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
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
2024 Haldwani riots case: SC sets aside order granting default bail to two accusedThe Supreme Court has cancelled default bail for two individuals accused in the 2024 Haldwani arson and rioting case. The court found the H...
06 May, 2026, 07.26 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
Close kin of judges for HC judgeship: SC to consider idea against itThe Supreme Court collegium is considering a proposal to avoid appointing judges related to current or former judges. This initiative aims ...
30 Dec, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
Will shortly issue notification for appointment of Manipur HC CJ: Centre to SCThe Indian Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it will soon issue a notification for the appointment of the chief justice of the Man...
09 Oct, 2023, 03.29 PM IST
Centre clears names of five judges for elevation to SCWith these elevations, the Supreme Court bench strength will reach 32 as against the sanctioned strength of 34. The notification comes a da...
05 Feb, 2023, 09.16 AM IST
HC collegiums in breach of six-month advance timeline in sending names to fill anticipated vacancies: GovtAs on January 30, there were a total of 18 proposals on which a reconsideration of the Supreme Court collegium was sought. The top court co...
02 Feb, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
Only final decisions, not discussions, of Collegium need to be made public: SCThe Supreme Court on Friday held that only final decisions of its Collegium are required to be made public and not its discussions, dismiss...
10 Dec, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
Government asks SC Collegium to reconsider 20 files related to appointment of HC judgesThe Supreme Court Collegium on Monday was asked to reconsider 20 files related to the appointment of high court judges, including that of a...
29 Nov, 2022, 10.38 AM IST
Centre to take call on Justice Akil Kureshi elevation in a week: SC toldA bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Centre ...
16 Aug, 2019, 03.40 PM IST
SC recommends names of Justices Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna as top court judgesThere are currently five vacancies in the top court. Though it has a sanctioned strength of 31, it is functioning with 26 judges.
12 Jan, 2019, 11.27 AM IST
Govt returns names of 2 judges for elevation to HCs, cites no reasonsThe SC collegium had in 2016 recommended names of Harnaresh Singh Gill and Mohammed Nizamuddin for appointment.
26 Jul, 2018, 05.46 PM IST
Centre, Supreme Court judges spar over judicial appointmentsAt least half the high courts are functioning at 50% of their strength, even as judicial appointments have become a sore point between the ...
05 May, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
SC collegium defers decision on Justice K.M. JosephIn a cryptic collegium resolution placed on the Supreme Court's official website, the collegium said that it met and debated the only issue...
02 May, 2018, 07.24 PM IST
Collegium ‘dissenter’ asks why Justice Joseph not in elevation listJustice Joseph was transferred from the Uttarakhand HC days after he struck down the Centre’s decision to impose President’s rule.
04 Feb, 2017, 01.46 AM IST
Supreme Court collegium likely to share files for judge selectionChief justice of India TS Thakur intends to initiate the process of appointing some top court judges before he demits office in January.
22 Sep, 2016, 02.53 AM IST