‘Interference in judicial appointments does not augur well for the institution,’ says Supreme Court

The top court agreed to keep pending a petition asking the Centre to implement the collegium’s recommendation on the transfer of a Bombay High Court judge.

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· 2 hours ago

Four new Supreme Court judges take oath

There are now 34 judges in the top court.

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· 6 hours ago

SC collegium changes recommendation, now backs Justice Kureshi’s elevation as Tripura HC chief

On May 10, the Supreme Court recommended that Kureshi be made the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, but the government had not agreed.

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· Sep 21, 2019 · 11:45 am

Madras High Court gets acting chief justice after president accepts VK Tahilramani’s resignation

Vineet Kothari will be the acting chief justice.

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· Sep 21, 2019 · 11:08 am

Supreme Court gets four new judges, total strength rises to 34

The Collegium had recommended the names of the judges to the government last month.

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· Sep 18, 2019 · 11:00 pm

Chief justice of Madras High Court quits after collegium refuses to reconsider transfer to Meghalaya

VK Tahilramani has reportedly sent her resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind.

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· Sep 07, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Judge who rejected P Chidambaram’s bail appointed chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for PMLA

Gaur, who retired last week, had also rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Kamal Nath’s nephew in the AgustaWestland scam.

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· Aug 28, 2019 · 12:26 pm

Justice Kureshi’s elevation will be decided within a week, Centre tells Supreme Court

The top court had suggested on May 10 that Kureshi be appointed as the chief justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.

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· Aug 16, 2019 · 05:09 pm

Why increasing the strength of the Supreme Court will not help clear the growing case backlog

Earlier this week, the President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to a Bill to raise the number of judges from 30 to 33. That probably won’t help.

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· Aug 16, 2019 · 07:30 am

Supreme Court gives Centre until August 14 to decide on judge’s elevation pending for three months

The collegium had recommended the appointment of four chief justices on May 10. Only Justice Akil Kureshi’s name is yet to be approved by the Centre.

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· Aug 02, 2019 · 01:09 pm

Centre ignores SC recommendation on Madhya Pradesh HC chief justice, appoints another judge to post

Justice Ravi Shanker Jha was named the acting chief justice of the court instead of Justice Akil Kureshi.

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· Jun 08, 2019 · 08:53 am

Centre clears names of four judges for elevation to Supreme Court, say reports

Justices BR Gavai, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose and AS Bopanna have been cleared for appointment to the top court.

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· May 22, 2019 · 04:40 pm