President appoints 7 additional judges of Allahabad High Court as permanent judges
The President appoints following Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court, to be Judges of the High Court with effect from the date
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Patna HC reads down the words “with approval of” as “in consultation with” for appointment of teachers; saves constitutionality of Section 57A(5) of Bihar State Universities Act, 1976
“The rule of reading down a provision of the Act is a rule of harmonious construction used in order to save such provision from being declared unconstitutional.”
Creating separate classification in appointments for better qualification will not violate fundamental rights of a person: Delhi High Court
“The Central Public Sector Enterprises are entrusted to work efficiently and generate profits for the government. For the same, the Public Enterprises Selection Board needs to appoint better qualified candidates to run and oversee the operations of the said entities.”
A politician is not disabled from being appointed as a Chairperson of the Bihar State Food Commission: Patna High Court
“No mandate on the State to carry out public advertisement, especially when a Selection Committee was appointed which could device a method by which the search of suitable people could be made, and recommendations could be given to the Government.”
Article 226 does not empower High Court to issue positive direction for Muslim Marriage Registrar post creation: Calcutta High Court
Calcutta High Court directed the appellant to consider the formation of the new Police Station and relevant rules to create a permanent or temporary MMR post.
Selection Committee need not record reasons for its decision as long as due consideration was given to candidate’s merit: Delhi High Court
“The role of the Selection Committee is neither judicial nor adjudicatory. In the absence of any rule or regulation, there was no obligation on the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (‘ACC') for providing reasons while passing the order regarding approval or non-approval of a candidate.”
Appointment of 15 Additional Judges as permanent Judges of 5 High Courts
15 Additional Judges have been made permanent Judges in Gauhati High Court, Bombay High Court, Kerala High Court, Himachal Pradesh High Court and Calcutta High Court
SC Collegium recommends appointment of 4 Advocates as Judges for Madras, Karnataka and Bombay High Courts
Out of the 4 names, one woman advocate has been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as a High Court Judge.
Nomination of arbitrator by ineligible persons: SC defers hearing as Centre considers Reforms to Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
Two Benches of the Supreme Court had expressed their disagreement with the view taken in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. ECI-SPIC-SMO-MCML (JV), therefore, the matter was referred to larger Bench.
Know Thy Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judge: Justice S.V. Bhatti
Justice Bhatti served as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court for 1 month before being elevated to the Supreme Court on 14-07-2023.
SC Collegium recommends appointment of 4 Advocates, 2 Judicial Officers as Judges for High Courts of Telangana and Himachal Pradesh
1 woman judicial officer has been recommended by the Collegium for elevation as High Court Judge out of the 6 recommended names.
Delhi High Court dismisses PIL challenging method of empanelment of Government Advocates by calling it a ‘Publicity Interest Litigation’
Delhi High Court observed that it seems that the petitioner, who is an Advocate, filed the present petition after being a beneficiary of the very same process only because he has been denied extension or reappointment.
‘Plea of preference to females has no meaning when assessment of other candidates not done’; Patna High Court quashes appointment of librarian
When assessment/marking/evaluation of the candidates have not been done by the Interview Board/Selection Committee of the respective inter se merit of the candidates, the plea of preference has no meaning.
Madras High Court quashes notification inviting applications for appointment as member in Consumer Redressal Commissions in Tamil Nadu
If the notifications are bad in law and they are liable to be quashed, the subsequent selection procedure that has been undertaken would also suffer from the same vice.
Know Thy Judge | 37th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court: Justice S.V. Bhatti
Justice S.V. Bhatti assumed office as 37th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court consequent upon the retirement of former Chief Justice, Justice S. Mani kumar. He has formerly served as the Judge in High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Know Thy Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judge: Justice K.V. Viswanathan
On 19-05-2023, Justice K.V. Viswanathan became one of the few lawyers, who were elevated directly from the Bar to the Judgeship of the Supreme Court of India. With Justice Viswanathan’s elevation, the Collegium hopes to enhance the representation of the Bar in the Supreme Court.
President appoints Justice Nitin Jamdar as Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court
Shri Justice Nitin Madhukar Jamdar, Judge of Bombay High Court has been appointed as Acting Chief Justice to perform the duties of
Delhi High Court dismisses petition filed by a retired judicial officer challenging selection of Chairman at Competition Commission of India
Additional Solicitor General submitted that Ms. Ravneet Kaur, an IAS officer was appointed as Chairman, Competition Commission of India by the Selection Panel.
Appointment of Arbitrator during pendency of reference before MSME Facilitation Council is contrary to MSMED Act: Calcutta High Court
“…being a special statute the MSMED Act will have an overriding effect vis-à-vis the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.”
Know Thy Judge | Justice T.S. Sivagnanam – Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
Justice Tirunelveli Subbiah Sivagnanam was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on 11-05-2023.