Collegium
2017, a watershed year for SC in dispensation of justice
The issue of privacy arose in the light of the Centre pushing its agenda of making Aadhaar card with biometric.
On CJI initiative, Supreme Court case backlog down by 2,174
According to a press note issued by the Registry at the time when Justice Misra took over, the total pendency in the SC were 57,774 cases.
How transparent collegium?
An unusually high number of vacancies in high courts reflect on how long the decision-making process takes.
Supreme Court collegium to share details of judges’ postings
The collegium system of “judges appointing judges” had been criticised by the government while calling for greater transparency and accountability.
NGO draws SC ire on frivolous pleas, fined Rs 25 lakh
The court also imposed a life-long ban on the trust and its representative from approaching any court in future.
Centre can reject judge, but collegium will have final say
The collegium took 15 months to arrive at a consensus in finalising the MoP.
CBI may get new head soon
Selection committee likely to meet today or tomorrow.
Govt-collegium rift widens over 13 judge picks
The counsel alleged that the government was trying to scuttle the transfers effected by the collegium.
Collegium meet to pick CBI new chief on December 26
The appointment of Rakesh Asthana as interim chief of the CBI has already been challenged in the Supreme Court.
End this unseemly row
Hitch over names not cleared, due to security reasons according to the law minister, is where egos must stop and conciliation must begin.