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
Who is Meenakshi Madan Rai, the next Chief Justice of Patna High Court? Know her educational qualifications, legal career and moreJustice Meenakshi Madan Rai, a distinguished judge from Sikkim High Court, has been recommended by the Supreme Court collegium to become th...
24 May, 2026, 12.47 PM 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
Justice Lisa Gill becomes first woman chief justice of Andhra HCJustice Lisa Gill has made history as the first woman to lead the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium recommended her el...
22 Apr, 2026, 09.13 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 collegium recommends names of two women advocates as judges of Kerala HCThe Supreme Court collegium has recommended two women advocates for the Kerala High Court. Three judicial officers were approved for the Ka...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Supreme Court collegium recommends appointment of chief justices in 7 High CourtsThe Supreme Court recommended the appointment of chief justices for several high courts, including Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashm...
12 Jul, 2024, 01.21 PM IST
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of two additional judges as permanent judges of Gauhati HCUnder CJI D Y Chandrachud, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended Justice Rajesh Sekhri as an additional judge for a year at Jammu & Kashm...
18 May, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
SC Collegium: Seniority loss of those recommended earlier a concernThe resolution said, "loss of seniority of candidates recommended earlier in point of time has been noted by the collegium and is a matter ...
22 Mar, 2023, 11.54 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
HCs in “crisis situation” with huge vacancies for judges, says SCA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said the Centre should proceed to make appointment immediately after the apex court collegium rec...
21 Apr, 2021, 12.50 AM IST
SC asks govt to act on collegium recommendations within 3 monthsThe Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to act on long-pending collegium recommendations within three months as the delay in app...
15 Apr, 2021, 11.12 PM IST
9 collegium U-turns in 10 yrs, careers of five Supreme Court judges hitTOI inquired from people with knowledge of collegium decisions over the years and found that on nine occasions in the last decade, collegiu...
19 Jan, 2019, 11.34 AM IST
Deadline must for government on recommendations of collegium: Justice Kurian JosephCurrently, there is no time limit for the government to decide on names the Supreme Court or high court collegiums recommend as judges. Rec...
28 Jul, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
SC Collegium recommends names of chief justices for 7 high courtsThe collegium has recommended the names of justices Rajendra Menon, Gita Mittal, V K Tahilramani, Hrishikesh Roy, K S Jhaveri, Aniruddha Bo...
20 Jul, 2018, 09.02 PM IST
Government sends back Supreme Court collegium's recommendation for the 2nd timeIn between, as the file was pending with the government, the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act was notified on April 13, 2015.
08 Jun, 2016, 06.03 PM IST
Supreme Court collegium recommends new Chief Justices for six High CourtsSix High Courts are set to get new Chief Justices with the Supreme Court collegium recommending their names to the government, 3 months aft...
19 Jan, 2016, 07.22 PM IST