The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a slew of directions to the Centre for expediting appointment of judges besides exercising its extraordinary powers to permit appointment of retired judges as ad ho...

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was open to the direct appointment of ad hoc judges in various high courts to tide over the backlog of over 3.51 crore cases. Of these, over 80 lakh cases are pe...

Calcutta High Court has the second highest number of vacant judge’s posts among high courts — 40 vacancies against a sanctioned strength of 72. Allahabad High Court tops the list with 64 ...

The state law department should settle its disputes regarding appointment of judges for subordinate courts with the high court administration, Calcutta High Court said on Tuesday.“Filling up vacant ...

Eleven judges and magistrates have been walking 1km from their quarters to the Durgapur sub-divisional magistrate’s court for the past two days because the drivers of their cars have struck work.The...

The relationship between equality and authority — whether among citizens or institutions — has always been a complicated one. On the face of it, both notions are seemingly at odds with each other,...

The Union cabinet on Wednesday cleared a proposal to introduce a bill to increase the number of Supreme Court judges to 34 from the existing sanctioned strength of 31.Information and broadcasting mini...