Supreme Court news: A bench of Justices Chandrachud and Hima Kohli, declining to accept the request of a lawyer to adjourn the matter, said the court will not adjourn the matter, instead it can be passed over and taken up at the end of the board.
The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry notified the amended 'Supreme Court Judges Rules' to extend chauffeur facility and secretarial assistant for one year from the date of retirement to former SC judges.
Kapil Sibal on Supreme court: "If you think you will get relief from Supreme Court, you are hugely mistaken. And I am saying this after completing 50 years of practicing in the Supreme Court," Kapil Sibal said.
CJI Ramana said one of the biggest challenges before the judiciary at present is prioritising the matters for adjudication as judges cannot turn a blind eye to social realities.
The new appointments take the number of judges in the high court to 47, including 12 women judges. The sanctioned strength of the high court is 60.
The new appointments take the number of judges in the court to 44 against a sanctioned strength of 60.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana administered the oath of office to justices Dhulia and Pardiwala during a function at the newly-built auditorium of the additional building complex of the apex court.
The stinging observations were made by a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana while hearing two separate appeals filed by the Chhattisgarh government and an activist respectively challenging the high court’s decision to quash an FIR.
Karnataka government's decision comes in the wake of death threats to the judges from certain quarters in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
Union Law and Justice Minister Rijiju along with MoS SP Baghel also felicitated the Tele-Law Frontline Functionaries organised by the Dept of Justice.
During the investigation, 13 gadgets, including mobile phones and tablet computers, were seized and the call details of 53 mobile connections were obtained.
Acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been elevated as chief justice of Telangana High Court.
President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the warrants of their appointment including that of Justice B V Nagarathna, who is in line to become the first woman CJI in September 2027.
A bench comprising Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Surya Kant also issued notice to CBI which has taken over the probe into the recent incident of alleged mowing down of a judge at Dhanbad.
Amid protests over the anti-CAA protests in the country, over 150 prominent citizens including former judges, bureaucrats, army officers and academicians have written to President Kovind saying that a "false and motivated" campaign is being launched against the law.
Justice Chandrachud, who was part of the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi which held that office of the Chief Justice of India is a public authority and falls within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, said that disclosure of information about the conduct of judges and their administration is necessary to ensure that broader societal goals in the administration of justice are achieved.
The enhanced security has been put in place since Saturday, when the judges -- Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, CJI-designate Sharad Arvind Bobde and justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S Abdul Nazeer -- delivered the verdict in the century-old dispute.
Four new judges were on Wednesday appointed to the Supreme Court, taking its strength to 34, the highest-ever.
The four names cleared by the government are justices Aniruddha Bose, A S Bopanna, B R Gavai and Surya Kant.
The swearing in ceremony took place amidst a raging controversy over the government relegating Justice Joseph to the third position.
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