Supreme Court Collegium

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AA Edit | Judiciary stands for inclusivity

Uniformity is the favourite theme music that we hear from the power corridors these days

21 Jan 2023 12:48 AM

SC Collegium approves appointment of 3 additional judges as permanent judges

The Collegium also resolved to recommend that Justice Abhay Ahuja be appointed as additional judge of the Bombay High Court

16 Dec 2021 1:33 PM

Government forwards nine names recommended for SC elevation to Prez for final call

In a first, the Supreme Court Collegium had last week recommended for appointment to the apex court three women judges

26 Aug 2021 12:27 PM

It is time the judiciary started taking steps to correct itself, and this could well be a major step towards that direction. (ANI)

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The two judgments triggered widespread outrage among the general public as well as the legal circles

01 Feb 2021 8:51 AM

Once the four names are approved and appointed, the Supreme Court will have its full strength of 31 judges after a long time. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court overrules govt, wants four judges

Centre had earlier rejected recommendation to elevate Justices Bose and Justice Bopanna.

10 May 2019 6:03 AM

The recommendations, made on October 24 by the collegium comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, have been posted on the official website of the top court. (Photo: File)

Supreme Court Collegium recommends new judges for 4 high courts

The top court collegium also recommended names of seven additional judges to be appointed as permanent judges in the Gauhati High Court.

27 Oct 2018 1:21 PM

The Collegium said it has 'carefully considered' observations made by Law Minister and nothing adverse was pointed on Joseph’s suitability. (Photo: File/PTI)

Collegium reiterates KM Joseph's elevation as Supreme Court judge

The Collegium also recommended Orissa HC Chief Justice Vineet Saran and Madras HC Chief Justice Indira Banerjee to be elevated to SC.

20 Jul 2018 6:08 PM

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

The plot thickens in curious Joseph case

The press conference that the rebel judges had held back in January seems to have placed a number of judges on a confrontational course with the CJI.

18 May 2018 12:12 AM

The objections to Joseph’s appointment seem specious, one of which says he would be a second judge, in fact a second Joseph, from Kerala among apex court judges, while some other states didn’t even have one.

Uphold collegium’s right to pick judges

The real reason has not been stated, which means this confrontation with the collegium is one of the government’s own making.

13 May 2018 5:39 AM

With the collegium likely to assert its authority over the appointment of Supreme Court judges, this is expected to result in a major confrontation with the Centre, that has expressed its reservations on Justice Joseph’s choice for the nation’s highest court. (Photo: File)

SC collegium unanimous on Justice Joseph’s name for elevation

In view of this, it was decided that the collegium would meet again at 4.15 pm on Wednesday, May 16.

12 May 2018 6:08 AM

Collegium must stand firm

The collegium meeting this week was an informal one, but we don’t know why.

11 May 2018 6:33 AM

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra (Photo: PTI)

CJI needs to uphold judiciary’s autonomy

Meanwhile, exploiting the servility of the Karanataka Chief Justice, it has reopened the probe in the Bhat case.

03 Apr 2018 12:29 AM

SC collegium clears judges for 2 HCs after interviews

The resolution on the recommendations have been uploaded on the Supreme Court website.

30 Mar 2018 1:57 AM

The collegium in a resolution said it had received certain complaints against some of the recommendees in the high courts of Bombay, Gujarat and Rajasthan, but did not see any merit in them. (Photo: Asian Age)

SC collegium recommends 37 new additional judges for high courts

The collegium's recommendations, comprising CJI Dipak Misra, Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, were posted on SC website.

24 Feb 2018 9:56 AM

The high courts from where the recommendations have been received include Karnataka, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Madras and Tripura, the functionary said. (Photo: PTI/File)

SC collegium to take call on appointing 40 new judges to 9 courts

The collegium had recently said that the judiciary and not the IB, is a better judge of who should be part of the judiciary.

12 Nov 2017 1:31 PM

Second top law officer quits, says reason is ‘personal’

There was speculation a few months ago that the Supreme Court collegium was considering his name as a judge of the highest court.

21 Oct 2017 3:20 AM

Collegium nod to 6 names as judges to Madras HC

The collegium has recommended three names from each list.

07 Oct 2017 6:10 AM

The Supreme Court Collegium is headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph. (Photo: PTI/File)

SC to make Collegium decisions public, to post appointment of judges online

In first uploaded resolution, information was provided about appointment of 3 Judicial Officers and one Judge of Madras High Court.

06 Oct 2017 5:59 PM

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