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How hiring more judges can spur firm growth

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 2020
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Four new Supreme Court judges to take oath on Monday

This 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 2019
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4 new judges elevated to SC as collegium rejects Centre's objections on 2 names

Justices 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 2019
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Delhi HC report says 43 more judges required to dispose pending cases in 1 year

The 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 2019
Politics

There are 20 judges per 10 lakh people in India: Govt

The 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 2019
Politics

CJI in awe as Centre clears elevation of 4 SC judges in 48 hours

Apex court collegium had on October 30 recommended to the Centre the names of the four judges

3 min read2 Nov 2018
Politics

How the Supreme Court has evolved since 1950

The 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 2018
Politics

NDA has appointed 17 SC, 315 HC judges: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union 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 2018
Politics

Govt will continue to give views on SC collegium recommendations: Ravi Shankar Prasad

On 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 2018
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WTO being ‘asphyxiated’, outgoing judge says, in veiled rebuke to US

WTO'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 2018
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