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Justice Hrishikesh Roy told me law is an art and asked what novel I’d defend in court
After serving for over five years as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, he demitted office on 1 February. I first met him ...
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Why did the Supreme Court clear the decks for appointment of ad-hoc judges to High Courts? | Explained
The story so far: To address the growing backlog of criminal cases, the Supreme ... India. In Lok Prahari, the Court identified specific circumstances that could warrant the appointment of ad-hoc ...
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Supreme Court relaxes rules for High Courts to appoint ad-hoc judges
A view of Supreme Court of India. (HT Photo) The order by a special bench comprising chief justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant will allow chief justices of ...
Supreme Court relaxes rules for High Courts to appoint ad-hoc judges
Each HC should keep the appointment to two to five ad-hoc judges and not exceed 10% of the total sanctioned strength, the ...
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Supreme Court Permits High Courts To Appoint Retired Judges For Backlog Relief
The Supreme ... judges would sit with regular judges in Division Benches. A Special Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant added that each High ...
Hindustan Times9d
Supreme Court tells Centre to consider cadre to appoint consumer forum members
A view of the Supreme Court of India building (ANI ... court modified its order in March 2024 to exempt former high court judges seeking appointment as heads of state consumer bodies from this ...
NDTV12d
Top Court To Mark 75 Years With All 33 Judges In Ceremonial Bench Tomorrow
With the Supreme Court set to complete 75 years on Tuesday, a ceremonial bench of all 33 judges, including Chief Justice Of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, will assemble in courtroom number 1 at 3.30pm ...
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Ex-Judge Jaishree Thakur Appointed As Independent Observer For Chandigarh Mayor Polls
The Supreme Court on Monday appointed former judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice (retd) Jaishree Thakur as an independent observer for the Chandigarh mayoral election to be held on ...
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Why a Christian pastor was denied a burial in his own village by India’s Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was hearing an appeal to the Chhattisgarh High Court’s order which had held that Baghel’s father could not be buried in the village. While the two-judge bench reached a split ...
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Indian Supreme Court a true people’s court—CJI Khanna’s full speech on 75th anniversary of 1st sitting
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna said SC 'remains accessible to common public, and in its diversity of judges, multitude ...
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RG Kar case falls in ‘rarest of rare’ doctrine. Sanjay Roy deserves death penalty
Post Nirbhaya case, the existing laws were altered and policy was made stringent. The facts of the case squarely fall under ...
News updates: India's fruit, vegetable exports reach 17 new markets in 3 years
India has exported fresh produce such as baby corn and pomegranates to 17 new markets, such as Brazil, Georgia, Uganda, and Ghana in the last three years, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday. This ...