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

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 to...

Centre returns 20 files to SC Collegium regarding appointment of HC judges, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Face off between the Centre and the Supreme Court over appointment of judges continued on Monday with the government returning 20 files and expressing "strong reservations" about the names recommended by the Collegium.The Supreme Court on Monday expressed anguish over the delay by the Centre in clearing the names recommended...

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

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 of...

Government should stop overloading SC with endless statutory appeals, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Attorney General (AG) of India R Venkataramani on Saturday said it is important that the government stops overloading the Supreme Court with endless statutory appeals.The AG, speaking at the Constitution Day celebrations held at the Supreme Court, said: "It is important that the government stops overloading the Supreme Court with...

SC Collegium recommends transfer of 7 HCs judges, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday recommended transfer of seven high court judges to different high courts in the country. The list of high court judges, who have been recommended for transfer, does not include Justice Nikhil S Kariel of the Gujarat High...

SC to take up plea on Centre not clearing collegium recommendations, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it would take up the plea filed by an NGO, Centre for PIL, against the central government for not clearing collegium recommendations.When the matter was mentioned by advocate Prashant Bhushan before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, the CJI...

SC agrees to hear PIL to notify appointment of names reiterated by Collegium, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a 2018 PIL filed by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation seeking direction to the Centre to notify appointments of the candidates in the higher judiciary whose names have been reiterated by the Collegium. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud...

SC Collegium recommends transfer of 3 HC judges, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has recommended transfer of three high court judges for administrative reasons, sources said on Friday. The five-member Collegium recommended shifting the Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice T Raja to the Rajasthan High Court, while Justice Nikhil...

SC to hear PIL against judge appointment system, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list for hearing a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the judge-selecting-judge collegium system, a mechanism which was created by the SC through two Constitution bench judgments in 1993 and 1998, taking away a power constitutionally conferred on the executive. A...