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The government has notified the constitution of the 23rd Law Commission for a period of three years, with a provision to appoint serving Supreme Court and high court judges as its chairperson and members.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of two district court judges alleging non-consideration of their names for elevation as high court judges by the Kerala High Court collegium.

The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of protesting farmers at the Shambhu border.

Peeved at poor traffic management in Ranchi, Jharkhand High Court Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi on Tuesday summoned the Director General of Police Anurag Gupta and other senior officers to appear in person in the court today.

The Delhi High Court has held a lawyer guilty of criminal contempt for appearing before a magisterial court while being drunk and using "foul and abusive" language.

Justice Sachin Datta turned down the petitioners' prayer to appoint a retired high court or Supreme Court judge as the administrator of WFI

The Supreme Court on Wednesday responded firmly to a challenge to its authority - stressing that compliance with its orders is "not a matter of choice" - and expunged critical remarks made by a single-judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The Supreme Court today expunged the observations made by a single judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the top court in a contempt case, saying they were "scandalous" and "unwarranted".

The J&K High Court has summoned Ganderbal District Commissioner Shyambir Singh in an alleged criminal contempt case.

The Supreme Court on Friday got irked over a lengthy judgement penned by a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court in a case related to an arbitral award involving media baron Kalanithi Maran and SpiceJet, saying there was no "application of mind"

Twenty-one of the 661 high court judges appointed since 2018 belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category and 12 to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

After accepting an unconditional apology, the Delhi High Court has recently discharged a man convicted of defaming judges on social media platforms. The High Court has also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on contemnor Uday Pal Singh.

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court and three additional judges of the Delhi High Court as permanent judges of their respective high courts.

The West Bengal government has constituted a seven-member panel headed by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court to review the three new criminal laws, an official said on Wednesday.

Former Madhya Pradesh High Court judge Rohit Arya has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, three months after his retirement, citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public-oriented developmental work and the BJP's policies as his primary influences.

The government has notified the constitution of the 23rd Law Commission for a period of three years, with a provision to appoint serving Supreme Court and high court judges as its chairperson and members.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of two district court judges alleging non-consideration of their names for elevation as high court judges by the Kerala High Court collegium.

The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of protesting farmers at the Shambhu border.

Peeved at poor traffic management in Ranchi, Jharkhand High Court Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi on Tuesday summoned the Director General of Police Anurag Gupta and other senior officers to appear in person in the court today.

The Delhi High Court has held a lawyer guilty of criminal contempt for appearing before a magisterial court while being drunk and using "foul and abusive" language.

Justice Sachin Datta turned down the petitioners' prayer to appoint a retired high court or Supreme Court judge as the administrator of WFI

The Supreme Court on Wednesday responded firmly to a challenge to its authority - stressing that compliance with its orders is "not a matter of choice" - and expunged critical remarks made by a single-judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The Supreme Court today expunged the observations made by a single judge bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the top court in a contempt case, saying they were "scandalous" and "unwarranted".

The J&K High Court has summoned Ganderbal District Commissioner Shyambir Singh in an alleged criminal contempt case.

The Supreme Court on Friday got irked over a lengthy judgement penned by a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court in a case related to an arbitral award involving media baron Kalanithi Maran and SpiceJet, saying there was no "application of mind"

Twenty-one of the 661 high court judges appointed since 2018 belong to the Scheduled Caste (SC) category and 12 to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

After accepting an unconditional apology, the Delhi High Court has recently discharged a man convicted of defaming judges on social media platforms. The High Court has also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on contemnor Uday Pal Singh.

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court and three additional judges of the Delhi High Court as permanent judges of their respective high courts.

The West Bengal government has constituted a seven-member panel headed by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court to review the three new criminal laws, an official said on Wednesday.

Former Madhya Pradesh High Court judge Rohit Arya has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, three months after his retirement, citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public-oriented developmental work and the BJP's policies as his primary influences.