Judiciary
Candidate declared unfit for the post of District Judge due to pendency of criminal case. Can they claim reconsideration after acquittal? Read what SC says
Supreme Court: In a case where a man was tried for and later acquitted from charges under Section 498A/406/34 IPC, the bench
Kerala HC | President appoints 4 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges
President appoints the following Additional Judges as Permanent Judges: S/Shri Justices (i) V.G. Arun (ii) N. Nagaresh (iii) T.V. Anilkumar, and (iv)
Jharkhand HC | Appointment of 2 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges– Notified
President appoints S/Shri Justices (1) Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi and (2) Deepak Roshan, Additional Judges of the Jharkhand High Court, to be Judges
Punjab and Haryana HC | Appointment of an Additional Judge of the P&H HC
Appointment of an Additional Judge President appoints appoint Shri Rajesh Bhardwaj, to be an Additional Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High
AP HC | Telephonic conversation designing a plot against Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh & Supreme Court Judge; Court requests Justice Raveendran to hold enquiry
Andhra Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of M. Satyanarayana Murthy and Lalitha Kanneganti, JJ., ordered an enquiry into a conversation contained in
Manipur HC | Contempt proceedings initiated against ASP for posting derogatory content on Facebook against a Special Judge and Judiciary
Manipur High Court: A Division Bench of Lanusungkum Jamir and Kh. Nobin Singh, JJ., initiated contempt proceedings, wherein Additional Superintendent of Police is
Online Court whose time has come!
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Members of subordinate judiciary can’t claim direct recruitment to the District judge post under quota meant for practicing advocates
Supreme Court: A 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ has held that members of the judicial
Cal HC | People have a right to criticize the dispensation running the administration of the country: be it the Executive, Judiciary or the Legislature
Calcutta High Court: Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, J. directed a case concerning the arrest of a freelance journalist to be listed for hearing in January,
Here’s why Supreme Court held that the Office of CJI comes under the purview of RTI
Supreme Court: In yet another historic verdict, the 5-judge constitution Bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and NV Ramana, Dr. DY Chandrachud, Deepak
No hesitation in disclosing the reason for the transfer of judges for cogent reason: SC
Supreme Court: Amid the ongoing controversy over the transfer of Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya K Tahilramani, the Supreme Court on
Direction to implement ‘short-term measures’ for funding for infrastructure of subordinate judiciary issued
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has directed the short-term measures
NCMSC to formulate a scientific method for determining the basis for computing the required judge strength of the district judiciary to resolve the issue of backlog of cases
Supreme Court: Terming the inadequacy of judges to be the root cause for the delay in disposal of cases resulting in huge
Courts cannot encroach upon the fields that are under the exclusive domain of legislature
Supreme Court: Stating that the High Courts cannot encroach upon the fields that are under the exclusive domain of legislature, the Court
Regularisation is not a source of recruitment nor is it intended to confer permanency upon appointments which have been made without following the due process
Supreme Court: In the PIL relating to lack of basic amenities in the Bandipora District Court affecting the proper functioning of Courts
No assembly or demonstration will be carried out within the premises of the Court disrupting proper functioning of the judicial institution
Kerala High Court: Taking suo moto cognizance of the recent events, the Division Bench of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, Ag. C J. and
Mistakes by judicial officers undermines esteem of the judiciary
Kerala High Court: Upbraiding the Judicial Magistrate who had remanded the petitioner to judicial custody contrary to its orders, in spite of