Judges Appointment
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Delhi HC gets six new judges, effective strength now 40
India | Jul 21, 2025, 11:27 AM ISTThe newly-appointed judges include, Justices V Kameswar Rao, Nitin Wasudeo Sambre, Vivek Chaudhary, Anil Kshetrapal, Arun Kumar Monga and Om Prakash Shukla.
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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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Centre vs Judiciary: Judges don't face elections or public scrutiny, says Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
India | Jan 23, 2023, 09:29 PM ISTRijiju has been vocal in the criticism of the collegium system for the appointment of judges and even termed it alien to the Constitution.
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SC witnesses open 'turf-war' between judiciary, executive: Here's what happened in apex court today
India | May 04, 2018, 07:45 PM ISTThe strong remarks by the bench came after Venugopal said though the court was dealing with a matter relating to the vacancy of judges in the high courts of Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura, the fact was that the Collegium has been recommending only three names for high courts where the vacancy was for 40 judges.
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If polity supports, will resolve judges' appointment issue: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
India | Jan 04, 2018, 10:49 PM ISTThe Supreme Court had rejected the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act and the 99th constitutional amendment, which provided for the formation of the Commission.
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Justice Karnan's case calls for reviewing judges' selection process, says SC
India | Jul 06, 2017, 10:06 AM ISTJustice C S Karnan's case calls for revisiting the process of selection of judges to the constitutional courts, Justices J Chelameswar and Justice Ranjan Gogoi of the Supreme Court have said
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Govt proposes NEET-like exam to recruit judges in subordinate courts
India | Jun 12, 2017, 11:57 AM ISTThe proposal comes close on the heels of several states, including some ruled by the BJP, opposing the formation of an all-India judicial service, a 60-year-old idea
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Judiciary needs to be independent, process of judges' appointment cannot be 'hijacked': CJI
India | Dec 01, 2016, 11:51 PM ISTChief Justice of India T S Thakur today asserted the process of appointment of judges cannot be hijacked.
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Appointment of 125 High Court judges put on hold after NJAC notification
India | Apr 15, 2015, 11:01 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has decided not to process further about 125 pending cases for appointments of judges to various High Courts. This came a day after the government notified the National Judicial Appointments
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Govt may not immediately notify law to scrap collegium system
India | Jan 04, 2015, 10:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: A new law to replace the much-criticised collegium system is likely to be brought into force only after two eminent persons who would be part of the proposed high-level commission are nominated.Besides nominating
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Collegium system of judges' appointment 'opaque', says Sibal
India | May 13, 2013, 02:19 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 13: Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal Monday said that the present collegium system of appointment of judges was "opaque" and "non-transparent", but nothing could be done to change it overnight."Present (collegium) system
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SC To Decide If Criteria For Judges' Appointment Be Made Public
India | Nov 26, 2010, 12:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 26 : A Constitution bench of the Supreme Court would examine whether a citizen is entitled to know the criteria adopted for appointment and transfer of judges of high courts and the