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Monday, July 28, 2025
TopicAppointment of Judges

Topic: Appointment of Judges

4,000 judges’ posts in trial courts, 419 in HCs remain vacant, law minister tells Parliament

Ravi Shankar Prasad said only 66 new judges were appointed to 15 high courts in 2020, down from 81 in 2019 and 108 in 2018. Allahabad, Delhi and Calcutta HCs are worst-hit.

Not just govt, judiciary also to blame for mounting judge vacancies in high courts

Over 400 out of 1,079 high court judge posts are vacant, and data accessed by ThePrint shows that HC collegiums don’t recommend names on time.

Modi govt keeps SC collegium waiting on Kashmir lawyer picked as HC judge, gives no reason

Ten months ago, Supreme Court collegium asked the central govt to explain why Wasim Sadiq Nargal’s appointment was junked. It’s yet to get a reply.

Why Modi govt has put lawyer Kamal Sehgal’s elevation as judge on hold

Supreme Court collegium recommended Kamal Sehgal for elevation as a judge of Punjab & Haryana HC in July.

Recusal has become a selective call of morality for Supreme Court judges

Several Supreme Court judges, including CJI Gogoi, withdrew from activist Gautam Navlakha’s bail plea case. But judges don’t recuse when they should.

Fewer Indian women in higher judiciary? Blame high court collegiums, suggests data

Not a single high court collegium recommended more than 30% women for judgeship. For many, the number is below 10%.

Govt says no plans to regulate appointment, conduct of Supreme Court & High Court judges

Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Rajya Sabha that there would be no parliamentary oversight in the appointment and conduct of Supreme Court and High Court judges.

Supreme Court collegium clears names for two high courts, rejects objections

The collegium clears names of four advocates for elevation as judges of Punjab and Haryana HC and five advocates for Delhi HC.

Modi govt returns names of 2 more lawyers to be elevated as judges after 2 years

Move to send back names of Harnaresh Singh Gill and Mohammed Nizamuddin unusual as Centre cites no adverse remarks against them.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.