New Delhi, March 27 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has written to the chief justices of high courts, urging them to expedite the filling of judicial vacancies, with a special focus on the elevation of female judges to ensure diversity in the benches.According to sources, the CJI wrote to...
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New Delhi, March 24 – The Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, recommended on Tuesday the appointment of permanent judges to the High Courts of Chhattisgarh and Madras."The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on March 24, 2026, has approved the...
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Bengaluru, March 22 Former Chief Justice of India, B.R. Gavai, said on Sunday that the collegium system is the best suited for India, at least for now.He also emphasized that the government should seriously consider the national litigation policy aimed at reducing court backlog.Gavai made...
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Bengaluru, March 21 Supreme Court Justice B V Nagarathna called for the creation of a judicial reform commission on Saturday to reduce the growing backlog in courts, saying that systemic incentives across stakeholders were contributing to delays in the delivery of justice.She was speaking at...
New Delhi, March 8 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant emphasized the need for greater institutional reforms in the judiciary to promote greater female representation in the legal field, stating that high court collegiums should consider meritorious female lawyers for judicial appointments as a...
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New Delhi, March 5 Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on Thursday.He was previously a judge of the Kerala High Court.His name was recommended for the post by the Supreme Court Collegium last month. He replaces Justice Manindra...
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New Delhi, February 26 Expressing serious displeasure over the functioning of tribunals in the country, the Supreme Court on Thursday said they have become a "liability" and "mess" without any "accountability" and flagged that technical members of a financial tribunal were even "outsourcing the...
New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday took note of the issues plaguing the functioning of quasi-judicial bodies and asked the Centre to submit a comprehensive and uniform proposal for the management of all tribunals across the country within four weeks.A bench comprising Chief...
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Prayagraj, February 13 The High Court Bar Association (HCBA) of Allahabad has written a letter to the President, with copies to the Union Law Minister and the Chief Justice of India, expressing strong reservations regarding the proposal accepted by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointing five...
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New Delhi, February 13 All transfers are to be made in the public interest, the government told the Lok Sabha on Friday as it explained the entire process of transferring high court judges in response to a question on instances of "interference" by the executive in such transfers.In a written...
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Amaravati, February 12 Justice Balaji Medamalli was sworn in as an additional judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday.Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur of the Andhra High Court administered the oath of office to Justice Medamalli in the presence of other judges and senior judicial...