A bill to recognise Amaravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh was introduced and passed by voice vote in the Lok Sabha....

Floor leaders in the Rajya Sabha met to discuss the alleged cash discovery at Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma's residence, emphasizing judici...

The House adopted a resolution moved by Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on the concluding day of the winter session and approved it.

Samajwadi Party member and senior minister Ambika Chaudahry moved the resolution for amendment in the Bill passed by Parliament seeking a r...

The new measure for appointing judges would come into effect only after ratification of the Constitution Amendment Bill by 50 per cent stat...

Many legal experts, however, told ET that it could be difficult for the courts to find a valid ground to scrap the constitutional amendment.

The bill brought by the NDA government provides that if two members of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) do not agree.

The government has introduced a Constitution amendment bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday for the formation of a judicial appointments commiss...

Raising the objections at the time of introduction of the motion to withdraw the bill, Anand Sharma (Cong) said the bill was being brought ...

The government's move to pass the Judicial Appointments Bill has found favour among Trinamool and CPM.

The government's response came two days after the Union Cabinet discussed the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014.

"The bill is an attempt to change basic structure of Constitution, & hence will adversely affect independence of judiciary," said Bar Counc...

The issue gained momentum after several top jurists pushed for scrapping of the existing collegium system under which judges appoint judges.

The move comes on the back of govt's rejection of Gopal Subramanium's candidature, referred by the collegium for appointment as SC judges.

According 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 is likely to take a call on the issue of granting constitutional status to a proposed panel for appointment and transfer of judges.

The Constitutional amendment bill says there will be a JAC but does not say it will be headed by the CJI or mentions the composition.