Supreme Court Judges

Odisha Train Accident Tragedy: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre for setting up an inquiry commission headed by a retired top court judge to probe the cause of the train accident

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud today hailed Justice V Ramasubramanian, who is set to retire as a judge of the Supreme Court on June 29, for his "humble persona" and said he is a multi-talented judge and human being.

Senior Lawyer Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan, who this morning took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, has had a long and difficult journey to the top court.

The Supreme Court of India today got two new judges as Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, the chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and senior lawyer Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan, were administered the oath of office.

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday appointed Prashant Kumar Mishra, the chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.

The salaries of supreme court judges are more than those of the president, the prime minister, ministers, federal secretaries and parliamentarians, The News International reported citing the data submitted to the Public Accounts Committee.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Manipur High Court judge Justice MV Muralidaran, saying despite being granted an opportunity he did not correct his judgement on grant of quota to majority Meiteis in the strife-torn state.

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Karol today recused from hearing the Bihar Government plea challenging the Patna High Court order putting an interim stay on the caste-based census in the state.

The Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI DY Chandrachud on Tuesday recommended to the Centre the names of Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate KV Viswanathan as judges of the apex court.

"You will be missed a lot," was how Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said his farewell to "Tiger Shah" - Justice MR Shah - who demitted office as a Supreme Court judge on Monday.

Fourth senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice MR Shah on Monday got emotional in the courtroom on his last day in office, saying he is not a person to retire and will start a new inning in life.

Sanjiv Bhatt had filed an appeal in the high court challenging his conviction in the case of the custodial death of Prabhudas Vaishnani, who was caught by Jamnagar police after a communal riot.

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has recommended the names of three advocates for appointment as judges of the Bombay High Court.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday lauded an order of the Supreme Court allowing a judicial services aspirant suffering from writer's cramp to get a scribe to write his preliminary examination for the recruitment of civil judges in Uttarakhand.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had asked the West Bengal school jobs "scam" case to be reassigned after examining a report on Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's interview to a news channel.

Odisha Train Accident Tragedy: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre for setting up an inquiry commission headed by a retired top court judge to probe the cause of the train accident

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud today hailed Justice V Ramasubramanian, who is set to retire as a judge of the Supreme Court on June 29, for his "humble persona" and said he is a multi-talented judge and human being.

Senior Lawyer Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan, who this morning took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, has had a long and difficult journey to the top court.

The Supreme Court of India today got two new judges as Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, the chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and senior lawyer Kalpathy Venkataraman Viswanathan, were administered the oath of office.

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday appointed Prashant Kumar Mishra, the chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, as a judge of the Supreme Court.

The salaries of supreme court judges are more than those of the president, the prime minister, ministers, federal secretaries and parliamentarians, The News International reported citing the data submitted to the Public Accounts Committee.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on Manipur High Court judge Justice MV Muralidaran, saying despite being granted an opportunity he did not correct his judgement on grant of quota to majority Meiteis in the strife-torn state.

Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Karol today recused from hearing the Bihar Government plea challenging the Patna High Court order putting an interim stay on the caste-based census in the state.

The Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI DY Chandrachud on Tuesday recommended to the Centre the names of Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and senior advocate KV Viswanathan as judges of the apex court.

"You will be missed a lot," was how Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said his farewell to "Tiger Shah" - Justice MR Shah - who demitted office as a Supreme Court judge on Monday.

Fourth senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice MR Shah on Monday got emotional in the courtroom on his last day in office, saying he is not a person to retire and will start a new inning in life.

Sanjiv Bhatt had filed an appeal in the high court challenging his conviction in the case of the custodial death of Prabhudas Vaishnani, who was caught by Jamnagar police after a communal riot.

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has recommended the names of three advocates for appointment as judges of the Bombay High Court.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday lauded an order of the Supreme Court allowing a judicial services aspirant suffering from writer's cramp to get a scribe to write his preliminary examination for the recruitment of civil judges in Uttarakhand.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had asked the West Bengal school jobs "scam" case to be reassigned after examining a report on Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's interview to a news channel.