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Justice Arup Kumar Goswami who was appointed as the 14th Chief Justice of the High Court of Chhattisgarh with effect from 12-10-2021 is retiring today. Justice Goswami is known to be a cricket enthusiast and has represented Assam in the Ranji Trophy.
On 03-03-2023, the President has appointed following Additional Judges of Madras High Court, to be Judges of Madras High Court with effect
On 03-03-2023, the President of India has appointed Shri Justice Amit Sharma, Additional Judge of Delhi High Court to be the Judge
The Supreme Court has directed that the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners shall appointed by the President on the advice of the Committee of the Prime Minister of India, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. This will curtail the devastating effect of continuing to leave appointments in sole hands of the Executive on Fundamental Rights and values.
Justice Sonia Giridhar Gokani, who recently took oath as the Gujarat High Court’s 28th and First Woman Chief Justice, retired on 25-02-2023 after a shortest tenure of any Chief Justice in the history of Gujarat High Court
Former Judge of Uttaranchal High Court, Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra was recently elevated as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. At his swearing-in ceremony, Justice Mishra stated that his priority will be to impart justice to the poor and downtrodden while expediting old cases.
The President appoints following Advocates as Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court in that order of seniority for a period of
In a historic moment for Gujarat High Court, today Justice Sonia G. Gokani took oath as the High Court’s First Woman Chief Justice. The Supreme Court Collegium recommended as her name for the post stating that her elevation will bring a sense of inclusion and facilitate representation.
With former High Court Chief Justices Rajesh Bindal and Aravind Kumar swearing in as Supreme Court Judges, read to know about the new appointees and what it means for Supreme Court’s Judges’ strength.
The President has appointed following as the Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court in that order of seniority for a period of
The President has appointed following as the Additional Judges of Madras High Court in that order of seniority, for a period of
The President appoints following Additional Judges of Kerala High Court as the Judges of the Kerala High Court with effect from the
The President has appointed Smt. Justice Sabina, senior-most Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, to perform the duties of the office
The Delhi High Court held that the engagement of BSNL VRS-2019 retirees in any Central Public Sector Enterprises/Government department on contractual/consultancy basis, for which the retired employees on superannuation in due course were eligible for consideration, was not in violation of Clause 8 (iii) of BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme-2019.
The President has appointed Shri Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh, senior most puisne Judge of the Gauhati High Court, to perform the duties
The Delhi High Court held that naming of an administrator pendente lite would not come up unless and until the Executor was initially removed by the appropriate Court as per Section 301 of Succession Act, 1925. Further, it was held that an executor appointed in probate proceedings would not be readily removed unless gross misconduct, gross mismanagement, abuse, or misuse of probate was demonstrated.
Justice Chandra Dhari Singh observed that the entire saga of the series of appointments, absorption and promotion of Siddharth Rao, Secretary of Delhi Legislative Assembly, is tainted with irregularities and illegalities, de-hors the rules or due process of law, without approval by the competent authority and hence vitiated.
The President has appointed Shri Justice Dipankar Datta, Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, to be a Judge of
Jharkhand Public Service Commission and State were directed to complete the process of appointment of Assistant Public Prosecutor pursuant to Advertisement No. 03/18 within a period of two months.
Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a Letters Patent Appeal, filed against the order which set aside the appointment of