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The collegium has said Justice V Kameswar Rao, presently a judge of the Karnataka High Court, be repatriated to the Delhi High Court.

Collegium recommends Delhi, Rajasthan and Gauhati chief justices for Supreme Court

High Court Chief Justices Satish Chandra Sharma, Augustine George Masih, and Sandeep Mehta to be elevated to the apex court

Supreme Court Collegium is vibrant, active and committed to its task: CJI Chandrachud

Speaking at a felicitation ceremony organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association, he noted that Justices Mishra and Viswanathan bring together a tradition of continuity and freshness of ideas.

SC collegium recommends Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and S V Bhatti for elevation to apex court

Justice Bhuyan is presently the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court while Justice Bhatti is the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.

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MP High Court judge requests for transfer since his daughter will practice in the same court, collegium accepts

Justice Sreedharan was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh on April 7, 2016.

Plea in SC seeks disqualification of vice president, law minister over comments on collegium

The plea is an appeal against the judgment of the Bombay High Court that dismissed a PIL by the lawyers association.

Supreme Court Collegium criticises govt over Judge appointments in Madras High Court

The resolution notes that "The names which have been recommended earlier in point of time including the reiterated names ought not to be withheld or overlooked as this disturbs their seniority whereas those recommended later steal march on them."

CJI Chandrachud administers oath of two new Supreme Court judges

The Supreme Court will now function at its full strength of 34 judges till the retirements of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and MR Shah in May 2023.

When judges become politicians, what does the law say?

Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay recently hinted that he was going to resign and join politics.

Supreme Court rejects petition challenging Victoria Gowri’s appointment as a judge of Madras High Court

The bench observed that the collegium would have taken such materials into consideration and passing a judicial order in this regard, would amount to questioning the Collegium's wisdom.

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to appointment of Victoria Gowri as Madras HC judge on Feb 7

Moments after the court agreed to hear the case, the Union government notified L Victoria Gowri’s appointment as a judge.

Centre asked SC collegium to reconsider 18 proposals for judges’ appointment: Law Minister

The details on the total number of collegium proposals returned by the government on its own to the collegium during the last three years were sought by Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas.

Law minister 'concerned' over sharing of inputs from R&AW and IB in public domain

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju highlighted the need for the government and the judiciary to work together to reduce the pendency of cases in various courts

SC Collegium recommends 5 names to Centre for appointment as apex court judges

Besides Justices Mithal and Karol, the Collegium also recommended the name of Justice P V Sanjay Kumar, the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court, for appointment as a Supreme Court judge

SC Collegium approves appointment of 3 Additional Judges as permanent Judges in Kerala HC

The three Additional Judges whose names have been approved are Justices Abdul Rahim Musaliar Badharudeen, Viju Abraham and Mohammed Nias CP.

Government and collegium face-off can worsen law’s delay

The two need to find a middle ground so that judicial appointments are made in time and justice is delivered in time

MC Explains | How Supreme Court and High Court judges are appointed in India

The division of powers between the three principal arms of the government has a long, sticky history and seems unlikely to be settled any time soon as the faceoff between the Modi government and the Supreme Court demonstrates.

Govt returns 20 files to SC Collegium of appointment of HC judges

The government expressed "strong reservations" about the recommended names as it sent back the files to the collegium on November 25, sources aware of the procedure to appoint Supreme Court and high court judges said.

Collegium system of appointing judges is the law of land, Centre has to approve it: SC

"Once the Collegium reiterates a name, the Centre has to approve it," SC noted, adding, "If today Centre refuses to obey the law, tomorrow some other section of population can also refuse to comply with certain laws," as per CNN News 18 report.

No institution in constitutional democracy including collegium is perfect: CJI

He said getting good people in the judiciary and paying them high salaries would not reform the collegium system.

SC Collegium recommends elevation of openly gay lawyer Saurabh Kirpal as Delhi HC judge

If the Collegium's recommendation is accepted, Kirpal would become India's first openly gay judge.

Explainer | The system of selecting Supreme Court judges

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended nine names for appointment to the top court, including one who could become the first female Chief Justice of India, putting the spotlight on the process of selecting members of the higher judiciary 

First woman Chief Justice of India: SC collegium clears 9 judges

The list includes names of three women judges, including Justice BV Nagarathna from the Karnataka high court, who, if elevated now, could become India’s first woman chief justice in 2027.

Legal Matters | Why are there so few women justices in India? Our male-dominated collegiums could hold the answer

Justice R Bhanumathi — only the second woman ever in the Supreme Court collegium — retires without a single appointment having been made during her tenure.