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
Proposal to increase the retirement age of High Court judges from 62 years to 65: CJI“I am hopeful that such incidents turn out to be exceptions and the strong traditions and ethos of our institution shall always assist our ...
05 Aug, 2019, 09.00 PM IST
CJI has sent proposal to increase retirement age of HC judges: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe minister, however, did not respond in either yes or no to a question on "whether the government is considering to raise the retirement ...
11 Jul, 2019, 08.04 PM IST
CJI writes to PM, seeks increase in number of SC judgesThe CJI, who wrote three letters to the PM, said there was a pendency of 58,669 cases in the top court and the number was increasing due to...
22 Jun, 2019, 10.11 PM IST
Recent CJIs' short tenures failed to effect long-term reformsJudges come and go, yet the cases continue tiring litigants physically , mentally and financially . No one sheds a tear for a good CJI who ...
09 May, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Appointing retired judges as ad hoc hailed ‘revolutionary’The “revolutionary” idea, it has emerged, was mooted by the Modi government to then Chief Justice of India HL Dattu over seven months back.
27 Apr, 2016, 12.10 AM IST
Why is government sitting over 170 names: Chief Justice of India TS ThakurJustice Thakur requested law minister to look at the urgency or situation, and obtain clearances and hoped that clearance for the 170 appoi...
25 Apr, 2016, 12.43 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to advance BS VI norms deadline to April 2020The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to advance an April 2020 deadline for cars to be compliant with BS VI emission norms.
22 Jan, 2016, 06.18 AM IST
Supreme Court collegium will forward 125 names for HC judges to law ministry: CJI HL DattuChief Justice of India HL Dattu said the Supreme Court collegium will forward the 125 names cleared for appointment as HC judges to the law...
02 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
No proposal to increase retirement age of Supreme Court judges: GovernmentChief Justice of India R M Lodha had recently said he did not agree with the idea of having fixed tenure for chief justice.
11 Jul, 2014, 05.29 PM IST
Bill to scrap collegium system of appointing judges in Rajya SabhaA Bill to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts was introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
29 Aug, 2013, 04.02 PM IST
- SC panel seeks three-fold pay hike for trial court judges
In what could be the biggest ever salary hike for lowly-paid trial court judges, the Supreme Court-appointed National Judicial Pay Commissi...
28 Jul, 2009, 07.17 AM IST