In three separate Collegium resolutions, uploaded on Friday on the Supreme Court website, seven practicing advocates have been recommended for appointment as judges in the Delhi high court.
The Supreme Court is currently functioning with 24 judges against a sanctioned strength of 35, including the CJI. The approval will fill nine vacancies taking the working strength to 33.
The statement said that the Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on August 17, has recommended names of four chief justices of different high courts for elevation as top court judges.
CJI NV Ramana said the process of appointment of judges is sacrosanct and has dignity attached to it and the media must understand and recognise its sanctity.
The collegium is also understood to have selected senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimha for direct appointment from the Bar.
A nine-judge Bench, which included Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice S.A Bobde and Justice N.V. Ramana, dismissed the review petition filed by the National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Reforms and Transparency (NLCJRT) saying it was without merit.
Sources said a demand would be made to the CJI to take a corrective measure before the oath-taking ceremony in the Supreme Court, which is likely to take place on Tuesday.
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today amid charges by the opposition that the government was stalling appointments to the higher judiciary
Notwithstanding the letters written by the collegium members to the CJI, which had come into the public domain, the centre disregarded the recommendation about Justice Joseph.
Besides making recommendation of elevation of advocates as judges in different high court, the apex court collegium also gave its nod for making 25 additional judges as permanent judges of five high courts.
SC collegium will take a call on appointing 40 new judges to nine courts, a senior functionary said even as 106 judges have been appointed to the constitutional courts this year.
The Collegium is headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and has four senior-most judges of the apex court --Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph.
A Lucknow judge's appointment was recalled by the Supreme Court collegium after allegation of corruption in awarding bail to Gayatri Prajapati.
The Supreme Court collegium has finalised the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to constitutional courts.
Putting an end to the tension between the government and judiciary over the appointment of High Court judges, the Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar on Monday recommended nine names to the government for the role of ch
Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today asserted the process of appointment of judges cannot be hijacked.
The Supreme Court collegium has reiterated its recommendation for 37 names for appointment as High Court judges out of the 43 names returned to it by the government for reconsideration.
In another flashpoint in the ongoing tussle between the central government and the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Friday said that it has not accepted the government’s decision to reject 43 of the 77 names recommended by the collegium.
The government today told the Supreme Court that it had cleared 34 out of 77 names recommended by the Collegium for appointment in High Court.
Chief Justice of India Justice TS Thakur's attempts to pacify Justice Jasti Chelameswar, one of the five senior most judges of the Supreme Court, who had on Thursday did not take part in Collegium’s meeting to discuss various issues including the Mem
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