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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicCollegium

Topic: Collegium

Ramana’s collegium didn’t diversify judiciary. Data shows most judges are upper-caste Hindus

Former CJI Ramana recently spoke about the absence of mechanism to ensure diversity in appointment of judges. He didn’t fix it in his tenure either.

1 mn backlog, 37% vacancies, but Allahabad HC lawyers don’t want ‘outsiders’ to fill judges’ ranks

What started as pushback against elevation of former SC judge's son, has extended to UP lawyers practicing in SC, with bar associations demanding judges to be from within Allahabad HC lawyers.

Why is Justice Akil Kureshi not in Supreme Court? A little bit more transparency, my lord

People have a right to know if government’s objections to appointments were driven by larger cause of justice or political considerations.

SC Collegium approves 6 names of Karnataka HC, one of Calcutta HC as permanent judges

Names of Justices Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay Gowda, Jyoti Mulimani, Nataraj Rangaswamy, Hemant Chandangoudar, Pradeep Singh Yerur & Maheshan Nagaprasanna have been approved.

India’s higher judiciary lacks professional diversity. It’s now a monopoly of lawyer-judges

Of the first 25 Supreme Court judges, only three had any experience in subordinate judiciary. The collegium system has only deepened this professional homogeneity further.

120 judge proposals are stuck as SC collegium hasn’t met for over 2 months due to lockdown

The collegium had last met on 20 April. An SC judge says meetings of collegium require a lot of deliberations, which are not possible on video calls.

Collegium system needs reconsideration, says former Supreme Court judge AK Sikri

Former SC Justice A.K. Sikri was speaking at launch of Chintan Chandrachud's new book 'The cases that India forgot'. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud was also present.

As Chief Justice, SA Bobde must make sure no government can bend Indian judiciary’s spine

As Chief Justice, Ranjan Gogoi did everything he had accused Dipak Misra of. Justice Bobde must not go down the same road.

Collegium deliberations on judges should stay confidential, says CJI-designate Bobde

Justice S.A. Bobde said sharing deliberations on the Collegium's rejection of candidates for higher judiciary was a matter of privacy rather than secrecy since people's reputations were at stake.

Supreme Court collegium’s 2 recent decisions have left the door wide open for tough questions

One would not be off the mark in saying that under the last few CJIs, Supreme Court collegium has ceded ground and authority to government.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India picks up non-sanctioned Russian oil as discounts widen

The purchases confirm a cautious return to Russian oil, though overall spot purchases remain limited. Trade talks between US and India are ongoing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.