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SC dismisses plea against appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as Chief Justice of India, says petition 'devoid of merits'
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe plea said the petitioners were relying on an undated letter addressed to Chief Justice of India and circulated by the four apex court judges.
Justice Ranjan Gogoi appointed next CJI by President Ram Nath Kovind; to assume office on 3 October
Fp Staff • 7 years agoJustice Misra, on 4 September had sent a letter to the Central government recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as his successor
Government likely to sit on Justice KM Joseph's file despite collegium's reiteration, clears appointment of two other judges
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe tussle between the government and the judiciary over Uttarakhand Chief Justice KM Joseph's elevation to the Supreme Court is likely to continue despite the collegium recommending him for the second time last month.
'Independent judges, noisy journalists democracy’s first line of defence': Justice Gogoi calls for revolution in judiciary
• 7 years agoSenior Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi said that the judicial system needs revolution, not reform if it is to be serviceable for the common man while delivering the third Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture in Delhi
Justice J Chelameswar retires: 'Younger generation stood by me while established lawyers attacked me', he says
Fp Staff • 7 years agoJustice J Chelameswar, who had his last working day on Friday, shared the dais with Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.
KM Joseph elevation row: Little doubt on what SC collegium will do, so focus is on how it will do that
Fp Editors • 7 years agoWhen the Supreme Court collegium meets later this afternoon, there is common consensus on what it might do
SC collegium-Centre standoff over KM Joseph's elevation to Supreme Court: A look at regional representation in apex court
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe central government, which has refused to accept the Supreme Court's collegium's recommendations regarding the appointment of Justice KM Joseph to the apex court, has said doing so would distort the court's regional representation.
Crucial Supreme Court collegium meets today to reconsider name of Justice KM Joseph
• 7 years agoThe government had on 26 April declined to accept the recommendation of the Collegium and asked it to reconsider his name.
Indu Malhotra becomes 25th Supreme Court judge: A look at the 24 other judges of the apex court
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAt present, there are 24 sitting judges at the Supreme Court of India, of which six are set to retire this year.
Govt asks SC to reconsider Justice KM Joseph's elevation as top court judge; cites adequate representation of Kerala
• 7 years agoJustifying its stand of returning the recommendation, the Centre on Thursday sent a detailed note to Chief Justice Dipak Misra giving reasons to the Supreme Court collegium for its decision