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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...
Congress manifesto for Assam: No MLA’s close relatives to be awarded government contracts or schemesAssam: The Congress manifesto talked about transparent land records, revenue, and taxation system.Priority to local people in jobs and gove...
Law Minister updates parliament on judicial vacancies: 2 in SC, 364 in HCs, 5245 in district courtsLaw Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed Parliament about current judicial vacancies, noting 2 in the Supreme Court, 364 in high courts, and...
Over 26 per cent posts of judicial officers lying vacant in subordinate judiciary in 6 states: Supreme Court toldThe affidavit filed in the apex court by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, one of the four amicus curiae in a matter related to filling of va...
Judicial quality has a quantity of its own; system needs a reviewFilling vacancies with qualified capable persons is another challenge. A transparent system that rewards merit for recruiting judges must b...
Make our courts more accessibleVacancies plague the judicial system, leading to delays. 37% of high court posts have been vacant as of November 2021, and nearly a quarter...
Where is 'booster' for judiciary: HC asks Centre over delay in filling up judicial vacanciesExpressing dismay over the delay in filling up judicial vacancies across the country, the Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Union gover...
View: Judicial reform should be rooted in empirical evidence, not political prattleAIJS, cloaked as a judicial reform, is, however, a political gimmick that aims to transfer the recruitment and appointment of district judg...
Welcome Move to Nudge on TribunalsThe Tribunal Reforms Act 2021 contains provisions of the Ordinance that had been struck down by the court. The government has, in many inst...
Shortage of 4,000 courtrooms even if all judge posts filled upLower courts currently have pendency of 2.72 crore cases, and judges’ vacancies are seen as one of the reasons.
24 high courts have a total of 43% judicial vacanciesBetween June 2014, when the NDA government assumed office, and now, the combined approved strength of the 24 HCs increased from 906 to 1,07...
No abnormal increase in judicial vacancies, claims governmentData suggests judge vacancies between 265 and 280 in last 10 years, says government source.
High Courts have delayed appointment of judges: Government to Supreme CourtGovernment told Supreme Court that the large number of judicial vacancies was the result of the high courts' failure to initiate the select...
India doesn't need 70,000 judges; just fill vacancies to cut backlogEveryone agrees that judicial pendency is a serious problem in India. Most of the suggested big-ticket reforms call for major changes in th...
Blaming government for judicial vacancies unfair: DV Sadananda GowdaUnion Law Minister Sadananda Gowda described the criticism heaped on the Modi govt for “inaction” in filling up judicial vacancies as “unfa...
Why the wheels of filling judicial vacancies are slowIn a 45-minute-long speech, in which his voice choked with emotion, Thakur blamed the central government for dragging its feet on the issue...
- SC upholds judicial recruitment in UP
The Supreme Court has upheld the legality of judicial recruitment in Uttar Pradesh in 2008.