President transfers Justice T. Vinod Kumar to Telangana High Court
Justice T. Vinod Kumar’s transfer to his parent High Court of the State of Telangana was recommended by the Collegium on September 2026.
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Joymalya Bagchi’s stellar career and notable judgments
Justice Joymalya Bagchi formerly serving as Judge of Calcutta High Court was appointed to the Supreme Court on 10 March 2025 and is in line to become the Chief Justice of India in 2031.
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Independent Election Commission and Analysis of the Collegium System: Inside Justice Dipankar Datta’s opinion on the EC Act challenge
While opining that the challenge to the EC Act, 2023 does not merit reference to larger Bench, Justice Datta also remarked on the nuances and challenges of the Collegium System to appoint High Court and Supreme Court Judges.
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Inside Justice Satish Chandra Sharma’s opinion referring EC Act, 2023 challenge to Constitution Bench
Opining that the petitions raise substantial questions of law related to the vires of Sections 7, 6 and 8, Election Commissioners Act, 2023, Justice S.C. Sharma also remarked that arguments on parallels between the Collegium system and appointment of Election Commissioners were neither a criticism of the Collegium system nor initiating any debate regarding the manner in which the system of selection has worked.
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Supreme Court Collegium recommends repatriation of Justice T. Vinod Kumar to Telangana High Court
The decision was taken in view of Justice T. Vinod Kumar’s ensuing retirement in November 2026.
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SC Collegium recommends Justice Sunita Agarwal and 2 other High Court Chief Justices for Supreme Court judgeship
If the latest recommendations are approved by the Centre, this will not only bring the number of closer to the sanctioned strength of 38 Judges, but it will also increase the number of women Judges in the Bench.
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Supreme Court split on referring EC Act challenge to larger bench; pitches permanent 5-Judge bench for constitutional issues
Pitching for a permanent 5-judge bench, the Court reasoned that resolving constitutional issues is the primary task of Judges of the Supreme Court, that must remain its core priority. Pendency of references for far too long does not reflect well on the institution.
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5 Women among 14 Judicial Officers appointed by President as High Court Judges
The new appointments were notified for 4 High Courts namely, Delhi High Court, J&K and Ladakh High Court, Jharkhand High Court and Karnataka High Court.
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Arun Palli’s Dynamic Career and Notable Judgments
Recommended by Supreme Court Collegium on 27 May 2026, Justice Arun Palli took oath as a Supreme Court Judge along with four other Judges on 2 June 2026.
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5 Women among 15 Judicial Officers recommended by Supreme Court Collegium for High Court Judgeship
On 10 September 2026, the Collegium made the appointment recommendations for 4 High Courts namely, Delhi, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and Karnataka.
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1 yr training to become Civil Judge, Digital Arrests Prevention SOPs, S. 498-A IPC extended to Live-in Relationships: Explore Biggest Rulings of August 2026
Explore Supreme Court judgments from August 2026 covering defining decisions on prevention of digital arrests, constitutionality of death sentence by hanging, concerns over lack of legal mechanism on private investigators, guidelines to deal with dowry and cruelty cases and many more.
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President transfers Orissa High Court’s Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak to Gujarat High Court
Justice Pathak’s transfer from Orissa High Court to Gujarat High Court was recommended by the Collegium on 6 August 2026.
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Rajasthan HC and 7 other High Courts get new Chief Justices in latest round of appointments notified by Law Ministry
These appointments assume significance due to recent reassurance expressed by CJI Surya Kant regarding filling the vacant positions of Chief Justice in several High Courts.
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President appoints Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal as Acting Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court
Since Justice Ramesh Sinha retired from the post of Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court on 4 September 2026, hence Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal will now perform the duties of the Chief Justice.
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AI assistant or user? U.S. Court of Appeals dissects why an AI agent doesn’t “access” a website in Amazon vs. Perplexity AI
Amazon had sued Perplexity AI alleging that its agentic AI-based shopping tool has been accessing Amazon’s servers without authorisation. The District Court had granted injunction in favour of Amazon holding that it had proved its claims under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act.
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Rajasthan HC and 3 other High Courts to get new Chief Justices: SC Collegium’s latest round of recommendations
The Collegium led by CJI Surya Kant had recently assured that it is already working on filling the vacant positions of Chief Justice in several High Courts.
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Dynamic Career and Important Judgments of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, started his legal career from the District Courts and then High Courts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, was later appointed as Supreme Court Judge on 18 May 2023.
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Frame charges in 60-90 days, no unnecessary adjournments: SC gives directions for effective Speedy Trials in Dowry & Cruelty cases
The latest set of directives issued by the Supreme Court in pursuance of its December 2025 directions intends to address the systemic delay and ineffective implementation attending prosecutions under Sections 304-B, Section 498-A, Penal Code, 1860 and the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
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“Allegations against a Sitting Judge must go through established institutional mechanism”: CJI Surya Kant takes note of concerns raised by Justice Sandeep Mehta
Taking note of the concerns raised by sitting Judge of Supreme Court, Justice Sandeep Mehta, the CJI stated that the same cannot be adjudicated in public domain and will be addressed through the established institutional mechanism.
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“Not a single instance of a botched execution in India”: SC declines to refer Deena’s ‘Hanging-Method’ ruling to Larger Bench for reconsideration
A three-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court in Deena v. Union of India, (1983) 4 SCC 645, specifically analysed and evaluated comparative merits of different methods of execution of death sentence and upheld the constitutional validity of hanging as mode of execution of death penalty.
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