Judges' Appointment

Govt doing everything possible to strengthen judicial system: Kiren Rijiju

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the government is doing everything possible to strengthen the judicial system and have a "very close, cordial relationship" with the judiciary. The remarks come close on the heels of the minister attacking the collegium system of appointment of judges and describing it as something alien to the Constitution. Addressing the Constitution Day event at the Supreme Court in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud, Rijiju said, "We work as a team from the government's side under the visionary leadership of the prime minister." "We are doing everything possible to strengthen the Indian judicial system and also to have a very close, cordial relationship with the Indian judiciary," he said. Rijiju said he is fortunate to have shared a very cordial relationship with the previous two CJIs N V Ramana and U U Lalit, and incumbent Chandrachud as well as the judges of the Supreme Court and high ...

Supreme Court collegium perfect, doesn't require fine tuning: Ex-CJI Lalit

Former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit said the Supreme Court collegium is perfect and it does not require any fine-tuning.

A fresh beginning

Justice Chandrachud's term will be closely followed

SC dismisses plea to block Justice Chandrachud's appointment as next CJI

The petition sought contempt proceedings and criminal action against Justice Chandrachud, objected to CJI Lalit hearing the case

Is it time to rethink the collegium system of judicial appointments?

The govt says that appointments and transfers in judiciary have been opaque. But the SC believes, scrapping the collegium system will compromise its independence. Let's delve deeper into the debate

Centre recommends elevation of two judges as CJs of Karnataka and J-K HC

The Centre has notified the elevation of two judges as chief justices of the Karnataka High Court, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, and also notified the transfer of Chief Justice of J&K High Court to the Rajasthan High Court.

SC collegium meeting of Sept 30 on elevation of judges discharged

'The unfinished work in the meeting called for September 30 is closed without there being any further deliberation and it stands discharged'

153 high court judges appointed this year; more appointments likely: Report

A total of 153 judges have been appointed to the various high courts in this calendar year so far, with sources on Thursday hinting at more appointments to the higher judiciary in the coming days. Six additional judges were appointed to the Bombay High Court on Thursday. It is learnt that the government is also set to take a call on the elevation of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta to the top court shortly. If he is appointed to the apex court, its working strength will go up to 30. The sanctioned strength of the top court is 34, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The government is also set to initiate the process of appointing the next CJI, most likely this week or early next week. As part of the procedure, the Union law minister writes to the CJI to name his or her successor. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit retires as the CJI on November 8. Justice D Y Chandrachud is the senior-most judge after the CJI. As per practice, the CJI names the senior-most judge as hi

Govt holds names of 2 advocates recommended for elevation as HC judges

The government has held back names of two advocates recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, sources said. In July, the SC Collegium had recommended names of 13 advocates for elevation as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Acting on the recommendation, the government had notified the appointment of 11 advocates as judges on August 14. However, it decided to hold back the names of H S Brar and Kuldeep Tiwari. Citing certain old allegations against one and lack of experience and less age of the other, sources aware of the process to appoint members of the higher judiciary said, their names have been held back by the law ministry. A candidate must be between 45 and 55 years of age for being considered a judge of the high court. The government will take a "considered view" on the two names at an "appropriate time", the sources said. They also pointed out that the government has a right to seek reconsideratio

With 14.4 judges per million people, undertrials at historic high

The pendency debate between Law Minister Rijiju and CJI Ramana might come down to judicial vacancies

With 14.4 judges per million people, undertrials at historic high

The pendency debate between Law Minister Rijiju and CJI Ramana might come down to judicial vacancies

Centre notifies appointment of 2 judges; SC to regain full strength of 34

The Supreme Court is set to regain its full strength of 34 judges with two appointments to the top court on Saturday.

'Judges appointing judges' a propagated myth, says CJI Ramana

There is a need to liberate the institution of public prosecutors. Total independence must be granted to them and to make them answerable only to the Courts, he further said

SC picking Kirpal as Delhi HC judge historic, huge: Gay rights activists

The senior advocate moved a significant step towards becoming a Delhi High Court judge with the collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, recommending his name

After a much-needed capacity boost, NCLT readies to fast-track cases

NCLT got 18 fresh recruits, a new president and a chairman, during the last month, after more than one and a half years

Eight newly appointed judges of Allahabad HC administered oath

Eight newly appointed judges of the Allahabad High court were Wednesday administered the oath office by Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal

SC collegium recommends 16 names for elevation as judges of 4 HCs

The Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana, has recommended 16 names for elevation as judges of the high courts of Bombay, Gujarat, Orissa and Punjab and Haryana

SC collegium recommends names to Centre, 13 HCs to get new Chief Justices

The collegium's decisions, reported earlier by PTI, were uploaded on the apex court's website on Tuesday.

SC asks govt to fill vacancies in tribunals, chides it for 'cherry picking'

Court asks Centre to make appointments within two weeks to the tribunals, which are facing severe crunch of presiding officers

'Centre emasculating tribunals by not making appointments,' says SC

There are around 250 posts lying vacant at various key tribunals and appellate tribunals such as NCLT, DRT, TDSAT andT