CJI took upon himself to initiate the process after he came across media reports on high courts not complying with top court’s judgements on ad-hoc appointments, it is learnt.
In an interaction with media persons, he reiterated that he would not accept any post-retirement appointment from the govt, and declined to comment on Justice Yashwant Verma issue.
It's very rare for SC collegium to recommend a retired district judge as a judge of high court. Vimal Kumar Yadav demitted office in January as district judge of Patiala House Court.
Read Shahdol civil judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma's full resignation letter, submitted day after Centre notified district judge Rajesh Kumar Gupta’s appointment as MP HC judge for 2 years.
Of the 33 judges currently on the Supreme Court, at least 10 are closely related to former judges, while an equal number had fathers who were lawyers, an investigation by ThePrint has found.
CJI Sajiv Khanna took the step after reading the preliminary investigation conducted by the Delhi HC Chief Justice. A decision on Justice Varma's transfer will be taken Monday.
On the night of the fire on 14 March, no official record or seizure of cash was made after officials were told by Varma's staff that the sacks contained 'stationery & court papers'.
Cash was reported to have been found at Justice Yashwant Varma's official bungalow by team of police & firefighters after a fire broke out there. Judge to be sent back to Allahabad HC.
Apart from Manoj Pulamby Madhavan, CJI-led panel also cleared elevation of Abdul Hakhim Mullapally, Syam Kumar Vadakke Mudavakkat, Harisankar Menon, Manu S. Nair, Easwaran Subramani.
China and India are home to 1.2 billion young people. They’re the pioneers in advancing the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and realising the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’.
The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.
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