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Jun 2022

Oct 13, 2023

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of Five Judicial Officers as Kerala High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, recommended the names of five Judicial Officers for appointment as as Judges of Kerala High Court.
the Collegium stated that the Kerala High Court Chief Justice, had recommended the elevation of the five judicial officers, in consultation with his two senior-most colleagues, and that the Chief Minister and the Governor of the State had also concurred with the recommendation.
The following are the Judicial Officers who have been recommended to be elevated as Judges of the High Court of Kerala: M. B. Snehalatha, Johnson John, G. Girish, C. Pratheepkumar and P. Krishna Kumar.

Oct 11, 2023

Centre Sends 70 Names to Supreme Court Collegium for Judges' Appointment

After sitting on the recommendations made by collegiums of various High Courts for appointment of judges for 11 months, the Centre suddenly forwarded all 70 pending proposals to the CJI-led top court Collegium in the last few days.

Oct 10, 2023

Centre to Soon Clear Appointment of Justice Siddharth Mridul as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court

Attorney General for India R. Venkataramani assured Supreme Court that it will shortly issue a notification clearing the appointment of Delhi High Court judge Justice Siddharth Mridul as Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.
The Manipur High Court has been which has been functioning without a permanent Chief Justice since February 2023 and Justice P. V. Muralidharan is currently serving as its acting Chief Justice.

Oct 09, 2023

Kondaiah Jonnalagadda Appointed Head, Department of Law at MNLU Aurangabad

Professor Kondaiah Jonnalagadda was appointed to the position of Head, Department of Law at Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad.
Prior to this, he worked as Associate Professor of Law at National Law University, Odisha.
He is the Gold medallist in his Master of Law from University of Madras, In addition to this He is also recipient of various academic honours namely, i. L.C.Miller Medal 2002 (Gold Medal) ii. The Dr. A.L. Mudaliar Prizes 2002 iii. Justice M.N. Rao Prize 2002 iv. Best Student Award in M.L, (The Mylapore Academy, Chennai) (2002).

Oct 08, 2023

Supreme Court to Appoint Interpreter to Enable Deaf Lawyer Sarah Sunny to Argue Her Case

In a first, the Supreme Court directed its registry to appoint an interpreter for deaf lawyer Sarah Sunny to appear before the top court and argue her case. The Court will bear the expenses for the interpreter.
Registrar Vivek Saxena passed the order directing the registry officials to take necessary steps in this regard.
The Court was hearing an application moved through advocate Sanchita Ain seeking appointment of an interpreter for advocate Sunny.

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