Centre notifies appointment of Acting Chief Justices for J&K and Ladakh High Court and Madras High Court
The appointments were made considering the elevation of Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice R. Mahadevan to the Supreme Court.
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President appoints Justice N. Kotiswar Singh and Justice R. Mahadevan as Judges of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Collegium on 11-07-2024 had recommended the Judges’ names. With their induction, the Supreme Court will once again function on its complete strength of 34 Judges.
May 2024 Judicial Appointment Tracker | 3 SC Collegium Recommendation; 6 HC Appointment; 3 Transfers and 3 Retirements
This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments, retirements in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.
February 2024 Judicial Appointments Tracker | 8 High Court Appointments and 17 Supreme Court Collegium Recommendations
This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Permanent Judges for 3 High Courts
The Collegium recommended the names of 13 Additional Judges to be appointed as Permanent Judges for the High Courts of Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab and Haryana.
January 2024 Judges Tracker | 1 Supreme Court and 15 High Court Appointments; 22 Collegium Recommendations
This segment aims to track and chart the monthly course of judicial appointments in the Supreme Court and High Courts along with recommendations made by the Supreme Court Collegium.
NLUO | 2nd Panel Discussion on “Judicial Appointments and Government Interference with Collegium Resolutions” [November 26, 2023]
Constitutional Law Society of National Law University Odisha is organizing its 2nd Panel Discussion on “Judicial Appointments and Government Interference with Collegium
Know Thy Newly Appointed Supreme Court Judge – Justice Sandeep Mehta
Dr. Justice D.Y Chandrachud, CJI, administered oath to Justice Sandeep Mehta on 9-11-2023.
Supreme Court stays Gujarat Govt’s ‘rushed’ decision to promote judicial officers as District Judges; says ‘State could’ve waited till next hearing’
The Gujarat Government had issued the impugned Notification dated 18.04.2023 during the pendency of the present writ petition and after receiving the notice issued by the Court. The Supreme Court observed that the State Government could have waited till the next date of hearing which was on 28.04.2023.
Know Thy Judge| 5 Judges who have received President’s nod for appointment as Supreme Court Judges
With the Govt. of India notifying the appointment of the Judges, read more about the new appointees and what it means for Supreme Court’s Judges’ strength.
Ad-hoc judges to be appointed to deal with unprecedented pendency of cases in High Courts. Supreme Court issues guidelines and “trigger points” for activation of dormant Article 224A
“Article 224 A should not be made a dead letter, more so when the need is so pressing.”
With 220 vacancies, “the High Courts are in a crisis situation”; Here’s what the Supreme Court advised to facilitate timely appointments
“The High Courts are in a crisis situation. There are almost 40% vacancies in the High Courts, with many of the larger High Courts working under 50% of their sanctioned strength.”
SC orders revised schedule for appointment of judicial officers in West Bengal; MP HC’s Examination Committee to review the situation within a month before taking a decision
Supreme Court: The 3-judge Bench of SA Bobde, CJ and AS Bopanna and S. Ramasubramanian, JJ has ordered a revised schedule for
Judicial Vacancies: SC seeks status of vacant posts of judicial officers; Law Secretaries & Registrar Generals of all HCs summoned
Supreme Court: The Court has directed all States, Union Territories (UTs) and the High Courts to apprise it on the status of
All recommendations and resolutions by passed Collegium to be displayed on Supreme Court website
On 03.10.2017, the Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra along with Justice J. Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Madan B. Lokur
Central Selection Mechanism for lower judiciary will not compromise the autonomy of the States; ‘Concept note’ notified
On 09.08.2017, a ‘concept note’ on a Central Selection Mechanism (CSM) for the lower judiciary was notified on the Supreme Court website
Centralised system for appointments in lower judiciary? Supreme Court may pass the order
On 04.08.2017, the 3-judge bench of JS Khehar, CJ and AK Goel and AM Khanwilkar, JJ indicated that the Court was inclined to