Justice Vimla Singh Kapoor, Additional Judge, appointed as Permanent Judge of Chhattisgarh HC
President appoints Justice Vimla Singh Kapoor, Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court to be a Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court,
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Ad-hoc judges to be appointed to deal with unprecedented pendency of cases in High Courts. Supreme Court issues guidelines and “trigger points” for activation of dormant Article 224A
“Article 224 A should not be made a dead letter, more so when the need is so pressing.”
With 220 vacancies, “the High Courts are in a crisis situation”; Here’s what the Supreme Court advised to facilitate timely appointments
“The High Courts are in a crisis situation. There are almost 40% vacancies in the High Courts, with many of the larger High Courts working under 50% of their sanctioned strength.”
10 Additional Judges to be Permanent Judges of Allahabad High Court
President appoints the following ten Judges to be the Permanent Judges of the Allahabad High Court: Ali Zamin Vipin Chandra Dixit Shekhar
UP Police Constables appointments| Shifting of candidates selected against posts meant for reserved categories, to open category as per Court directions hence valid: Supreme Court
“With the availability of 3295 additional posts, in the re-working exercise, if the candidates who were already selected against reserved posts were entitled to be considered against open category posts, that exercise cannot be termed as illegal or invalid on any count.”
“Open category is open to all”; SC directs appointment of OBC female candidates with higher marks than General Category female candidates as Constables by UP Police
“Any selection which results in candidates getting selected against Open/General category with less merit than the other available candidates will certainly be opposed to principles of equality.”
Supreme Court | Can candidates left out of merit list claim equity with those selected on basis of erroneous concession given by State? Read SC discussion on Negative Equality
Supreme Court: A 3-Judge Bench of L. Nageswara Rao, Hemant Gupta and Ajay Rastogi, JJ. held that the candidates left out of
RPSC 2nd Grade Teachers’ recruitment| SC saves appointees by not setting aside Rajasthan High Court’s ‘erroneous’ decision on correctness of answer key
“It was not open to the Division Bench to have examined the correctness of the questions and the answer key to come to a conclusion different from that of the Expert Committee.”
‘It’s high time we put an end to the disturbing trend of Govt ignoring our directions.’ Read why Supreme Court directed constitution of National Tribunals Commission
Judicial independence of the Tribunals can be achieved only when the Tribunals are provided the necessary infrastructure and other facilities without having to lean on the shoulders of the executive.
Appointments and functioning of Tribunals| Tribunal Rules 2020 valid but need modifications, National Tribunals Commission to be constituted; directs SC [Read Directions]
“Dispensation of justice by the Tribunals can be effective only when they function independent of any executive control: this renders them credible and generates public confidence.”
PCS (Judicial) Exam| As 47 seats remain vacant, SC asks Justice AK Sikri & Justice SS Saron to re-check some papers in 2 subjects to gather what went wrong
Supreme Court: In the case relating to Punjab Civil Services (Judicial) appointments*, where only 28 people have been recruited against a total
Bombay HC | 4 Additional Judges appointed as Permanent Judges of the Court
President appoints Justices (1) Shriram Madhusudan Modak, (2) Jamadar Nijamoddin Jahiroddin, (3) Vinay Gajanan Joshi, and (4) Avachat Rajendra Govind, Additional Judges
Appointments | One Additional Judge of Calcutta and another from Himachal Pradesh HC made Permanent
Appointment of Judges President appoints Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Additional Judge of the Calcutta High Court, to be a Judge of the Calcutta
[BREAKING] Tushar Mehta re-appointed Solicitor General of India for a period of 3 yrs: Also read full list of re-appointments and appointment of ASGs
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the the following: Re-appointment of Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of India w.e.f. 01-07-2020 for a 3
Himachal Pradesh HC [Appointments] | Anoop Chitkara and Jyotsna Rewal Dua appointed as Judge and Addl. Judge, respectively
President appoints Shri Anoop Chitkara, to be a Judge of the Himachal Pradesh High Court with effect from the date he assumes
Utt HC | Appointments of waitlisted candidates in AYUSH Department must be in conformity with Rules prescribing life of panel by UPSC
Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and R.C. Khulbe, J. entertained a writ petition against the AYUSH Education
Jharkhand HC | Appointment of 2 Additional Judges as Judges
President appoints Justice Bimlendu Bhushan Mangalmurti and Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary, Additional Judges of the Jharkhand High Court to be Judges of
Rajasthan HC | 2 Judicial Officers of Rajasthan HC appointed as Judges
President appoints the following two Judicial Officers to be the Judges of Rajasthan High Court while exercising the powers conferred by clause
SC| UPSC can recommend Officers having atleast 6 months tenure left for post of Director General of Police
Supreme Court: Clarifying the order dated 03.07.2018, the bench of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ said
CIC | Four Information Commissioners administered oath
On 01-01-2019 four Information Commissioners namely Shri Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, Smt. Vanaja N Sarna, Shri Neeraj Kumar Gupta and Shri Suresh Chandra