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...
20 Jan, 2023, 09.47 PM IST
Rijiju to meet state law ministers next month on judicial infrastructureUnion Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will meet state law ministers next month in an attempt to improve judicial infrastructure in the country af...
26 Oct, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
Cabinet extends by 5 years centrally-sponsored scheme for developing infra for judiciaryAn official statement said that in the extended term, it would continue from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026 during which Rs 9,000 crore wo...
14 Jul, 2021, 06.26 PM IST
Time to set up all-India judicial services: Law MinisterThe Minister said that time has come for setting up all- India judicial services and the examinations can be conducted by the UPSC.
02 Jan, 2019, 01.56 PM IST
Lower courts short of 5k judges as no suitable candidatesThere are only 17,576 court rooms/court halls and only 14,363 residential units available for district and subordinate courts in the countr...
04 Dec, 2017, 05.36 PM IST
Lower courts: India has more sanctioned judges and less court roomsIt says that this is against 22,288 sanctioned strength of judicial officers/judges of district and subordinate courts in the country.
26 Nov, 2017, 01.00 PM IST
Nine high courts oppose all-India service for lower judiciaryThe document, sent to all members of the parliamentary consultative committee on law and justice, also states that most of the 24 high cour...
06 Aug, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Government proposes NEET-like exam to recruit judges in subordinate courtsThe proposal comes close on the heels of several states, including some ruled by the BJP, opposing the formation of an all-India judicial s...
12 Jun, 2017, 07.44 AM IST
Unique IDs to track work of 17,000 judgesThe National Informatics Centre (NIC) is currently rolling out the upgraded software, the case information system (CIS) 2.0 version, for th...
07 Nov, 2016, 10.43 AM IST
Lower courts face shortage of over 5000 judgesLatest data made available by the Law Ministry shows that there is a shortage of 5,111 judicial officers who run subordinate courts across ...
18 Oct, 2016, 02.42 PM IST
Verify complaints against subordinate judges before action: TS Thakur, CJIChief Justice of India TS Thakur has directed all the high courts not to take any action on complaints against judicial officers in subordi...
24 May, 2016, 05.44 PM IST
Number of judges in lower courts goes up, so do pending casesThe selection and appointment of judges in subordinate courts (lower courts) is the responsibility of state governments and high courts.
31 Jan, 2016, 02.42 PM IST
Review of service conditions in judiciary: SC notice to CentreSC sought the govt's response on a plea seeking setting up of a judicial commission to review the service conditions of members of the subo...
14 Sep, 2015, 06.49 PM IST
Cases pending in Bombay High Court on a rise, reveals RTITotal 8,19,184 (fresh) cases were instituted from January 2010 to June 2015 while 7,80,763 cases were disposed of by all benches of HC, it ...
19 Aug, 2015, 06.07 PM IST
MHAA asks Chief Justice to act on 175 subordinate court judicial officersA resolution to the effect was passed in the General Body meeting held under the Presidentship of RC Paulkanagaraj the president of MHAA.
09 Jul, 2015, 11.25 PM IST
2.68 crore cases pending in lower courts: GovernmentA total of 2.68 crore cases were pending in district and subordinate courts in the country and 44.56 lakh cases were pending in high courts...
19 Dec, 2014, 06.32 PM IST
Judges to be rewarded for deciding cases older than 5 yearsThe law ministry is in touch with all the high courts on reworking of the appraisal system.
27 Oct, 2014, 10.42 AM IST