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SC Collegium recommends appointment of Chief Justices of 4 HCs
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of the Chief Justices of the High Courts of Patna, Himachal Pradesh, Gauhati and Tripura.
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Centre notifies elevation of 13 judges, advocates to 3 High Courts
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Government notified the elevation of 13 Judicial offices and Advocates for the three different High courts.
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Centre appoints 3 new acting Chief Justice of high courts of Manipur, Patn
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
After the elevation of the five judges to the Apex Court, the President of India on Saturday also approved the appointment of three judges of the High Courts of Rajasthan. Patna and Manipur as the Acting Chief Justices of these High Courts.
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SC gets five new Judges, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju extends best wishes
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Centre on Saturday cleared the appointments of five new Judges. The Supreme Court collegium had recommended their names in December for elevation from High Courts to the Apex court. After the new appointments, the working strength of the Supreme Court increased to 32.
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Many factors responsible for pendency of cases: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"The pendency of cases in courts is not only due to a shortage of judges in High Courts but also due to various other factors like---an increase in the number of states and central legislations, accumulation of first appeals, a continuation of ordinary civil jurisdiction in some of the High
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Govt committed to fill up vacancies expeditiously in a time-bound manner:
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
He also informed the Parliament that while filling up vacancies in the High Courts is a continuous, integrated and collaborative process that requires consultation and approval from various constitutional authorities, vacancies keep arising on account of retirement, resignation or elevati
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Delay in transfer of judges in HC may lead to administrative actions: SC t
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its concern on the issue of keeping the list of the transfers of judges of the high courts pending with the Centre and warned that delay in transfers might lead to administrative actions which may not be palatable.
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SC, HC judges appointed under Constitution, not reservation: Kiren Rijiju
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday while responding to queries in parliament stated that the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and High Court is made under Articles 124, 217 and 224 of the Constitution of India which do not provide for reservation for any caste or
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Supreme Court Collegium has made 7 recommendations to fill up all vacancie
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Rijiju also informed the Parliament that as on January 30, against the sanctioned strength of 1108 judges in various High Courts,775 judges are working and 333 posts of Judges are vacant in the High Courts.
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You are bound to follow SC collegium decision: Nariman to Rijiju
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
This comes after Kiren Rijiju criticized the SC's collegium system of seeking RAW and IB inputs on the appointment of judges in the High Courts, calling it a "matter of serious concern".
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SC Collegium approves elevation of judicial officers and advocates to thre
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court collegium has approved a proposal for the elevation of three judicial officers and five Advocates as Judges in the Madras High Court, three advocates for judges in Karnataka High Court and nine advocates as judges in the Allahabad High Court.
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SC allows filing of plea to transfer petitions before HCs challenging anti
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala told senior advocate Kapil Sibal to file an application for the transfer of petitions pending before the High Courts to the top court.
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