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What is the Supreme Court Collegium system?

Differences have emerged within the Supreme Court Collegium over appointment of judges to the apex court. But what exactly is collegium and how does it work? Let us find out

SC appointments: What is the collegium system, and how does it work?

The collegium is a group consisting of the Chief Justice of India and the four seniormost judges of the Supreme Court that decides the appointment of judges to the apex court

SC collegium meeting of Sept 30 on elevation of judges discharged

'The unfinished work in the meeting called for September 30 is closed without there being any further deliberation and it stands discharged'

153 high court judges appointed this year; more appointments likely: Report

A total of 153 judges have been appointed to the various high courts in this calendar year so far, with sources on Thursday hinting at more appointments to the higher judiciary in the coming days. Six additional judges were appointed to the Bombay High Court on Thursday. It is learnt that the government is also set to take a call on the elevation of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Datta to the top court shortly. If he is appointed to the apex court, its working strength will go up to 30. The sanctioned strength of the top court is 34, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The government is also set to initiate the process of appointing the next CJI, most likely this week or early next week. As part of the procedure, the Union law minister writes to the CJI to name his or her successor. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit retires as the CJI on November 8. Justice D Y Chandrachud is the senior-most judge after the CJI. As per practice, the CJI names the senior-most judge as hi

We cannot make judges work like machines: Rijiju on pending cases

With the pendency of cases in various courts rising, Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday pitched for striking a balance to address the burden on judges as well as people's struggle to get access to judiciary, and said "we cannot make judges work like machines". Rijiju said the pendency of cases in various courts is about to cross 4.8 crores. He was speaking at the inaugural session of a Delhi University conclave -- Indianisation of Legal System and Education. The two-day conclave has been organised jointly by the Faculty of Law and the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). "On the one hand, we are talking about the modern legal system, which is based on accountability, transparency, and fairness and on the other hand, we are saying that the common people of our country are finding it more difficult in getting access to justice," the minister said. "When I took over as the minister for law and justice (in 2021), the pendency of cases in various courts in Ind

'Some teething problems, all judges on same page': CJI on listing of cases

Chief Justice of India U.U. Lalit on Thursday said that teething problems are bound to arise in the new way of listing of cases in the apex court, but all judges are completely on the same page

Judge grants Trump bid for special master to review documents seized by FBI

A federal judge on Monday granted a request by former President Donald Trump's legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI from his Florida home last month and also temporarily halted the Justice Department's use of the records for investigative purposes. The decision by US District Judge Aileen Cannon came despite the objections of the Justice Department, which said an outside legal expert was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents. The judge had previously signaled her inclination to approve a special master, asking a department lawyer during arguments this month, What is the harm? The appointment is likely to slow the pace of the department's investigation into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago given the judge's directive that the Justice Department may not for the moment use any of the seized materials for investigative purposes. But it is not clear that it

Justice U U Lalit: Only a 74-day tenure for a 'very good interim Pope'

As a lawyer, he had been a special public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case, besides representing clients like Amarinder Singh, and Salman Khan

Dhanbad judge murder: 2 including auto driver get life term by CBI court

CBI court judge Rajnikant Pathak on July 28 held autorickshaw driver Lakhan Verma and his associate Rahul Verma guilty of murdering 49-year-old additional sessions judge Uttam Anand.

Judges should face narco-analysis test to disprove allegation: Justice Bhat

This must be applied when allegations are made against judges and if there is a feeling that the complaint is motivated and false even then the complainant should undergo such tests.

Court holds autorickshaw driver, aide guilty in Jharkhand judge murder case

The 49-year-old judge was run over by an autorickshaw while he was out on a morning jog on July 28, 2021.

Judges shouldn't provoke critics, decide cases without fear: Pardiwala

Calling them bedrock on which stands the entire edifice of justice, Pardiwala urged officers of the district judiciary to avoid fear or favour at all costs to keep the river of judicial process clean

With 14.4 judges per million people, undertrials at historic high

The pendency debate between Law Minister Rijiju and CJI Ramana might come down to judicial vacancies

Courts have become spectator sports but can't degenerate into public brawls

The advent of 24x7 news channels, continual live-tweeting and YouTubed webcasting of proceedings have made judges and lawyers participants in a judicial content-creating version of Big Boss

Supreme Court adjourns plea challenging tenure of NCLT judges

The Centre on May 25 had told the apex court that a Committee chaired by the Chief Justice of India held a meeting on April 20 in which the question of the tenure of 23 members of NCLT was discussed

Jury picked for first trial stemming from US Capitol riot last year

A federal jury is scheduled to hear attorneys' opening statements on Wednesday for the first trial stemming from the riot at the US Capitol last year.

No one is above law, not even those in power: Kerala High Court

The court was hearing a matter related to encroachment of public land

Not necessary for court to give elaborate reasons while granting bail: SC

The top court's observations came on appeals against an order of Patna High Court which granted bail to an accused in a murder case

India has 21.03 judges for every million people, Lok Sabha informed

The Law Commission had not considered the judge population ratio to be a scientific criterion for determining the adequacy of the judge strength in the country

More female representation

Structural biases against women must be addressed