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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicSupreme Court collegium

Topic: Supreme Court collegium

Justice R Banumathi set to join Supreme Court collegium following Gogoi’s retirement

Justice Banumathi is only the second woman after Justice Ruma Pal to be a part of the Supreme Court collegium.

No NJAC but Modi govt still manages to have a say on judges’ appointments, transfers

Justice Akil Kureshi’s case won’t be the last one where Supreme Court collegium will bow down to the arbitrary diktat of Modi government.

Modi govt red-flags J&K lawyer who converted to Islam but SC ignores & picks her as judge

Moksha Kazmi-Khajuria, a Jammu Hindu who converted to Islam to marry a Kashmiri Muslim businessman, was recommended for J&K High Court judgeship on 15 October.

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

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

Supreme Court collegium recommends Justice Kureshi for Tripura High Court

Earlier, the apex court had recommended Justice Kureshi for Madhya Pradesh High Court but the Centre had expressed reservations.

SC collegium rejects Madras HC chief justice’s request to reconsider transfer to Meghalaya

Justice Tahilramani, who upheld convictions in Bilkis Bano rape case, had refused consent to collegium's decision to move her from Madras HC to Meghalaya.

Lawyers’ body moves SC against Modi govt for not elevating judge ‘disliked’ by PM, Shah

Plea by Gujarat lawyers’ body claims Modi govt withholding appointment of Justice Akil Kureshi as chief justice of Madhya Pradesh HC despite collegium approval.

Collegium picks brother of SC judge Arun Mishra for Madhya Pradesh HC

Younger brother of SC judge Arun Mishra is Vishal Mishra. Collegium resolution says CM and Governor of Madhya Pradesh concurred with the recommendation.

Won’t betray collegium trust but recent decisions disappointing: Retired SC judge Lokur

Retired judge breaks silence on judge elevation row, says not aware of additional material that could have led to collegium rescinding December decision.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.