Supreme Court collegium recommends appointment of Judges for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Courts
The Collegium on 11-1-2025 recommended appointment of Judges for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Courts.
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Justice K. Vinod Chandran sworn in as Judge of Supreme Court of India
With Justice K. Vinod Chandran’s induction, the judicial strength of the Supreme Court Judges now stands at 33 Judges, just one short of its full strength of 34 Judges.
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Centre notifies appointment of Acting Chief Justices for High Courts of Patna and Telangana
Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Sujoy Paul were appointed as Acting Chief Justices of Patna and Telangana High Courts respectively.
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Section 143 of Railways Act doesn’t criminalise creating multiple user IDs and unauthorised actions of the authorised agents: SC
The Court said that Section 143 of the Railways Act, 1989 by being completely silent on creation of multiple user IDs, penalises the actions of only the unauthorised agents.
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Centre notifies appointment of Justice Alok Aradhe as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium on 7-1-2025 had recommended the transfer of Justice Aradhe to Bombay High Court.
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“Consistent failure of judicial machinery to recognise and act upon plea of juvenility”; SC Directs release of convict after 25 years in prison
The Court explained that when the plea of juvenility was raised, it should have been dealt with under the existing laws at the relevant point of time, especially when there exists a tacit and clear admission as to the age of the Appellant.
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Centre notifies the appointment of Justice K. Vinod Chandran as Judge of Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, CJI, on 7-1-2025 had recommended the name of Justice K. Vinod Chandran, currently serving as Chief Justice of Patna High Court, as Judge of Supreme Court of India.
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Why Karnataka High Court dismissed pleas on Reservation of Women in Bengaluru Advocates Association Elections?
The Court said directions regarding ensuring reservation of women advocates had been issued by the Supreme Court under Art. 142 and same cannot be done by the High Court.
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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Sandeep Mehta
Justice Sandeep Mehta, formerly the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, took oath of office as Judge of Supreme Court of India on 9-11-2023 and will be retiring on 10-01-2028.
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SC directs Centre to frame Scheme for cashless treatment for victims of motor vehicle accidents in the Golden Hour by 14-3-2025
The Court strictly noted that the provision made in Section 162, the MV Act for framing a scheme for providing cashless treatment in the golden hour seeks to uphold and protect the right to life guaranteed by Article 21 of the Constitution. Moreover, it is a statutory obligation of the Central Government to frame the scheme.
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Karnataka HC urges State Law Commission to frame guidelines on issues surrounding pledging of stolen gold
Court noted that innumerable matters are coming up where stolen gold had been pledged with a gold finance company and this aspect must be examined by the concerned authorities and proper guidelines must be formulated in relation to issues such as implication of pledging stolen gold, manner of dealing with such gold when criminal proceedings are taken up etc.
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SC Collegium recommends appointment of Permanent Judges for Gauhati High Court
The Collegium recommended the names of 2 Additional Judges to be appointed as Permanent Judges.
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SC Collegium recommends appointment of Justice K. Vinod Chandran as Supreme Court Judge
Justice K. Vinod Chandran was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Kerala on 8-11-2011 and was elevated as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Patna on 29-3-2023.
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Bangladesh Court denies bail to former ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari
Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area of Dhaka in connection with a sedition case, among other charges.
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2024: A Year of Bold Dissents in the Face of Landmark Verdicts
2024 was a year of pathbreaking verdicts on several issues such as Electoral Bonds, Citizenship Act, Tax/Royalty on Mines, Minority Institutions etc. Some major issues saw unanimous and near unanimous verdicts by the Supreme Court; however, there were notable Dissenting Opinions in 2024 which shed light on several key legal concepts.
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Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Judicial Officers and Advocates as High Court Judges
On 22-12-2024, the Collegium recommended six candidates to be appointed as Judges in four High Courts of India.
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Justice (retd.) V. Ramasubramanian appointed as Chairman of National Human Rights Commission
The appointment was made by a committee comprising of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Leaders of the Opposition.
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Centre appoints Chief Justices for the High Courts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal
The Law Ministry notified the appointments of the new Chief Justices on 23-12-2024.
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Supreme Court calls for consistent approach in seeking and granting alimony regardless of spousal wealth; criticises trend of seeking alimony as means to equalise wealth
The wife claimed that her husband’s net worth is Rs 5000 crores, but the Court decided to grant permanent alimony of Rs. 12 crores noting that the wife in the instant case has sought equalisation of status not just with the husband but also with his ex-wife and opined that this cannot be an acceptable approach.
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Supreme Court issues directions on unauthorised constructions and violation of building permission/plans
The Court strictly opined that constructions put up in violation of or deviation from the building plan approved by the local authority and the constructions which are audaciously put up without any building planning approval, cannot be encouraged.
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