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TopicHigh Court judges

Topic: High Court judges

SC cracks whip on HC judges appointments, sets deadline for Centre to notify collegium

Bench led by CJI Bobde also paved the way for appointment of retired judges as ad-hoc judges to meet the vacancy crisis in high courts.

As 400+ HC judges’ posts lie vacant, govt tells SC it will follow timelines for appointment

In the past few weeks, the Centre and judiciary have been engaged in a blame game over the delay in judicial appointments to high courts and the large number of vacancies as a result.

SC has let itself and Indian democracy down by its pusillanimity on electoral bonds

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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.

Supreme Court collegium meets after 4 months, to fast-track appointment of high court judges

The Supreme Court collegium, led by CJI S.A. Bobde, discussed appointments for Gujarat, Allahabad, Patna and Kerala high courts.

No My Lord, Your Lordship — Rajasthan HC asks lawyers to junk colonial-era honorifics

The decision was taken unanimously at a full-court meeting of the Rajasthan High Court.

Modi govt likely to red-flag most of 8 lawyers Punjab & Haryana High Court wants as judges

The list of eight nominees has raised concerns in the Modi govt after a background check revealed 'integrity issues' and nepotism concerns.

3 high court judges elevated to Supreme Court

The number of judges in the top court after the fresh appointments has gone up to 25; there would still be six vacancies. New Delhi: Three...

Modi govt at it again, now rejects 2 names recommended for judges to J&K high court

The government has returned the names of advocates Wasim Sadiq Nargal and Nazir Ahmed Beig but is yet to offer a reason for its rejection.

MP judge who resigned after accusing senior of sexual harassment moves SC for reinstatement

The complainant in her plea requests that the MP high court judge be barred from accepting a job after he retires Wednesday.

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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.