Source:-https://www.hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court stepped in on Wednesday to try and end the impasse between farmers’ unions and the Centre over the contentious new laws to open up trade in agriculture, observing that the protest will soon become a national issue and that recent events suggest government negotiations with the unions were “bound to fail
Source:-https://www.ndtv.com New Delhi: In a major reshuffle, the Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Centre the transfer of four Chief Justices of high courts including Andhra Pradesh High Court’s Chief Justice JK Maheshwari to the Sikkim High Court, weeks after Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had complained to the Chief Justice of India about
Source:-https://www.greatandhra.com The way senior Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has been hell bent on prosecuting YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for alleged contempt of court has made one wonder what he is so particular about this case. Upadhyay has written letters twice to Attorney General
Source – indialegallive.com Are Supreme Court branches outside Delhi a mirage? Recently, two Tamil Nadu MPs in the Rajya Sabha raised the issue of setting up a branch of the Supreme Court in south India, especially Chennai. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) member Vaiko and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) representative P Wilson raised this issue
Source – thehindu.com The landmark judgement delivered by the Supreme Court on Wednesday bringing the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) office under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has former CJIs and former judges divided. While some say it brings in more transparency others are ‘sceptical about the repercussions’. Former CJI T.S. Thakur said, “The
Source: thehindu.com An appeal filed by activist Gautam P. Navlakha has taken an unusual trajectory in the Supreme Court – so far five judges have opted to recuse themselves in the three instances the case came up for hearing since September 30. The appeal concerns Mr. Navlakha’s plea to protect his fundamental right to personal
Source: scroll.in The Madhya Pradesh High Court Bar Association has written to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, requesting him to transfer the court’s third most senior judge, Sanjay Yadav, from the state because of his alleged misbehaviour with lawyers, Live Law reported on Friday. The lawyers are apprehensive that Yadav may become the acting chief justice at
Source: thehindu.com Against the backdrop of rising cases in the Supreme Court, the Union Cabinet on July 31 approved increasing the number of judges in the top court from the present 31 to 34, including the Chief Justice of India, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said. At present, the sanctioned strength of the apex court is 31. Once
Source: newindianexpress.com CUTTACK: The Odisha High Court Bar Association (OHCBA) has urged Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi for expeditious steps to fill up the posts of judges in the high court that have been lying vacant for years. A memorandum was submitted by OHCBA representatives including president Gopal Krushna Mohanty and secretary Sanjay Kumar
Source: thehindubusinessline.com He also wrote that the retirement age of high court judges should be raised to 65 years. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged
