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Calcutta High Court tops backlog with 94% of cases pending over 50 years: Union law ministryThe Calcutta High Court leads with a staggering 2,185 cases pending for over five decades, constituting 94% of the national total. Across I...- 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...
- Fix the judicial supply-demand gapIndia's judiciary grapples with case overload and judge shortage, impacting justice delivery. Vacancies in key high courts, pending cases, ...
- SC collegium recommends appointment of CJs of high courts of Patna, HP, Gauhati, TripuraThe collegium resolutions uploaded on the apex court website said that the office of the chief justice of the Patna High Court has fallen v...
- CJI NV Ramana stresses on filling judicial positions in lower courtsJustice Ramana was speaking at a joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts, which was also attended by Prime Mi...
- Triple talaq law, increasing number of SC judges high points of law ministry in 2019The ban on the practice of instant triple talaq, making it a penal offence and the increase in the strength of Supreme Court judges were tw...
- 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.
- Over 5,000 posts in lower judiciary lying vacant: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe law minister said the Modi govt desires that judges from weaker sections first get experience in lower judiciary and eventually become ...
- Vacancies in lower courts at all-time highThere are currently only 16,693 judges in subordinate courts, one of the many reasons why lower courts have more than 2.61 crore pending ca...
- ‘Why can’t collegium fill the 7 vacancies in Supreme Court?’Once the government has security and other clearances in place it forwards them to the SC collegium for a final view. Appointments are noti...
- 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...
- Chief Justice of India to form panel on pay hike, pension parity for judgesIncreasing emoluments of judges may act as an incentive for more competent advocates joining the judiciary which currently has huge vacanci...
- Law minister blames collegium system for judges vacancy in high courtsThe law minister said the government had recently increased the sanctioned strength of these HCs, given the large pendency of cases.
- No proposal to increase Supreme Court's strength: GovernmentLaw Minister D V Sadananda Gowda also blamed the present collegium system of appointment of judges for existing vacancies in the High Court...
- Recruit judges to tackle pendency: Government to High Court chief justicessExpressing the government's concern, Prasad said at present there are 22.5% of judges' positions are vacant in subordinate judiciary.
- Parliament approves amendments to Sebi ActParliament today approved amendments to the Sebi Act that will widen the pool of eligible candidates for the post of presiding officer at t...
- Former SC judge Aftab Alam likely to be new TDSAT headIn a letter to communications minister Kapil Sibal, Chief Justice Kabir has said he is recommending Justice Alam's name for the post since ...
- Only 13 judges for every ten lakh people in IndiaIndia has just 13 judges for every ten lakh people as against 35-40 in other developing nations and 50 in a developed country.
- Rajya Sabha passes SEBI bill for appointing SAT headThe bill, passed by voice vote, paves way for appointment of SAT chief, a post lying vacant for over a year.
- Over 300 posts of judges in high courts vacantThe government's attempt to fill these vacancies has not borne fruit for a number of years for several reasons.
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