Page 2 - Judges Appointment

CJI N V Ramana administers Oath of Office to 9 Judge Designates

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana administered the Oath of Office to the nine Supreme Court Judges on Tuesday.The nine Judge Designates are Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, Justice Hima Kohli, Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice Chudalayil Thevan Ravikumar, Justice MM Sundresh, Justice Bela Madhurya Trivedi, and Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha.This is for the first time in the history of the Supreme Court of India when nine judges had taken the Oath of Office in one go.In another first, the venue of the ceremony is shifted to the auditorium. This is done keeping in view the need for strict adherence to COVID-19 norms.Traditionally, the oath to the new Judges is administered in Court Room No.1 which is presided over by the CJI.It may be recalled that the Supreme Court Collegium, on August 17, 2021, had recommended nine names for elevation to the Bench of Supreme Court.Accepting the recommendations made by the Supreme Court ..

CJI N V Ramana to administer oath of office to 9 new SC judges on Tuesday

Nine new judges, including three women, would be administered oath of office as judges of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana on Tuesday

SC gets 9 new judges, B V Nagarathna could be first woman CJI in 2027

Nine new judges, including three women, were on Thursday appointed to the Supreme Court, with Justice B V Nagarathna in line to be the first woman Chief Justice of India (CJI) in September 2027

Speculations in media on judges' appointment process very unfortunate: CJI

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Wednesday termed "very unfortunate" certain "speculations and reports" in the media about Collegium meeting regarding appointment of judges' in the Supreme Court

Judge-population ratio stood at 21.03 judges per million people in 2020

The Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday

Collegium to finalise names for appointment as judges: HC

The bench was hearing the petition that high court was working at a strength that was lessor than its sanctioned capacity, which had several 'negative impact' on citizens

Delhi HC gets two new judges; 4 Karnataka HC additional judges elevated

Experienced lawyers Jasmeet Singh and Amit Bansal were on Monday appointed as judges of the Delhi High Court, the Law Ministry said.

Turf-war escalates between Judiciary-Executive over judges' appointment

The apex court also hit out at the Centre for keeping the names recommended by the Collegium pending

Centre's indifference is behind ongoing cease-work: Calcutta HC lawyers

The high court now has only 30 judges, of whom two are always on rotation at the Andaman and Nicobar Circuit Bench, as against the sanctioned strength of 72

SC has six judges' vacancies, govt yet to receive proposal to fill up slots

The approved strength of the Supreme Court is 31, including the Chief Justice of India

Centre seeks dismissal of pleas on judges' appointment

A-G said govt has been filing status reports as sought by the court at different points of time

Collegium recommends 77 names, govt clears 34 as HC judges

The AG told the court that not a single file on appointment of judges is pending with the government