Single-judge bench in Supreme Court will now hear bail, transfer of cases pleas

The new rules expand the authority of the chief justice as ‘master of the roster’ to handpick a judge to decide these cases urgently.

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· Sep 20, 2019 · 06:08 pm

Lawyers’ group urges SC collegium to disclose reasons for transfer of High Court judges

Justice VK Tahilramani had last week resigned after the collegium rejected her request for her transfer to be reconsidered.

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· Sep 17, 2019 · 06:09 pm

Madhya Pradesh Bar urges CJI Ranjan Gogoi to transfer ‘vindictive’ High Court judge out of state

The lawyers’ association adopted a resolution on September 5, accusing Sanjay Yadav of ‘consistent and continuous misbehaviour with advocates’.

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· Sep 13, 2019 · 08:27 pm

Patna High Court quashes order in which its judge made claims about corruption in judiciary

A bench led by the High Court’s chief justice said the order was an instance of judicial and administrative overreach.

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· Sep 03, 2019 · 07:49 am

Cases reassigned to Patna High Court judge who flagged corruption in judiciary

This came after Rakesh Kumar and Chief Justice AP Sahi met Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in New Delhi.

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· Sep 02, 2019 · 09:15 pm

Supreme Court collegium recommends appointment of four High Court chief justices to top court

Four vacancies were created this month after one judge retired and the Parliament approved raising the top court’s sanctioned strength by three.

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· Aug 30, 2019 · 04:31 pm

Patna High Court judge taken off all cases after he questions corruption in the judiciary

An 11-judge bench of the High Court also suspended Justice Rakesh Kumar’s order on a case involving a retired IAS officer.

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· Aug 29, 2019 · 06:25 pm

Parliament approves bill to increase number of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 34

In June, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to augment the judge strength in the top court.

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· Aug 07, 2019 · 02:41 pm

Cabinet approves bill to increase strength of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 34

The strength was last increased from 26 to 31 in 2009, and all positions got filled recently for the first time in over a decade.

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· Jul 31, 2019 · 05:07 pm

Delhi High Court judge recuses himself from hearing Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal’s plea

Goyal has challenged a government-issued travel ban against him.

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· Jul 06, 2019 · 07:58 am

Five most senior Supreme Court judges to hear PILs, new roster to be implemented from July 1

Till now, only the chief justice of India was hearing public interest litigation pleas.

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· Jun 27, 2019 · 11:47 am

CJI Ranjan Gogoi writes to Narendra Modi, seeks Allahabad High Court judge’s ouster

Last year, an in-house committee of the High Court had found Justice SN Shukla guilty of judicial irregularities in the Medical Council of India bribery case.

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· Jun 23, 2019 · 08:28 pm