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Allahabad HC asks to avoid using 'court below', 'lower court' in official recordsThe Allahabad High Court has ordered its registry to stop using terms like 'court below' and 'lower court'. This follows a Supreme Court di...
SC disposes of plea for FIR against Justice Varma, calls it 'premature'The Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma over cash recovery from his residence, citing an ongoing in-h...
'Cash at home' case: 3 judges launch investigation, visit Justice Varma's residence; call records to be examinedA three-judge committee initiated by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna has begun probing allegations against Delhi High Court judge Yash...
'Is Allahabad HC a dumping ground?': Harish Salve slams collegium system, questions Justice Varma's transfer after cash controversySenior advocate Harish Salve has criticised the collegium system for appointing judges, urging more transparency. He questioned the decisio...
Collegium transferred me to harass: Allahabad CJAt the farewell programme held for him by the HC, the CJ did not elaborate, but thanked CJI DY Chandrachud for "rectifying the injustice". ...
26 judges appointed to 5 high courts; 127 HC judges appointed so far this yearThe previous record was achieved in 2016 when 126 high court judges were appointed during the first tenure of the Narendra Modi government,...
Create system to hear appeals of convicts, undertrials: SC to Allahabad HCAcknowledging the seriousness of the backlog of bail applications, the SC bench said that normally those who have undergone eight years in ...
Ayodhya Verdict: None of the five judges were born when 1st suit was filedBabri Masjid was demolished on December 6, 1992. All five judges were appointed as HC judges in or after 2000.
Supreme Court collegium meets 6 times in 30 days, clears 9 High Court CJs & 29 judgesThe most difficult meeting of the collegium was on August 1, when it dealt with three of its earlier recommendations for appointment of cer...
Government gives collegium ‘proof’ of nepotism in picks for Allahabad HC judgesThe Centre has for the first time mentioned relationships of advocates with sitting and retired high court and apex court judges in at leas...
Claims of nepotism in advocate picks for Allahabad High CourtAt least 11 of the 33 advocates recommended for judges' posts in Allahabad HC have been alleged to have close relatives and associates in h...
CJI forms panel to probe judge who defied SC on medical seatsA bench headed by CJI Misra had earlier, on Medical Council of India’s appeal, reversed one such order by a two-bench of the Allahabad HC h...
Decision to transfer Justice Jayant Patel was unanimous: Supreme CourtThough the collegium sought Justice Patel's views about the decision to transfer him to Allahabad HC, the judge submitted his resignation t...
Justice Jayant Patel of Karnataka High Court declines transfer, resigns“I have sent a copy (of the resignation letter) to the high court chief justice,” Justice Patel said. He would have been a relatively junio...
SC collegium rejects 17 names for Allahabad HCThe HC collegium had recommended at least 44 names in April, about 30 of them practising lawyers, for appointment as judges of the country'...
- SC reiterates 'something is rotten' in Allahabad HC
The HC had taken umbrage to the "something rotten" remark which was seen as questioning the integrity of certain judges and had filed an ap...
- Rotten remark: Allahabad HC to move SC
Stung by the caustic remarks of the apex court on the working of the Allahabad High Court and the conduct of its judges, the high court has...