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No shortage of judges in Supreme Court: Govt
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 10 (ANI) The government said on Wednesday that there was no shortage of judges in Supreme Court as it has reached its full strength but admitted that there were 403 vacancies in the High Courts across the country.
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No shortage of judges in Supreme Court: RS Prasad
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 10 (ANI): The centre on Wednesday said there is no shortage of judges in the Supreme Court as it has reached its full strength but admitted that there are 403 vacancies in the High Courts across the country.
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Allahabad HC judge writes to PM Modi on 'nepotism', 'casteism' in appointm
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 03 (ANI): Allahabad High Court Judge Rang Nath Pandey has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging "nepotism and casteism" in the appointment of judges to High Courts and the Supreme Court.
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SC declines to hear lawyer's plea on senior advocate designation
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to all the high courts to modify their guidelines so that advocates with a minimum 10-years of practice can apply for the senior advocate's designation.
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SC asks all High Courts to deal with issue of filling vacancies in police
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): The Supreme Court has asked all the High Courts to deal with the matter relating to the filling up of a large number of vacancies in police forces in the states.
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Collegium at fault, not Centre for vacancies in high courts: CJI tells pet
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Friday stated that around 70 to 80 files relating to appointment of judges are pending with Collegium and only 27 files are with the Central government.
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SC pulls up states, High Court for delay in filling up judges' vacancies
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the state governments and their respective high courts for delay in filling up the vacant posts in higher and subordinate judiciary and infrastructure for the functioning of the courts.
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SC gets 4 new judges within 48 hours
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Nov 2 (ANI): Four Chief Justices of different High Courts were appointed as Supreme Court judges on Friday following an approval by President Ram Nath Kovind last night.
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SC pulls up states, High Courts over delay in recruitment of judges
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up state governments and the High Courts for not filling up the vacancies in the subordinate judiciary and cautioned that it may go for a "centralised recruitment process" if vacancies are not filled in time.
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SC Collegium recommends Chief Justices to 5 High Courts
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of Chief Justices to High Courts of Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Guwahati, Calcutta, and Bombay.
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Centre hikes monetary limit for filing tax appeals
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): In order to reduce the long pending grievances of taxpayers and to minimise litigations pertaining to tax matters and facilitate the Ease of Doing Business, Government of India decided to increase the threshold monetary limits for filing Departmental Appeals
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SC wants anti-sexual harassment panels in all courts
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday directed state high courts to ensure that committees in all district courts must be set up to deal with sexual harassment complaints.
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