5 High Courts to get new Chief Justices
KERALA HIGH COURT ↪ Shri Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Judge, Kerala High Court, appointed as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High
Appointments
Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Sr. Advocate K.V. Viswanathan take oath as Supreme Court Judges
In a marvellous display of speed, the Collegium recommendation of elevating Justice Mishra and Senior Advocate K.V. Viswanathan to the Supreme Court was cleared by the Law Ministry in 2 days.
Know Thy Judge | Justice Pritinker Diwaker: The 50th Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
Prior to being appointed as Allahabad High Court’s 50th Chief Justice, Justice Pritinker Diwaker had been working as the High Court’s Acting Chief Justice after elevation of former Chief Justice, Rajesh Bindal
Selection process, Qualification; Remuneration, Job Description, and more: Your cheat sheet to Revised scheme for engaging Supreme Court Law Clerk
Law Clerk will be paid a consolidated remuneration of Rs. 80,000/- per and Rs. 90,000/- per month if given an extension after twelve months of the initial assignment.
Service rendered by teachers in Zila Parishad to be counted towards the determination of seniority, even after their absorption into PMC: Supreme Court
Given the existence of the unambiguous provision, Supreme Court held that the services rendered by primary teachers while in the service of the Zilla Parishad deserves to be counted towards their seniority after the transfer and merger of their services into the Pune Municipal Corporation
Advocate Venkatachari Lakshminarayanan appointed as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court
The President is pleased to appoint Shri Venkatachari Lakshminarayanan, Advocate as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court for a period
Realising India’s Potential to become an Arbitration and ODR Hub
by Arif Mohammed Madani†
Supreme Court’s Tale of Strength
The discourse around judicial vacancies and 7 new Supreme Court appointments have created quite a curiosity regarding the workings of the Supreme Court. With the Supreme Court now functioning at its full sanctioned strength, there is however, an interesting history of this Sanctioned Strength- (hint: it was not always 34!)
Guideline excluding married daughter for issuance of I-cards to dependants of ex-servicemen, held violative of Art. 14; Karnataka High Court struck down the words “till married” from the impugned policy
In an impassioned ruling, the single Judge Bench of the Karnataka High Court observed that the word “men” in the impugned Guideline perpetrates gender bias and misogyny and urged that there is an imperative need of change of nomenclature from ‘ex-servicemen’ to that of ‘ex-service personnel’
Make way for the outsiders: Compassionate Appointment cannot be extended to heirs of the retiring employees, holds Supreme Court
Supreme Court: In a case where the Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika/ Municipal Corporation was giving appointment to the heirs of the employees on
President appoints 9 Additional Judges at Allahabad High Court
The President is pleased to appoints following to be Additional Judges of Allahabad High Court, for a period of two
Orissa High Court gets 2 new Judges
The President appoints Gourishankar Satapathy and Chittaranjan Dash, to be Judges of the Orissa High Court, in that order of seniority, with
President appoints Justice Uday Umesh Lalit as the new Chief Justice of India wef August 27, 2022
The President appoints Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Judge of the Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from August
J&K and Ladakh HC| Compassionate Appointments are not for conferring status on a family
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: While deciding the instant appeal vis-a-vis compassionate appointment, the Division Bench of Tashi Rabstan and
Andhra Pradesh High Court gets 3 Additional Judges
The President appoints following Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in that order of seniority, for a period of two
Senior-most judge Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court
The President appoints, Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, senior-most Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, to perform the duties of the office
Pramod Rao takes charge as Executive Director, SEBI
On 15-07-2022, Mr. Pramod Rao took charge as Executive Director in SEBI. He will handle the Department of Debt and Hybrid Securities
Gujarat High Court | Delay in appointment of presiding officer of DRT leading to deprivation of legitimate right to speedy justice; Directions issued
Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench of Aravind Kumar, CJ. and Ashutosh J. Shastri, J. allowed a writ petition which was filed
6 Appointments and one Transfer lead to 7 High Courts getting new Chiefs
DELHI HIGH COURT The President transfers Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Chief Justice, Telangana High Court, as the Chief Justice of the Delhi
Appointment of Additional Judges at Karnataka and Allahabad High Court
Karnataka High Court The President appoints Shri Cheppudira Monnappa Poonacha, to be an Additional Judge of the Karnataka High Court, for a