The appointment of retired Supreme Court judge Justice Abdul Nazeer as Arunachal Pradesh Governor is based on merit and does not reduce people's faith in the judiciary, former Allahabad High Court judge Justice Sakharam Singh Yadav said on Sunday.
Justice Abhay Thipsay's reaction came after the appointment of retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Abdul Nazeer as the third Governor of Andhra Pradesh drew criticism from the Opposition.
A trial court judge who discharged Sharjeel Imam and 10 other accused in a case connected with violence near Jamia Milia Islamia University, has recused himself from hearing another connected matter.
Judges of High Courts are transferred as per the procedure laid down in the Memorandum of Procedure prepared in 1998 pursuant to the Supreme Court, said the Ministry in its reply in Parliament.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the nine-judge bench constituted to decide the correctness of the Sabarimala judgment will also decide the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
The Collegium's resolution said that the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court does not have representation amongst Chief Justices of High Courts since the retirement of Justice AM Margret.
Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will on Friday pronounce its judgement on whether the plea against the practice of ex-communication in the Dawoodi Bohra community needs to be referred to a larger bench.
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Visakhapatnam, on Thursday sentenced Surendranath Datti, former assistant general manager-cum-centre head of IDBI Bank Ltd's Vizag Retail Asset Centre, to two years imprisonment in a bank fraud case.