High Court Judges News

Minister of state for law P.P. Chaudhary says no such proposal for extension of retirement age of high court judges was under consideration of the government

The lawyers have ceased work to protest against delays in appointing new judges

Now, the three commissioners, like the judges of the Supreme Court and chief justices of the high courts, will draw a monthly salary of Rs2.50 lakh from the current Rs90,000

Six new Madras high court judges sworn in, taking total strength of the court to 55 against the sanctioned 75

The appointments of High court judges come at a time when the government and judiciary continue to differ over a key document which guides nomination of judges

The appointments of justices Prathiba M. Singh, Rekha Pillai, Naveen Chawla and Hari Shankar will take the number of judges in Delhi high court to 38

Judges need to understand the complex linkages between various areas of governance and economic and legal activity today

SC says the memorandum of procedure for appointments to the higher judiciary has been cleared and the process of filling the vacancies in the high courts is proceeding on a war footing

The proposal to amend the HC judges (salaries and conditions of service) Act, 1954, comes more than a year after the SC ruled that such a discrepancy must be removed