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Topic: SC judges

Rohinton Nariman, Parsi priest & only 4th lawyer to become SC judge, retires this week

Bhadra Sinha - 9 August, 2021

Justice Nariman, who has authored several notable judgments, some of which were written while he was a junior judge, ends his tenure on 12 August.

CJI Ramana wants diversity in Indian judiciary but several reasons stand in the way

Maja Daruwala - 15 June, 2021

While examining diversity across police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid, the India Justice Report 2020 points out that data for diversity among judges remains unavailable.

As SC judge Indu Malhotra retires, a look at 3 woman judges who could make it to top court

Bhadra Sinha - 12 March, 2021

Justice Malhotra, appointed as SC judge in April 2018, was first woman lawyer to be directly elevated to top court. After her retirement, SC will be left with only one woman judge.

Of SC’s 4 new judges, one junked plea against Yogi and another brought CJI under RTI

Apoorva Mandhani - 24 September, 2019

Two of the 4 new judges — Justice Roy and Justice Bhat — graduated together and are batchmates of serving judges, Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and S.K. Kaul

4 new Supreme Court judges take oath, total strength now at 34

PTI - 23 September, 2019

With nearly 60,000 pending cases, the Centre last week cleared the names of four high court chief justices who were recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium.

Cabinet approves increasing strength of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 33

PTI - 31 July, 2019

The apex court will have a strength of 33 judges excluding the Chief Justice of India, once the Parliament approves the bill.

Supreme Court’s rule for quota candidates availing age relaxation contradicts its own view

Anurag Bhaskar - 12 July, 2019

The relaxations are meant to bring the reserved category candidates to a level-playing field where they can also compete in the open category.

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ThePrint Team - 28 May, 2021

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Will US craft a new oil compact with Saudi Arabia? Joe Biden may have to eat his own words

Praveen Swami - 29 June, 2022

Like many, India will be anxiously watching the US-Saudi Arabia summit in Jeddah—knowing its fate is tied to the decisions King Salman and Joe Biden make.