Adding one more judge to a district court with vacancy increases bank lending by about 0.5% in the following year, finds new study
1 min read5 Feb 2020This will increase the total strength of judges to 34 from 31 as sanctioned under the amended lawIn the light of a higher count of SC judges, a single judge bench will be assigned to deal with bail and transfer petitions
1 min read21 Sep 2019Justices Aniruddha Bose, A.S. Bopanna, Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, and Surya Kant have been elevated to the Supreme CourtEarlier the Centre had objected to the elevation of Bose and Bopanna citing concern over seniority
1 min read22 May 2019The report suggests boosting the current strength of judges from 143 to 186 to clear all the pending cases in one yearThe report attributes the reason for delays or backlogs to absence of witnesses
2 min read7 May 2019The ratio was 17.48 judges per million population in 2014The sanctioned strength of judges of high courts has increased from 906 judges in June 2014 to 1079 judges in December, 2018
1 min read6 Feb 2019Apex court collegium had on October 30 recommended to the Centre the names of the four judges
3 min read2 Nov 2018The Supreme Court is more diverse todaythan in the early 1950s,with the bigger concern now being lack of judges amidgrowing volume ofpending cases
3 min read15 Aug 2018Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that besides appointment of SC and HC judges, 247 additional judges had also been made permanent
1 min read19 Jun 2018On the issue of a conflict in judiciary, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says the judiciary had to be trusted to settle differences internally
1 min read11 Jun 2018WTO's appellate body normally has seven members, but because of the Trump administration's veto on new hires, only four of the posts are now filled
1 min read29 May 2018The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared
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