Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Madras High Court: Seven newly appointed judges sworn in June 5, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CHENNAI: Seven newly appointed judges of the Madras High Court were sworn in today. Chief Justice Indira Banerjee administered the oath of office to them. With this, the total strength of the Madras High Court has reached 63 out of the sanctioned strength of 75. All the judges are from the Bar. The Law Ministry had […] Read more » Chennai Chief Justice Indira Banerjee featured High Court judges Madras
High Profile Cases Shortage of judges in higher judiciary saddening: Former Union law minister Salman Khurshid February 10, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Union law minister Salman Khurshid has said the shortage of judges in the higher judiciary was “saddening” and called for steps to address the issue at the earliest. Khurshid, himself a senior advocate, said that right to justice should get the attention similar to that of ‘Swachh Bharat’ programme and there were some “fundamental […] Read more » 'Swachh Bharat featured Former Union law minister judges Khurshid Salman Khurshid Shortage of judges Shortage of judges in higher judiciary The Rule of Law Convention 2018
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News HC lashes out at Centre on issue of dearth of judges July 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a scathing attack on the Centre for delaying the appointment of judges, the Calcutta High Court has warned of “appropriate action” if urgent steps are not taken on it, while asking whether the nation could think of the Parliament functioning with half its strength. The “continued silence” of the Centre on appointing judges, despite […] Read more » appointment of judges Calcutta High Court featured issue of dearth of judges judges prevent the justice delivery system from collapsing
Top Law News Judge recuses from hearing Delhi’s plea ag’st Centre July 5, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Justice L Nageshwar Rao today became the second Supreme Court judge to recuse himself from hearing a plea of Delhi government seeking a declaration of its power and to restrain the High Court from delivering the verdict on host of issues including the scope of its powers. The plea was listed before a bench of […] Read more » Court Delhi's plea ag'st Centre featured judges Law Legal News
Top Law News Delhi HC refuses to stay swearing in of new judges May 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today refused to stay the oath-taking ceremony of four new judges of the Supreme Court on a plea made against their elevation to the apex court. The four new judges, whose names have been recommended by the Supreme Court collegium and approved by President Pranab Mukherjee, are likely to be sworn […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured judges Law Legal News swearing
Top Law News Four judges sworn in as Supreme Court judges May 13, 2016 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Justices A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and L Nageshwar Rao were today sworn in as Supreme Court judges, taking the apex court’s strength to 29, including Chief Justice T S Thakur. They were administered the oath of office by CJI Thakur this morning. Justices Khanwilkar, Chandrachud and Bhushan were the Chief Justices […] Read more » Court featured judges Law Legal News Supreme Court
Top Law News Allahabad HC judges to conduct inspection of land acquired December 21, 2015 / December 22, 2015 by Legal India News | Leave a Comment Two judges of the Allahabad High Court today decided to conduct an on-the-spot inspection of a piece of land in Greater Noida, which was acquired by Uttar Pradesh government five years ago for constructing a road connecting the township with a national highway. The bench, comprising Justice Rakesh Tiwari and Justice Shashi Kant, directed the […] Read more » Allahabad HC judges to conduct inspection of land acquired Allahabad High Court Court featured judges Law Legal News
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Increase courts, judges, hike retirement age: Law Commission July 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Increase courts, judges, hike retirement age: Law Commission The Law Commission on Monday recommended setting up of additional courts, increasing retirement age of subordinate court judges and recruitment of new judges as some of the steps needed to deal with the perennial problem of delays and pendency of cases plaguing the judicial system. The Law Commission outlined these priorities in its report to […] Read more » Chief Justice of India RM Lodha hike retirement age: Law Commission Increase courts judges
Top Law News 17 Chhattisgarh judges forced to retire April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on 17 Chhattisgarh judges forced to retire In a rare action, as many as 17 judges in Chhattisgarh were forced to accept compulsory retirement after an internal inquiry indicted them on charges of corruption, law department sources said Monday. The state government issued the order after the law department report said the judges were guilty of graft. The judges include the district […] Read more » 17 Chhattisgarh forced judges retire
Top Law News Revisit system of judges appointment, apex court told April 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the system of appointment of judges to higher judiciary as the existing collegium procedure has not delivered on expectations. The apex court bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice B.S. Chauhan referred the matter to Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia to place the central government’s plea […] Read more » apex court Appointment Attorney General G. Vahanvati Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia judges Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Deepak Verma Revisit Supreme Court system
Top Law News Engineer to be prosecuted for judges getting dengue March 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has paved the way for the prosecution of a government engineer whose alleged negligence resulted in mosquitos breeding at the construction site of a court complex in south Delhi and five judges being hit by dengue. Additional Session Judge Virender Bhat said: ‘The allegations against the petitioner (Public Works Department assistant engineer, […] Read more » Additional Session Judge Commonwealth Games dengue engineer judges Municipal Corporation of Delhi prosecuted Virender Bhat
Top Law News Gujarat High Court a corrupt judges’ dump, allege advocates December 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association has given a bandh call for Tuesday to protest what it called ill-treatment of the high court by the Supreme Court, and claimed the state high court has become a “dumping ground” for corrupt judges. “We welcome every judge to our high court with open arms. This is treated […] Read more » Corrupt Gujarat High Court judges
