Source: NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India(CJI), Ranjan Gogoi, has written to law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, asking him to expedite the appointment of 43 judges approved by the Supreme Court collegium, but pending with the government. The CJI, ET has reliably gathered, has pointed out that there is already 37% vacancy across high courts and
Source: indianexpress.com When her name was called out Saturday to receive the gold medal for standing first in her LL.M class at the National Law University, Delhi, Surbhi Karwa was at work. “Unfortunately, she is not here. We will award her the medal in absentia,” Prof (Dr) G S Bajpai, the university registrar, said during
Source: news18.com New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government, “at present”, has no plan in place to increase the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. As a debate on the issue gets revived with a proposal recently made by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the government, a reply received under
Source: asianage.com New Delhi: The deity of Ram Lalla on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the birthplace of Lord Rama was not limited to the Janma Asthana — the inner courtyard of the disputed site — only but includes the entire 2.77 acres of disputed area which worshipers believe to be the place of birth.
Source: telegraphindia.com The Unnao rape victim’s family had approached the Supreme Court twice this year for help but the appeals appeared to have been sucked into bureaucratic quicksand. The rape victim and her mother had sent a joint letter to the Chief Justice of India on July 12, a little over a fortnight before a
Source: thenorthlines.com The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday asked state government to provide details within two days regarding measures taken for empowering visually impaired persons including those blinded by the shotgun fire in the State. During the hearing of a Public interest litigation before a division bench of the high court, additional advocate
Source: greaterkashmir.com The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to decide within six weeks the plea seeking ban on the use of pellet guns for controlling street protests in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took note of a letter dated 4 July by the Registrar
Source: scroll.in The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to decide within six weeks on a plea seeking a ban on the use of pump action guns to control protestors, PTI reported. The matter is listed for hearing in the High Court on Tuesday. A bench of the Supreme Court,
Source: telegraphindia.com The Supreme Court, majority of whose 2,200-strong employees hail from northern India, has decided to cast its net wide to make its administrative wing “pan-Indian”. Plans are afoot to recruit more personnel from the east, the Northeast, the south and the west without discriminating against candidates from the north, sources said. Chief Justice
Source: indianexpress.com The Supreme Court has drawn up a plan to enlist services of officers of the CBI and Delhi Police to ensure that only clean recruits enter its service. These officers, who will be on deputation, will be designated as Additional Registrars, Branch Officers etc in the Registry and will “coordinate between the court
