Supreme Court collegium recommends appointment of Judges for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Courts
The Collegium on 11-1-2025 recommended appointment of Judges for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Courts.
Judicial Officers
‘Third pillar of democracy being treated shabbily’; Punjab and Haryana HC slams State for poor living and working conditions of Judicial Officers
PILs were instituted highlighting the sorry state of affairs of the residential houses for Judicial Officers and of courtrooms. The PIL also recorded that there is lack of residential houses available for the Officers.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Judicial Officers and Advocates as High Court Judges
On 22-12-2024, the Collegium recommended six candidates to be appointed as Judges in four High Courts of India.
SC Collegium recommends appointment of Judges for High Courts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala
On 15-10-2024 the Collegium recommended appointment of Judicial Officers and Advocates as Judges and Additional Judges as Permanent Judges for Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka High Courts respectively.
SC Collegium recommends appointment of 2 Judicial Officers as Judges of Patna HC
On 24-9-2024, the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the names Shashi Bhushan Prasad Singh, and Ashok Kumar Pandey.
[Second National Judicial Pay Commission] SC summons Chief Secretaries & Finance Secretaries of States over Judicial Officer’s arrears of pay and allowances
On 04-01-2024, the Supreme Court directed the States to implement the recommendations of the Second National Judicial Pay Commission regarding pay and allowances for judicial officers, and to pay the arrears by 29-02-2024.
‘Compensation fixed as token’; Patna HC directs two Judicial Officers to pay Rs 100 each to a man for subjecting him to trial u/s 498-A IPC not maintainable against him
The amount of compensation is fixed as a token to remind the Judicial Officers that before taking cognizance and during judicial inquiry and trial, it is the bounden and obligatory duty to go through the complaint carefully and then take cognizance.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends elevation of Advocates and Judicial Officers as Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh High Court Judges
A total number of 4 candidates were recommended by the Collegium to be appointed as Judges of the High Courts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of Additional Judges and Permanent Judges for 6 High Courts
2024’s first Supreme Court Collegium Resolutions recommended the appointment of Additional and Permanent Judges for the High Courts of Bombay, Calcutta, Chhattisgarh, Gauhati, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and Punjab and Haryana.
Judges not adhering to guidelines on maintenance given in Rajnesh v Neha: Supreme Court directs for re-circulation of judgment to Judges and Judicial Academies
Supreme Court said that the litigation which should close at the trial level is taken up to the Supreme Court and the parties are forced to litigate.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 13 Advocates and 7 Judicial Officers as High Court Judges
The Collegium thoroughly scrutinized the recommended names on basis of the reports sent by the respective High Court Collegiums and material placed on record by the Department of Justice.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends appointment of 13 Judicial Officers and 5 Advocates as High Court Judges
The recommendations were made by the Collegium keeping in mind the integrity, qualifications and experience of the judicial officers and advocates.
State’s justification for refusing 13 Judicial Officers’ promotions after Punjab and Haryana HC pulled the authorities for ‘language’
“Keeping in view the controversy involved, the original record received be sealed and kept with the Registrar Judicial.”
SC Collegium recommends appointment of 4 Advocates, 2 Judicial Officers as Judges for High Courts of Telangana and Himachal Pradesh
1 woman judicial officer has been recommended by the Collegium for elevation as High Court Judge out of the 6 recommended names.
Supreme Court on Judicial Officers’ pension: Recommendations, Compliance Timeline and Key Observations
“To be truly unified both in form and in substance, there must be integration in terms of pay, pension and other service conditions between the District Judiciary, the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Hence, any increase in the salary of the judges of the High Court must reflect in the same proportion to the judges in the District Judiciary.”
Can Judicial officers take recourse to judicial proceedings for arrears of rent? ; Allahabad High Court answers
Allahabad High Court clarified that the decision rendered in Divakar Dwivedi case must apply to all the Judicial Officers, irrespective of the fact that they had not filed writ petitions.
Supreme Court Collegium recommends elevation of Advocates and Judicial Officers in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Uttarakhand High Court
The three Supreme Court collegium resolutions were passed dated 12-04-2023.
Patna High Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of an IPS Officer who hired a conman to pose as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court to influence the corruption probe against him
The Patna High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of an IPS Officer who hired a conman to pose as the as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and to make calls to other officers for taking decision in his favour in a corruption case against him.
Gujarat High Court issued show cause notice to 9 Judicial officers for disobeying the order of the High Court and not disposing of the case pending since 1977
Judicial Officers were given a show-cause notice by the Gujarat High Court for not following the Court’s orders and directions
7 Judicial Officers appointed as Judges of Patna High Court
President appoints S/Shri (i) Shailendra Singh, (ii) Arun Kumar Jha, (iii) Jitendra Kumar, (iv) Alok Kumar Pandey, (v) Sunil Dutta Mishra, (vi)