Appointment of 20 HC judges in limbo as Centre returns files to SC for ‘reconsideration’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Tussle over appointments of High Court judges between the Centre and Supreme Court led collegium looks to be getting intense by day. A day after the top court objected to the Union law minister's remark,saying that the Union government was sitting on judge’s names, the Union government is reported...

Collegium system law of the land, government has to follow it, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that the collegium system for appointment of judges is the law of the land and the Centre would have to follow it till it is replaced or changed. The judiciary and the executive keep clashing over the collegium system for appointment...

SC raised doubts on evidence & process, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday caused a stir when it acquitted three men accused of raping and murdering a 19-year-old Chhawla teenager, observing that witnesses were not adequately examined and the accused were deprived of their right to a fair trial besides the fact that truth could...