Complaints against SC, HC judges may go to panelThe provision for a secretariat has been included in the MoP for appointment of judges. Including retired judges, the secretariat will be t...
01 Aug, 2016, 11.35 AM IST
A big no to panel to evaluate applications for appointment of judges: CJIA Supreme Court bench, while deciding on ways to make the collegium system more transparent, had asked the Centre to redraft the MoP in con...
03 Jul, 2016, 11.33 AM IST
Centre firm on veto clause in rules for selecting judgesCJI T S Thakur-headed collegium had last month sent back the MoP to the law ministry unanimously terming the 'national interest' clause as ...
29 Jun, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Collegium junks all major government proposals on judge appointmentThis includes introduction of 'merit-cum-seniority' as the sole criterion for elevation of judges and involvement of retired judges in the ...
12 Jun, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
GoM likely to respond to Supreme Court collegium's objections to revised MoP in 3 weeksThe revised MoP provides that once the Centre has rejected a recommendation it will not be bound to reconsider it even after reiteration by...
05 Jun, 2016, 01.23 PM IST
SC returns government Memorandum of Procedure for selection of high court judgesCertain clauses introduced by the government in its draft MoP do not seem to have cut ice with the Supreme Court collegium.
28 May, 2016, 02.21 AM IST
Centre & judiciary's standoff over judges' selection may resumeCentre had relented last month after CJIs appeal and agreed to the recommendations despite disagreement on a couple of clauses in the memor...
25 May, 2016, 01.26 PM IST
CJI rejects clause giving Centre veto to nix collegium recommendationsThe MoP devised by the Centre, subject to the SC's approval, will govern appointments and transfers in higher judiciary.
09 May, 2016, 12.24 PM IST
SC collegium rejects 38 names for High Court judgesThe names were vetted and cleared by the Centre, though the decision is also an adverse comment on the high court selections.
09 Apr, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
Centre vs collegium: 100 judges' appointment on holdThe clause in question gives the Union government the final say in rejecting a name recommended by the collegium if it is in the "national ...
07 Apr, 2016, 12.26 PM IST
National security clause may spark a clash between Modi government and collegiumThe SC collegium and the Modi government might be headed for a confrontation over controversial clauses relating to rejection of the court'...
01 Apr, 2016, 12.41 PM IST
Document on judges appointment reaches PMO for final approvalThe NDA government wants both the Centre and state governments to have say in recommending candidates for appointment to the higher judicia...
21 Mar, 2016, 04.40 PM IST
PMO asks Law Ministry to finalise new Memorandum of ProcedureIn a letter to the Law Ministry, the PMO asked it to give final shape to the document after consulting the Attorney General.
21 Feb, 2016, 10.59 AM IST
States fail to respond on ways to improve collegium systemCentre has prodded the state governments to rush their views on ways to improve the collegium system of appointment of judges as the deadli...
15 Jan, 2016, 07.57 PM IST
Government unlikely to suggest bringing judges appointment under RTIThere is feeling within the govt that bringing appointment and elevation of judges would not be practical as the collegium will be flooded ...
11 Jan, 2016, 04.53 PM IST
Government likely to incorporate 'dissent' clause in collegium MoPAny dissent note to a recommendation of the collegium to appoint or elevate a judge should be mandatorily shared with the Executive.
03 Jan, 2016, 09.17 AM IST
Can't formulate draft MoP for appointing judges, Centre to Supreme CourtThe apex court in an unprecedented move had invited suggestions from all those who desired to improve the collegium system.
19 Nov, 2015, 02.32 PM IST