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
Justice Kotiswar Singh becomes Manipur's first Supreme Court judgeJ&K High Court Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Madras HC Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan appointed as Supreme Court Judges. Justice Sin...
17 Jul, 2024, 12.14 AM IST
Centre should not delay appointing Judges: SCThe bench said that the collegium will try to complete the process by the October vacation of the top court (October 23 to 28). Justice Kau...
09 Oct, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Govt notifies 2 more judges for Supreme CourtThe Centre has notified appointments of Allahabad high court chief justice Rajesh Bindal and Gujarat HC chief justice Aravind Kumar as judg...
10 Feb, 2023, 11.44 PM IST
Govt promises judge elevation call in 5 days after Supreme Court rapOn January 31, the Supreme Court collegium recommended two more names for elevation as top court judges -- Justice Rajesh Bindal, Chief Jus...
03 Feb, 2023, 01.01 PM IST
Another Judge now objects to SC collegium overlooking seniorityJustice Banumathi has objected to the decision of recommending Himachal HC CJ Ramasubramanian to the Supreme Court, overlooking Manipur HC ...
04 Sep, 2019, 11.44 PM IST
Sanjay Kishan Kaul objects to bypassing seniors in SC selectionJustice Sanjay Kishan Kaul had first raised concerns when Justice Nandrajog was overlooked.
03 Sep, 2019, 11.19 PM IST
Row over collegium’s elevation proposal for apex courtThe law ministry has to vet these names on grounds of security before the President formally appoints them under his warrant and seal.
16 Jan, 2019, 01.16 PM IST
Government denies ‘bias or malice’ against Justice KM JosephBesides Justice Joseph, Justices Indira Banerjee and Vineet Saran are the other two judges taking oath on Tuesday.
07 Aug, 2018, 07.41 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
Justice Joseph's name to be sent back to governmentThe next meeting of the collegium to deliberate on names of other chief justices of high courts for possible elevation to the apex court is...
12 May, 2018, 06.51 AM IST
Supreme Court judges object to ‘Leak’ of govt’s elevation letterJustice Joseph, the chief justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, was part of a bench that quashed the imposition of president’s rule in the...
02 May, 2018, 07.34 AM IST
Collegium clears Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph as Supreme Court judgesWhen appointed, Malhotra will also become the second woman judge in the apex court, after Justice R Banumathi, who was elevated in August 2...
12 Jan, 2018, 07.34 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
Government wants a say through AG in recommending candidates for Supreme CourtThe draft Memorandum of Procedure prepared by it favours a role for the Attorney General at the Centre and Advocates General in states in t...
07 Mar, 2016, 07.23 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
- SC no to rethink on judges' elevation
Collegium rejects govt's suggestion seeking reconsideration.
20 Nov, 2008, 01.10 PM IST