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SC Collegium recommends elevation of Justice Sanjay Yadav as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court
•Justice Yadav is presently the Acting Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, and had previously worked as the Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
SC withdraws approval for appointment of Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of Bombay HC as permanent judge
•The move comes after the judge acquitted a man accused of groping a teenager's breast because he did not make 'skin-to-skin' contact and also ruled that holding hands and unzipping trousers do not amount to 'sexual assault' under the POCSO Act
'Faced mountain of obstacles for no reason': Justice R Banumathi, second woman to sit on SC Collegium, retires
Fp Staff •With the retirement of Justice R Banumathi, the Supreme Court will be left with only two women judges — Justices Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee
Survey of high court advocates exposes fault lines between bar, bench; greater transparency in judicial appointments need of the hour
Chitrakshi_jain •The way in which the system of appointments is currently functioning needs rethinking with a majority of the surveyed advocates demanding greater transparency in its operation
Govt takes 127 days, Collegium 119 days to deal with recommendations for appointment of judges, Centre tells SC
•Attorney General KK Venugopal told a Supreme Court bench that high courts across the country have not even recommended the names for appointment of judges for 199 out of 396 vacancies
Supreme Court stops uploading collegium resolutions on website: Move is major self-inflicted wound, smacks of institutional cowardice
Alok Prasanna Kumar •That the Supreme Court, with all its constitutional powers and storied history, cannot stand to hear the public criticism of the Bar and citizens speaks volumes for the court’s own confidence in its performance.
Madras HC Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani abstains from proceedings amid controversy over transfer to Meghalaya
Fp Staff •Earlier, Chief Justice Tahilramani had decided to resign after she was transferred to the Meghalaya High Court, one of the smallest in India, by the Supreme Court Collegium.
'Shocking and disturbing': Brinda Karat slams transfer of Madras HC chief justice, claims move insults women
•Brinda karat termed the transfer and subsequent resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya Tahilramani as "shocking and disturbing"
Law ministry appoints Justice Vikram Nath as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court; post was vacant since last November
•Justice Vikram Nath, who is currently a judge in the Allahabad High Court, has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, the Law Ministry said on Sunday
Judiciary-Centre logjam resurfaces as Supreme Court collegium rejects govt objection to elevation of Justice Bose, Justice Bopanna
Fp Staff •The Collegium is of the considered view that at present the following persons are more deserving and suitable in all respects than other Chief Justices and senior puisne Judges of High Courts, for being appointed as Judges of the Supreme Court of India