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On CJI initiative, Supreme Court case backlog down by 2,174

According to a press note issued by the Registry at the time when Justice Misra took over, the total pendency in the SC...

28 Oct 2017 8:14 PM

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How transparent collegium?

An unusually high number of vacancies in high courts reflect on how long the decision-making process takes.

7 Oct 2017 7:03 PM

The Supreme Court had on Tuesday set up a nine-judge bench to decide if the contentious issue of right to privacy is a fundamental right under the Constitution. (Photo: PTI/File)

Supreme Court collegium to share details of judges' postings

The collegium system of judges appointing judges had been criticised by the government while calling for greater...

6 Oct 2017 7:50 PM

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2017, a watershed year for SC in dispensation of justice

The issue of privacy arose in the light of the Centre pushing its agenda of making Aadhaar card with biometric.

1 Jan 2018 10:58 PM

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SC reiterates CJI's authority on assigning cases to judges

The CJI, being the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, is the spokesperson and leader of judiciary.

6 July 2018 7:18 PM

Official Sources told PTI that Justice Gogoi wrote a letter to the Ministry of Law and Justice recommending Justice Bobde to be the next chief justice. (Photo: File)

Not secrecy but privacy: Justice Bobde not in favour of disclosing...

Justice Bobde will become the 47th CJI on November 18 succeeding Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

30 Oct 2019 4:02 PM

Former Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy said till the entire country is covered by Aadhaar, both the cards should be allowed as ID proof for voting. (Photo| PTI/File)

EVM bashing will continue: Ex-CEC T S Krishnamurthy

Several opposition parties have raised doubts over the credibility of EVMs and claimed that they can be tampered with...

24 April 2019 10:02 AM

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Merit over seniority: SC rejects govt plea to reconsider judges'...

The government had asked the Collegium to reconsider the names citing regional representation and seniority.

9 May 2019 6:46 AM

The police have also registered a case against the lawyer and two witnesses who signed the notice. (Representational image)

Govt ignores collegium advice, picks Jha as MP CJ

Justice Jha will take over as the acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh high court on June 10.

8 Jun 2019 6:38 PM

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Collegium's opaque ways exposed

There is no escaping the fact that the collegium has all the drawbacks built in an arbitrary system

9 Feb 2023 6:56 PM

AA Edit | Good formula to pick CEC, ECs

The Supreme Court was forced to step in when it was approached with a plea against the appointment of an election...

3 March 2023 7:16 PM

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

Aakar Patel | Hindu Rashtra via reinterpretation of the Constitution?

Prof. Gopal's thesis is that he sees a Hindu Rashtra coming to fruition by 2047 in two steps

17 April 2023 7:11 PM