More than 20 lawyers from the Madras High Court Bar Bench at Madurai on Thursday came out in open to protest the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium of appointing lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri as judge of the Madras High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recalled the elevation of Justice Jaswant Singh as Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and rather, made recommendation to elevate him as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
Making public the opinions of Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on candidates recommended by the Collegium for judgeship, was a matter of concern, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday.
The Executive continues with its moves to grain primacy over the Judiciary in the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the High Courts. Lead Visual: Shantanu Mitra
The Supreme Court Collegium has reiterated its proposal to appoint Advocate R. John Sathyan as a judge of the Madras High Court, after the Central government rejected his name, citing an Intelligence Bureau report stating that he had shared an article that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The Supreme Court Collegium has again sought approval from the Central government on appointment of Advocate Somasekhar Sundaresan as judge of the Bombay High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium, while observing that Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal's openness about his sexual orientation went to his credit, reiterated its November 2021 recommendation to appoint him as judge of the Delhi High Court