Collegium System
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Supreme Court Collegium modifies recommendations for four High Court Chief Justices
India | Sep 17, 2024, 11:44 PM ISTSupreme Court Collegium: Justices Indra Prasanna Mukerji, Suresh Kumar Kait, GS Sandhawalia, and Tashi Rabstan were proposed as Chief Justices for the Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Courts, respectively.
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Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 3 lawyers as Delhi HC judges: Check names here
India | Aug 21, 2024, 08:03 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court is currently facing a significant shortfall in its judicial strength, with only 39 judges serving against a sanctioned capacity of 60.
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Supreme Court gets three new judges, top court to function with full strength of 34 after their oath
India | Nov 09, 2023, 03:40 PM ISTDelhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Augustine George Masih and Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta were appointed as top court judges.
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'Differences don't mean confrontation': Law Min clarifies recent feuds between Centre & Judiciary
India | Mar 25, 2023, 03:49 PM IST"we must understand that we are in a democracy. There are bound to be certain differences in terms of some outlooks but you can't have conflicting positions," said Law Minister.
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SC Collegium raises concern over Centre overlooking names recommended for judges' appointment
India | Mar 22, 2023, 08:17 PM ISTThe collegium, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, said notification for the elevation of persons recommended earlier in point of time should be issued at the earliest.
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'Should not have happened', SC on Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's remarks on collegium
India | Nov 29, 2022, 04:31 PM ISTLaw Minister Kiren Rijiju had said "anything which is alien to the Constitution merely because of the decision taken by the courts or some judges and how do you expect that the decision will be backed by the country?
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No institution in 'democracy' is perfect: CJI DY Chandrachud on collegium system
India | Nov 25, 2022, 11:32 PM ISTCollegium system in India: CJI said November 26, 1959 was an important day because it was when the constituent assembly adopted the Constitution.
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Collegium system 'alien' to Indian Constitution: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
India | Nov 25, 2022, 11:02 PM ISTCollegium system in India: Law Minister explained that once the Supreme Court or a high court collegium sends recommendation, the government has to do due diligence.
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Supreme Court Collegium recommends transfer of seven High Courts judges
India | Nov 24, 2022, 11:16 PM ISTSupreme Court Collegium news: Justice D Ramesh has been transferred from Andhra Pradesh High Court to Allahabad High Court, while Justice Lalitha Kanneganti recommended being sent from Telangana High Court to Karnataka High Court.
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Law Minister Kiren Rijiju says need to 'think about' collegium system of appointment
India | Sep 18, 2022, 07:49 AM ISTRijiju said appointments in the higher judiciary are "pending", but "not due to Law Minister but due to the system".
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SC refuses to reconsider 1993 order over collegium system
India | Nov 06, 2019, 11:11 PM ISTA nine-judge Bench, which included Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S.A Bobde and Justice N.V. Ramana, dismissed the review petition filed by the National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Reforms and Transparency (NLCJRT) saying it was without merit.
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SC collegium recommends appointment of 44 judges in 6 HCs
India | Dec 06, 2017, 09:13 PM ISTBesides making recommendation of elevation of advocates as judges in different high court, the apex court collegium also gave its nod for making 25 additional judges as permanent judges of five high courts.
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‘We don’t go to Manali for vacations’: CJI’s counter to PM’s suggestion to cut holidays
India | Apr 25, 2016, 07:07 PM ISTA day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that the judges of higher courts should consider cutting down on their holidays in order to deal with the huge load of pending cases in courts, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today blamed the liti
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SC asks Centre to prepare MoP on appointment of judges
India | Dec 16, 2015, 12:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Coming out with a slew of guidelines to improve the collegium system of appointment of judges, the Supreme Court today said views of the Centre and States should be taken into account and
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Supreme Court to pronounce verdict tomorrow on improving collegium system
India | Dec 15, 2015, 10:16 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce tomorrow the verdict on bringing transparency in the collegium system of appointing judges in higher judiciary.The collegium system of judges appointing judges, which had come into
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'Parliament has power to govern process for appointment of judges'
India | Dec 03, 2015, 03:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Over a month after the Supreme Court struck down a law on appointment of judges to the higher judiciary, the government today asserted in Lok Sabha that Parliament has "power" to "govern" the
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Law can't justify a situation where CJI appoints judges: Govt
National | Nov 28, 2015, 12:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: Questioning the collegium system, government today said in Rajya Sabha that no position of law "can ever justify" a situation where the CJI appoints other judges and everyone else becomes irrelevant.The remarks of
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Supreme Court extends time till November 13 for collegium suggestions
India | Nov 05, 2015, 04:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till November 13 the time for inviting suggestions to make the functioning of collegium system transparent and eligibility criteria based for the appointment of judges to the
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'There can't be wholesale changes in the collegium system': Supreme Court
India | Nov 03, 2015, 08:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today ruled out making "wholesale changes" in the collegium system of appointment of judges for higher judciary but expressed its willingness to evolve a greater transparency "within the existing parameters"."There
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Suggestions in SC to bring transparency in collegium system
India | Nov 03, 2015, 02:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Several suggestions to bring about greater transparency in the collegium system of appointing judges for the higher judiciary, including establishment of a complaint redressal mechanism, were placed before the Supreme Court today.The issues