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Justice Ganguly for increasing retirement age of judges


Justice AK Ganguly, who retired as Supreme Court judge after delivering the 2G verdict, feels there...
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President appoints six additional judges


Six additional judges were appointed on Friday by President Pratibha Patil with five being posted ...
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`Judges can be denied promotion on basis of ACRs`


The SC has held that adverse remarks in the ACRs is an appropriate ground for denial of promotion an...
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Israel shelves contentious bill on choosing judges

Israel shelves contentious bill on choosing judges


Critics said the bill would let governing nationalists stack the committee that selects Supreme Cour...
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Bills on judiciary may be delayed further


A much-delayed bill which provides for a mechanism to investigate complaints against judges could b...
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Opposition for withdrawal of judges bill


Opposition called for the withdrawal of the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill demanding to ...
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Judges recuse from hearing Jamia students` case


A Delhi High Court bench on Wednesday recused itself from hearing a petition of a former Jamia Milli...
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Guj Lokayukta: Judges submit contentious points


Two Gujarat High Court judges, who gave a split verdict on validity of the appointment of the state ...
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Increase judges` age but don`t employ them after retirement


A lawyers` body has suggested to the union government to increase the judges` retirement age by th...
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Two permanent judges for Guwahati High Court


Two Additional Judges were on Friday elevated as Permanent Judges of the Guwahati High Court.
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Allahabad HC gets 8 new judges


Allahabad High Court Chief Justice S R Alam on Monday administered the oath of office to eight new...
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Four new judges sworn in Gujarat HC


Four new judges of the Gujarat High court were Monday administered the oath of office by the acting...
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Eight new Additional Judges for Allahabad HC


On a day when Law Minister lamented that Allahabad HC had 91 posts of judges vacant, eight new Addit...
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Rs 1.9 cr sanctioned for cars of distt judges


The decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arjun Munda, said Cabinet Se...
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4 Additional Judges appointed to Kerala High Court


Four Additional Judges were on Tuesday appointed to the Kerala High Court.
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Four new Judges sworn in Kerala HC


Four new Judges were Tuesday sworn in the Kerala High Court today taking the strength of the bench ...
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Rt judges to probe complaints against Team Anna


Team Anna has reportedly activated a new transparency plan underwhich it will approach retired judge...
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Team Anna asks retired judges to probe charges


Team Anna is approaching retired judges to probe allegations against its key members.
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Uniform sentencing guidelines needed


Observing that meting out just punishment to a convict is always a difficult and challenging task,...
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Punjab, Haryana HCs get three Additional Judges


With these fresh appointments, the total strength of judges in the High Court has increased to 51....
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3 judges sworn in, raising SC strength to 29


Three judges, including a woman, were sworn in as SC judges, raising the strength of women in the hi...
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Appointment of judges: More powers for Executive?


Amid rising demands for greater transparency in appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and Hig...
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Supreme Court gets three more judges


Three judges, including a woman, were on Tuesday sworn in as Supreme Court judges, raising the str...
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‘Tackle judges` appointment issue at the earliest’


A parliamentary panel said that judicial accountability will meet with "limited success" till the i...
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Judges` criticism fair: Lawyers


To buttress his point, he referred to the observation of former apex court judge S. Ratnavel Pandian...
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Parties for review of judges’ appointment


Most political parties, including BJP, Left and DMK, on Thursday said it was time to change the sys...
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BJP in favour of National Judicial Commission


BJP favoured a National Judicial Commission to ensure selection of those with strong integrity.
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Two UP judges receive `threatening calls`


Two judges here have lodged complaints with police against unknown persons for calling them up on ...
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Few Pakistan high court judges denotified

Few Pakistan high court judges denotified


Pakistan PM has denotified some judges following a decision by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.
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Pakistani judges vow to uphold rule of law

Pakistani judges vow to uphold rule of law


Pakistan`s Supreme Court judges have pledged to protect the Constitution.
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Khurshid for new system for slot of SC, HC judges


Newly-appointed Law Minister Salman Khurshid favoured evolving a new system for appointment Supreme...
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305 judges facing charges, 17 removed


As many as 305 judicial officers of the rank of District judge/Chief Judicial Magistrate serving i...
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Apex court cautions against maligning judges


The Supreme Court has said that judges were not robots with no heart and capacity of feeling hurt.
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Ayodhya judges, lawyers were target of IM, SIMI suspects: ATS


Judges of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court who pronounced the verdict in the Ayodhya title ...
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Make public list of decisions reserved by judges: CIC to HC


The Central Information Commission has directed the Delhi High Court to make public list of cases ...
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MP HC cracks whip against nine errant judges of lower courts


Three lower court judges had been removed from the service and six others given a compulsory retir...
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`Lokpal should have power to remove judges`


Prashant Bhushan, eminent lawyer and a member of the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, on Saturday sa...
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Two Judges suspended in Madhya Pradesh


Two Judges in Madhya Pradesh, one of them facing criminal charges, have been suspended, a top High...
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SC rejects plea for appointment of retired judges


The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea for utilising the services of retired apex c...
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Uttar Pradesh judges to train at Army management institute


The six-day residential management development programme (MDP) is designed to cater to the needs exp...
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South Africa wants more women, blacks as judges

South Africa wants more women, blacks as judges


JSC said South Africa`s judiciary needs to reflect racial, gender composition.
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Curb discretion in judges` appointment: Jaitley


Arun Jaitley said the idea of regulating discretions in matter of judicial appointment has also the ...
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Judges should not sit as `super legislature` : CJI


Cautioning judges not to overtake the functions of the legislature, Chief Justice S H Kapadia on S...
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Plea for review of verdict on judges` appointment sent to CJI


The union government favoured a review of a 1993 verdict of the Supreme Court which gave primac...
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Revisit system of judges` appointment, SC told


The central govt Monday asked the Supreme Court to reconsider the system of appointment of judges to...
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Engineer to pay for judges getting dengue


A Delhi court has paved the way for the prosecution of a government engineer whose alleged negligenc...
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Judges fair in hearing cases? Nonsense, says Justice Sachar


Former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar said it is "nonsense" if a judge claims to ...
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PF scam: All six accused judges granted bail


The CBI had filed a charge sheet against 78 people in the case involving alleged fraudulent withdra...
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Judges should not lecture the society: CJI Kapadia


Chief Justice of India, S H Kapadia, on Saturday said judges must not "give lectures" to the socie...
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Don`t summon top officials unncessarily, SC tells judges


Judges should not have inflated ego and flaunt their powers unnecessarily by summoning high- ranki...
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