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Topic: SC collegium

‘Ill-intended transfer, meant to harass’ — HC judge’s remark puts focus back on judicial transfers

Justice Pritinker Diwaker made news with his remark about decision taken by SC Collegium led by then CJI Dipak Misra in 2018. Described his transfer as sudden turn of events.

‘Collegium considers many aspects of personality’ — CJI on elevation of controversial lawyer to HC

Earlier this year, SC collegium’s go-ahead to Gowri’s appointment as additional judge of Madras HC was challenged on basis of her political affiliations & alleged hate speech.

Govt objected to 9 names SC collegium cleared for HC judgeship last month. They’re yet to be appointed

On Tuesday, an SC bench criticised govt for 'selectively picking' candidates while appointing judges, saying it disturbs the seniority fixed by the collegium.

‘Delaying justice’: Calcutta HC Bar Association publicly opposes appointment of judges with short tenures

Protesting such a move in open court first time, association raised objections during oath-taking ceremony, referring to tenures of Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and M.V. Muralidaran.

Advocate Sundaresan not on govt list of 3 new Bombay HC judges despite Collegium reiteration

Collegium reiterated his candidature in January. But, law ministry notified appointments of Shailesh Pramod Brahme, Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla, & Jitendra Shantilal Jain on 12 June.

‘Bid to calm SC’s nerves, polls, regional balance’ — why Modi govt replaced law minister Rijiju

NJAC, SC collegium for judges' appointment saw Kiren Rijiju clash with judiciary. With clutch of elections lined up, Modi govt needs image makeover, says section of BJP leaders.

Senior advocate’s views have no bearing on junior’s elevation as judge, says SC collegium

In a meeting held Tuesday, three-member SC collegium approves three names for the Bombay High Court — Shailesh Pramod Brahme, Firdosh Phiroze Pooniwalla and Jitendra Shantilal Jain.

After govt delay, SC withdraws proposal to transfer Orissa chief justice to Madras, makes fresh recommendation

After govt's delay in notifying its 2022 proposal to transfer Orissa HC's S Muralidhar, SC Collegium has recommended Sanjay V Gangapurwala, acting chief justice of Bombay HC, for the post.

‘Some judges are lazy & take yrs to write judgments, but no action from collegium’: Retd SC judge Chelameswar

Justice J Chelameswar was speaking at seminar at Kochi's Kerala HC Auditorium. He also spoke on need to record proceedings of collegium & importance of independence of judiciary.

After elevation of 2 HC judges, SC collegium yet to act on its call to transfer them, say officials

Usually, transfer of judges is done in the “interest of justice”. But despite repeated pleas by the Centre, the transfer of 2 judges of Rajasthan HC has been pending for over a year now.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?