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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicCollegium system

Topic: collegium system

Govt cites seniority, diversity to send back recommendation to elevate Justice Joseph

The government said a candidate’s seniority may be overlooked in order to ensure regional representation, but that wasn’t the case with Joseph, whose parent high court is Kerala HC.

Collegium musical chairs: How an HC judge set to supersede one, got passed over instead

A.K. Mittal was named for Delhi HC CJ by CJI Khehar’s collegium, but the file never moved. Now he’s himself superseded by Surya Kant for Himachal CJ.

A runaway judiciary is Modi govt’s biggest frustration

There's much room for reform in the government-judiciary relationship. But first, both need to speak the same language. 

SC collegium to make recommendations public, lawyers say it’s ‘merely cosmetic’

After the brouhaha over Justice Jayant Patel, collegium resolves to be more transparent, but some senior lawyers want minutes of meetings too. New Delhi: In...

After Justice Jayant Patel quits, lawyers’ body moves SC seeking collegium reform

The collegium debate is set to play out in open court now as the National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms has challenged its legitimacy.

Collegium system back under scanner after Justice Patel and Justice Shakdher’s cases

The assumption that the independence of the judiciary is entirely safe in the hands of judges is now in question again.

Justice Jayant Patel transfer case another test for SC’s collegium resolve

Collegium’s decision to supersede Justice Jayant Patel’s elevation to Chief Justice of Karnataka HC is set to be challenged by Gujarat Advocates’ Association.

On Camera

Hyderabad is no longer the better Bengaluru. Our roads are flooding and full of traffic

I wonder how the current government thinks it can talk about building ‘Future City’ in Hyderabad when even the present city itself is barely functioning.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Indian firm sets up titanium, superalloy plants to meet global need. Safran, Dassault, BAE line up

PTC Industries is investing Rs 1,000 cr in 4 manufacturing plants in UP, has already started supplying titanium parts to BAE Systems for its M-777 howitzers that India also uses.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.