New Guidelines for Designation of Senior Advocates in the SC
The Supreme Court issued new guidelines for designating senior advocates, replacing the existing 2017 guidelines. Under the new regulations, lawyers with a minimum of 10 years of standing and aged 45 years or above are eligible to apply. The applications will be reviewed by a committee comprising the Chief Justice of India (CJI), two senior most judges, the Attorney General, and a bar representative, who will meet twice a year to assess the candidates. The age criteria may be relaxed by the committee, and the CJI can directly recommend a candidate without considering the age bar.
Jul 21, 2023
Central Government Notifies Transfer of Justice P. Sam Koshy from Chhattisgarh High Court to Tela...
The Central government notified the transfer of Justice P. Sam Koshy from the Chhattisgarh High Court to the Telangana High Court.
The transfer of Justice Koshy was recommended by the SC Collegium on the 10th of July.
Jul 20, 2023
Central Government Notifies New Chief Justices for Four High Courts
The Central Government notified the appointment of Chief Justices for four High Courts - Kerala, Orissa, Telangana and Gujarat.
Justice Sunita Agarwal, judge of the Allahabad High Court, was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court.
Justice Ashish J Desai, acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
Orissa High Court judge Justice Subhasis Talapatra was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court consequent upon the retirement of present Chief Justice S. Muralidhar on August 7, 2023.
Karnataka High Court judge Justice Alok Aradhe was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.
In exercise of power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, appointed the above High Court Judges as Chief Justices of High Courts.
Jul 19, 2023
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of Two Advocates as Judges of Madras High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium consisting of Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud, Justice S. K. Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, recommended the names of advocates N. Senthilkumar and G. Arul Murugan as judges of Madras High Court.
The recommendation came after the Madras High Court Collegium recommended their names and the same was concurred by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and the Governor.
Jul 18, 2023
Razorpay Counsel Sharayu Jadhav Joins Acko as General Counsel
Veteran in-house counsel Sharayu Jadhav joined Acko as a General Counsel.
Jadhav is a 2004 graduate of the Savitribai Phule Pune University. She holds an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009.
She has previously worked with leading organizations like Wipro, Cognizant, Flipkart, and Myntra.
Prior to joining Acko, Jadhav held the position of Vice President, Legal at Razorpay for over a year.
SC Lifts Stay on Elections of Executive Committee Imposed by Gauhati High Court in Wrestling Fede...
The Supreme Court lifted the stay that was imposed by the Gauhati High Court on elections to the executive committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
A Bench comprising of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Justice S.V. Bhatti issued notice on a plea by the Andhra Pradesh Amateur Wrestling Association.
The Apex Court also stayed the interim order passed by the High Court.
A special hearing was held in June, where the High Court of Gauhati had stayed the elections while dealing with a case raising grievance over the alleged failure to affiliate the Assam Wrestling Association with the WFI, making the former not participate in the elections.