Akola City communal
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The appellant had alleged that he was assaulted by unknown persons during riots and was eyewitness to the murder of another victim; however, the Akola City Police Department failed to discharge their duties vis-a-vis the appellant’s medico legal case.

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Appointment of Chief Justice for 3 HCs
Appointments & TransfersNews

The Collegium on 11-9-2025 made the recommendations for the High Courts of Meghalaya, Patna and Manipur.

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Reserved category migration to general category
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“Whether a reserved candidate, who has availed relaxation in fees/upper age limit, to participate in open competition with general candidates may be recruited against unreserved seats, would depend on the facts of each case”.

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investigate offences by former CBI officers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It is cardinal in law that justice must not only be done but must also be seen to be done. It is high time that sometimes those who investigate must also be investigated to keep alive the faith of the public at large in the system”.

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6 Permanent Judges for Bombay HC
Appointments & TransfersNews

The Supreme Court Collegium on 25-8-2025, had recommended the appointment of 6 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of Bombay High Court.

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NGT outsourcing investigation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The case revolved around 2 orders passed by the National Green Tribunal- one order directed the constitution of a Joint Committee to investigate the appellant’s environmental transgressions and the 2nd order imposed compensation of Rs 18 crores.

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4-step process to check veracity of quashment prayer
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court stated that if the answer to all the steps is in the affirmative, then judicial conscience of the High Court should persuade it to quash such criminal proceedings, in exercise of power vested in it under Section 482 of the CrPC.

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Review Jurisdiction grounds
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“To wit through a review application, an apparent error of fact or law is intimated to the court, but no extra reasoning is undertaken to explain the said error”.

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Advocates appointed as Judges of Allahabad HC
Appointments & TransfersNews

Supreme Court Collegium on 25-3-2025 had recommended appointing Amitabh Kumar Rai and Rajiv Lochan Shukla as Allahabad High Court Judges.

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In-service Teachers needing to qualify TET exam
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“TET is indeed a qualification, necessary to be held by a person seeking appointment as a teacher in a school. Only upon a person obtaining such qualification can he become eligible for appointment as a teacher”.

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Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court
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Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji was appointed as a Permanent Judge of Calcutta High Court on 18-5-2009. He was subsequently appointed as Meghalaya High Court’s Chief Justice in September 2024 and took oath of office on 3-10-2024.

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Irregularity in SSC Exams
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The petitioner sought multiple reliefs including constitution of a Court appointed Committee to oversee future SSC examinations, including the forthcoming CGL 2025 exam.

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Justice Shree Chandrashekhar
Appointments & TransfersNews

On 25-8-2025, the Supreme Court Collegium headed by CJI B.R. Gavai, recommended the name of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.

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Justice Tara
Appointments & TransfersNews

On 27-8-2025, the Supreme Court of India had notified the Collegium’s decision to recommend transfer/repatriation of 14 Judges, including Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju.

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14 JOs & 12 Advocates recommended as Judges
Appointments & TransfersNews

As of 1-9-2025, the working judicial strength of Allahabad High Court (Additional and Permanent) is 84 Judges as against the sanctioned strength of 160 Judges.

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conviction of men who raped a minor
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“It is always a matter of utter failure for the system when a culprit, that too of a heinous sexual offence, manages to walk free by entangling the victim in misapplication of procedural rules, without the knowledge of the victim and without any control of the victim”.

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Advocate Arun Kumar
Appointments & TransfersNews

Advocate Arun Kumar was recommended for elevation as High Court Judge on 9-5-2023, when the Supreme Court Collegium was led by former CJI D.Y Chandrachud.

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seizure of steno book
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court was considering a SLP wherein it was indicated that an order for rejection of anticipatory bail, was not uploaded on the website of Punjab & Haryana High Court.

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recruitment process governed by statutes
Case Briefs

“In the present case, not only benchmarks are being set after the game has been played, rather the State has decided that a portion of the game itself, the step of interview, should not have been played at all”.

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Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
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Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, who started his legal career from the District Courts and then High Courts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, was appointed as Supreme Court Judge on 18-5-2023.

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