CJI administers oath of office to five new SC judges, strength rises to 37Five new judges have taken oath as Supreme Court judges. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant administered the oath. The Supreme Court now has...
02 Jun, 2026, 03.21 PM IST
Supreme Court gets five new judges; strength to go up to 37Five new judges have been appointed to the Supreme Court. This brings the total number of judges to 37. The sanctioned strength of the apex...
01 Jun, 2026, 09.02 AM IST
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...
17 May, 2026, 10.47 PM IST
SC refuses to entertain plea to earmark up to 50% posts in judicial services for womenThe Supreme Court has declined a petition advocating for 50 percent of judicial service posts to be filled by women. The court advised agai...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.34 PM IST
SC asks HP HC collegium to reconsider names of two judicial officers for elevation as HC judgesThe Supreme Court has directed the Himachal Pradesh High Court collegium to reconsider the names of two senior-most district and sessions j...
06 Sep, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
Will shortly issue notification for appointment of Manipur HC CJ: Centre to SCThe Indian Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it will soon issue a notification for the appointment of the chief justice of the Man...
09 Oct, 2023, 03.29 PM IST
Centre clears SC Collegium's recommendation to appoint 5 new judgesWhile recommending the two names earlier this week, the Collegium had said, "The names recommended earlier by the Collegium by its resoluti...
05 Feb, 2023, 01.22 PM IST
Government asks SC Collegium to reconsider 20 files related to appointment of HC judgesThe Supreme Court Collegium on Monday was asked to reconsider 20 files related to the appointment of high court judges, including that of a...
29 Nov, 2022, 10.38 AM IST
Bid to fill vacancies in SC by CJI Lalit-led collegium remains unfinishedBesides appointing around 20 judges in different high courts, CJI Lalit-led collegium recently recommended elevation of Chief Justice of th...
10 Oct, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
Two SC judges put forth reservations to collegium note on appointment of judgesAccording to sources, the collegium meeting could not take place on September 30, the last working day before the Dussehra vacation, as one...
05 Oct, 2022, 08.05 PM IST
Govt yet to take call on 68 names sent by SC collegium for appointment as HC judgesBetween August 8 and September 1 this year, the apex court collegium had processed over 100 names recommended by various high courts and ha...
19 Sep, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
Government awaits recommendations for four vacancies in Supreme Court; three High Courts without their regular Chief JusticesOfficiating or acting chief justices are appointed in the absence of a chief justice to ensure that the day to day administration of the co...
11 Oct, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
SC collegium approves elevation of 6 advocates as judges of Delhi HCThe apex court collegium, in its meeting held on August 17, recommended advocates Jasmeet Singh, Amit Bansal, Tara Vitasta Ganju, Anish Day...
18 Aug, 2020, 12.30 PM IST
Centre not delaying appointment of judges in higher judiciary, says SCMost of the recommendations with regard to appointment of judges in high courts were pending with the collegium headed by the CJI.
22 Feb, 2019, 08.05 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to accept rejection of Collegium recommendations"We have reiterated 43 names for the appointment as judges of high courts which were rejected by the government and have been sent back for...
18 Nov, 2016, 02.43 PM IST
High Courts short of 443 judges, SC five as vacancies mountThe Allahabad High Court faces the maximum vacancies of 86 judges, followed by 38 in the Madras High Court.
18 Jan, 2016, 04.13 PM IST
- SC collegium prevails, govt forwards original list
The Centre on Wednesday allayed fears of a confrontation with the judiciary by accepting the apex court collegium’s recommendations to elev...
20 Nov, 2008, 01.57 AM IST