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
SEBI-Sahara case: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea of employees seeking payment of pending salariesThe Supreme Court will hear urgent pleas regarding unpaid salaries for Sahara Group employees on November 17. The court will also consider ...
14 Nov, 2025, 12.05 PM IST
CJI's inclusion will ensure independence in appointment of Chief Election Commissioner: Supreme CourtA five-judge, headed by Justice K.M. Joseph and comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy, and C.T. Ravikumar, is he...
24 Nov, 2022, 01.07 PM IST
How a retired SC judge can earn more in 2 hours than a sitting judge does in an entire monthThere is a reason why many SC judges look forward to their retirement, which allows them to offer legal expertise as arbitrators, or, for t...
11 Jul, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
CJI says women lawyers not stepping forward to become judges citing domestic responsibilities“We consider women lawyers all the time,” he said, during a hearing on Thursday on an application to consider women lawyers from the top co...
15 Apr, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
Ranjan Gogoi has no house, no mortgage; Dipak Misra has a flat and a home loanDespite their long stints as HC and SC judges, incumbent CJI Justice Gogoi and ex-CJI Dipak Misra's personal wealth remained paltry when co...
03 Oct, 2018, 02.12 PM IST
Supreme Court, High Court judges get around 200 per cent salary hikeThe judges of the Supreme Court and chief justices of high courts will draw a monthly salary of Rs 2.50 lakh, up from the current Rs 90,000...
30 Jan, 2018, 08.15 PM IST
Supreme Court and High Court judges to get salary hikeLaw minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here that a bill would be introduced in Parliament to effect the pay hike.
22 Nov, 2017, 04.44 PM IST
Government nod to near-200% hike in salaries of SC, HC judgesThe government has set the salary for the CJI at Rs 2.8 lakh per month, a little above what the cabinet secretary draws.
26 Mar, 2017, 06.46 AM IST
Salaries of Supreme Court, High Court judges likely to go up"It has to go through the paces. First the inter- ministerial consultations then the approval of the Union Cabinet," explained a government...
15 Dec, 2016, 11.08 PM IST
Government may have to increase salaries of Supreme Court and High Court judgesThe new scales places judges well below the bureaucrats, an anomaly that is usually bridged within a week of implementing the recommendatio...
21 Dec, 2015, 04.06 AM IST
Chief Justice of India to form panel on pay hike, pension parity for judgesIncreasing emoluments of judges may act as an incentive for more competent advocates joining the judiciary which currently has huge vacanci...
22 Apr, 2015, 12.14 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
- Three-fold salary hike for SC, HC judges
Judges of the SC and high courts will get a three-fold salary raise and the CJI will get Rs 1 lakh. Coming to terms with lay-off | Keep sta...
02 Jan, 2009, 06.30 PM IST
- Three cheers: Judges get 300% pay hike
Judges in the supreme court and high courts will now draw salaries almost three times higher than their present levels.
29 Nov, 2008, 09.42 AM IST
- RTI Act does not apply to my office: CJI
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday refused to comment on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s categorical statement that "corru...
20 Apr, 2008, 04.18 AM IST
- SC, HC judges discuss 10-fold salary increase
On the agenda for discussion at the conference of chief justices presided over by CJI K G Balakrishnan is a recommendation that Supreme Cou...
18 Apr, 2008, 01.01 PM IST