Supreme Court at full strength as four new judges take oath

The Supreme Court will have a judge belonging to the Scheduled Caste category after about a decade.

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· 4 hours ago

Judiciary is under threat, says chief justice after reports of harassment allegations against him

The Supreme Court abruptly constituted a special bench on Saturday on the ‘independence of the judiciary’ after media reports on the charges came out.

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· Apr 20, 2019 · 10:41 am

Supreme Court reserves verdict on whether Chief Justice of India’s office comes under RTI purview

Attorney General KK Venugopal, who represented the court’s public information officer, said such a move would destroy judicial independence.

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· Apr 04, 2019 · 05:34 pm

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi recuses himself from hearing plea against lawyer designation system

He had delivered a verdict in 2017 outlining guidelines for the top court and High Courts on the process involving categorisation of certain lawyers as seniors.

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· Feb 25, 2019 · 05:47 pm

Anil Ambani case: Two Supreme Court officials dismissed for tampering with orders

Contrary to Justice Rohinton Nariman’s order, the document uploaded on the Supreme Court website in January said Ambani’s appearance had been dispensed with.

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· Feb 14, 2019 · 10:45 am

Editors Guild expresses worry over contempt notice to Shillong daily, urges judges to stand by media

‘The Shillong Times’ had received the notice on Monday for a report on a Meghalaya High Court order seeking better facilities for retired judges.

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· Dec 16, 2018 · 07:36 pm

In a contempt case against ‘The Shillong Times’, judge questions editor’s qualifications

The paper received a notice after it reported on a judgment by the Meghalaya High Court.

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· Dec 13, 2018 · 07:53 pm

SC crisis: ‘Someone from outside’ was controlling ex-CJI Dipak Misra, claims Justice Kurian Joseph

There were many instances of external influences, the retired judge told The Times of India, citing allocation of cases and appointment of judges as examples.

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· Dec 03, 2018 · 09:34 am

Supreme Court’s working strength goes up to 28 after four new judges are sworn in

Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi administered the oath of office to Justices Hemant Gupta, R Subhash Reddy, MR Shah and Ajay Rastogi.

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· Nov 02, 2018 · 12:14 pm

SC pulls up High Courts for delay in recruitment, warns it will centralise the process

There are 5,133 vacant posts across the High Courts and the recruitment process is under way for 4,180 posts, according to data given to the Supreme Court.

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· Nov 01, 2018 · 01:50 pm

Collegium recommends four judges for elevation to Supreme Court

The working strength of the top court will be 28 if the names are cleared.

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· Oct 30, 2018 · 09:25 am

Delhi High Court initiates contempt proceedings against RBI Director S Gurumurthy

Earlier this month, he shared an article that insinuated impropriety on the part of Justice S Muralidhar, who quashed an order against activist Gautam Navlakha.

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· Oct 29, 2018 · 06:07 pm