Tag: collegium

Government seeks Supreme Court collegium rethink on Allahabad High Court judge

Source: telegraphindia.com The government is learnt to have asked the Supreme Court collegium to reconsider its recommendation to elevate an Allahabad High Court judge as chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. While returning the file relating to Justice Vikram Nath last month, the government did not cite any reason, sources said. They added that

Seven out of nine SC collegium recommendations to appoint CJs to high courts accepted: Prasad

Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: Seven of the nine recommendations made by the Supreme Court collegium this year to appoint chief justices to nine high courts have been accepted while two names are under “various stages of processing,”  Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said up to July 12,

Supreme Court, govt in fresh face-off on judges’ appointments

Source:- hindustantimes.com The collegium, which comprises the five senior-most judges of the Supreme Court led by the Chief Justice of India, reiterated its April recommendation that Jharkhand high court chief justice Aniruddha Bose and Gauhati chief justice AS Bopanna be appointed to the apex court. For the second time in 12 months, the Supreme Court collegium

SC collegium unanimously decided on Karnataka HC judge’s transfer: Sources

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court collegium had unanimously taken the decision to transfer former Karnataka high court judge Jayant Patel to the Allahabad high court, sources said on Tuesday. Justice Patel resigned as a judge of the Karnataka high court last week, after Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra sought his consent for transfer to