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  • Sensitive material holding up High Court Chief Justice appointments, says Attorney General

    Sensitive material holding up High Court Chief Justice appointments, says Attorney General

    During the proceedings, CJI Chandrachud revealed that he had discussed the issue with the Attorney General a day earlier, requesting him to resolve the obstacles preventing the implementation of the collegium’s resolutions.

  • Syed Refaat Ahmed sworn in as Bangladesh’s new Chief Justice after predecessor steps down amid pressure

    Syed Refaat Ahmed sworn in as Bangladesh’s new Chief Justice after predecessor steps down amid pressure

    Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, who was sworn in on August 8 as the head of an interim government following Hasina's ouster, was also in attendance.

  • Bangladesh Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigns amid student protests and political turmoil

    Bangladesh Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan resigns amid student protests and political turmoil

    The 65-year-old Chief Justice announced his resignation around 1 pm, shortly after students from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement gathered at the Supreme Court premises.

  • Plea claiming wrong historical facts on Taj Mahal: HC asks ASI to decide representation

    Plea claiming wrong historical facts on Taj Mahal: HC asks ASI to decide representation

    A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela disposed of the public interest litigation (PIL) which claimed Mughal emperor Shah Jahan did not construct the Taj Mahal and only carried out renovation of the palace of Raja Man Singh.

  • What Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said in his judgment on same sex marriage: 10 points

    What Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said in his judgment on same sex marriage: 10 points

    Same sex marriage ruling: Homosexuality or queerness is not an urban concept or restricted to the upper classes of the society, the Chief Justice said.

  • Delhi HC asks Niti Aayog committee to expedite process on integrative medicine policy

    Delhi HC asks Niti Aayog committee to expedite process on integrative medicine policy

    A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, while hearing a PIL seeking a holistic system of medicine, observed there existed a "wealth of knowledge" in different systems like allopathy, ayurveda and homeopathy and it should be examined whether they can be integrated.

  • Cricketer Kapil Dev moves Delhi HC for stricter laws against cruelty to animals

    Cricketer Kapil Dev moves Delhi HC for stricter laws against cruelty to animals

    The petition came up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula which granted time to the petitioners' counsel to place certain judgments on record.

  • Aadhaar not mandatory for EWS admission in private schools: Delhi HC

    Aadhaar not mandatory for EWS admission in private schools: Delhi HC

    A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed an appeal filed by the Delhi government against the interim order of a single-judge bench, and said the requirement is prima facie in conflict with the constitutional provisions pertaining to privacy.

  • Ordinance on control of services: SC issues notice to Centre on plea filed by Delhi govt

    Ordinance on control of services: SC issues notice to Centre on plea filed by Delhi govt

    In its plea, the AAP government has said it is an "unconstitutional exercise of executive fiat” that attempts to "override” the top court and the basic structure of the Constitution.

  • Pakistan court rules delay of provinces' votes unlawful

    Pakistan court rules delay of provinces' votes unlawful

    Ali Zafar, the attorney for former premier Imran Khan's Tahreek-e-Insaf party, said the three-member panel of judges headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandyal set the new vote for May 14.

  • Easy to be irresponsible in allegations against registry, judges follow discipline: SC

    Easy to be irresponsible in allegations against registry, judges follow discipline: SC

    A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandarchud was hearing lawyers mentioning issues with regard to cases arising from a cash-for-job scam in Tamil Nadu being listed before different judges

  • 5 new judges appointed to SC to take oath on February 6

    5 new judges appointed to SC to take oath on February 6

    Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud will administer the oath to the five judges in a ceremony on the top court premises, they said.

  • Justice RS Chauhan writes: Who will call the bluff on the executive-collegium standoff

    Justice RS Chauhan writes: Who will call the bluff on the executive-collegium standoff

    The former Chief Justice of two high courts says both sides aren’t being honest; Proposes an Appointments Commission with veto power for judges

  • SC upholds 10% quota for economically weaker sections in jobs, education

    SC upholds 10% quota for economically weaker sections in jobs, education

    A five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice U.U. Lalit and also comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S. Ravindra Bhat, Bela M. Trivedi and J.B. Pardiwala had reserved the judgment on September 27.

  • Prasanna B Varale sworn in as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

    Prasanna B Varale sworn in as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

    In a simple but graceful ceremony, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered him the oath of office.

  • Asked Delhi government to defend plea for linking property with Aadhaar: Centre tells HC

    Asked Delhi government to defend plea for linking property with Aadhaar: Centre tells HC

    Central government counsel urged a bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, which was hearing public interest litigation by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, to ask the Delhi government to accordingly file its formal response to the issue.

  • CJI U U Lalit-led bench will hear pleas of Siddique Kappan & Navlakha, PILs on Monday

    CJI U U Lalit-led bench will hear pleas of Siddique Kappan & Navlakha, PILs on Monday

    Justice Lalit was sworn in as the 49th Chief Justice of India on Saturday, a non-working day in the Supreme Court.

  • SC constitution bench to hear plea related to Delhi-Centre row over control of services

    SC constitution bench to hear plea related to Delhi-Centre row over control of services

    The CJI said a bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud will hear the dispute between the Centre and the Delhi government.

  • Who is Justice UU Lalit? His cases and important judgments

    Who is Justice UU Lalit? His cases and important judgments

    Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, who is retiring later this month, has recommended that Justice UU Lalit succeed him.

  • Justice Satish Chandra Sharma to take oath as Chief Justice of Delhi HC on June 28

    Justice Satish Chandra Sharma to take oath as Chief Justice of Delhi HC on June 28

    The Delhi High Court had been functioning without a regular Chief Justice after the retirement of Justice D N Patel. Justice Vipin Sanghi had been the acting Chief Justice since March 13.

  • Speculations, reports in media on judges' appointment process very unfortunate: CJI N V Ramana

    Speculations, reports in media on judges' appointment process very unfortunate: CJI N V Ramana

    CJI Ramana, while speaking in the ceremonial function to bid farewell to Justice Navin Sinha who is retiring, said the process of appointment of judges is sacrosanct and has dignity attached to it and the media must understand and recognise its sanctity.

  • Time has come for appointment of woman as Chief Justice of India: SC

    Time has come for appointment of woman as Chief Justice of India: SC

    The top court said that it always has the interest of women in mind and its every collegium considers women for appointment as judges in higher judiciary.

  • Who is Justice NV Ramana, the next Chief Justice of India?

    Who is Justice NV Ramana, the next Chief Justice of India?

    Born on August 27, 1957 in an agricultural family in Krishna district’s Ponnavaram village of undivided Andhra Pradesh, the CJI was a student leader during Emergency in 1975 and lost a year because of his activism

  • Centre opposes in SC PIL to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat

    Centre opposes in SC PIL to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat

    The affidavit said that a person has been allowed under the Act to contest election from two constituencies simultaneously and and the law has to be amended for disallowing the same.

  • Pakistan names former chief justice Nasir Ul Mulk as interim PM until election

    Pakistan names former chief justice Nasir Ul Mulk as interim PM until election

    "No Pakistani can lift a finger (against) such a name," Abbasi told reporters, seated next to opposition leader Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah.

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