President appoints 6 Permanent Judges for Bombay High Court
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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Can NGT outsource investigation to administrative committees via bypassing statutory provisions? Supreme Court answers
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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Supreme Court lays down 4-step process to determine veracity of quashment prayer raised by an accused under S. 482 CrPC
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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SC restates principles on power, scope & grounds for Review Jurisdiction; Sets aside Madras HC review order on daughter’s status as co-parcener
“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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President appoints 2 Advocates as Judges of Allahabad High Court
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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An overview of Supreme Court decision mandating Aspiring and In-service Teachers to qualify the TET
“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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13th Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court, Justice I.P. Mukerji, retires after a tenure of 11 months
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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Supreme Court issues notice over alleged irregularities and lapses in the conduct of SSC Exams
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 appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
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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Advocates write to CJI requesting reconsideration of proposal to transfer Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju
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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Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 14 Judicial Officers & 12 Advocates as Judges of Allahabad HC
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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“Procedure is not supposed to control justice”; SC restores conviction & sentence of men who raped a minor girl in 2016
“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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Centre notifies appointment of Advocate Arun Kumar as Judge of Allahabad High Court
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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Know why Supreme Court directed seizure of the steno book of a High Court Judge’s secretary
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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State Govt cannot whimsically interfere in recruitment processes governed/driven by Statutes and Rules via Executive Orders: Supreme Court
“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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Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Dynamic career and notable judgments by Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
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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Asst. Engineer Mains Paper Leak | SC clears Arunachal Pradesh PSC Member of all 6 charges levelled in Presidential Reference seeking her removal
A Presidential Reference under Article 317 of the Constitution was made before the Supreme Court levelling 6 charges against the accused Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission Member and sought her removal from service.
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Justice Alok Aradhe & Justice Vipul M. Pancholi take oath as Judges of Supreme Court
The Judges were recommended for elevation by the Collegium on 25-8-2025 and in a record display of speed, the Ministry of Law and Justice confirmed the recommendations on 27-8-2025.
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President appoints Acting Chief Justices for Bombay and Patna High Courts
Appointments for Acting Chief Justices for Bombay and Patna High Courts were made in consequence of their Chief Justices being elevated to the Supreme Court.
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President appoints 14 Advocates as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium on 19-8-2025 had recommended the names of 14 Advocates as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court.
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