Appointment of 10 new Judges to Telangana High Court
President appoints S/Shri (1) Kasoju Surendhar alias K. Surender, (2) Smt. Surepalli Nanda, (3) Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, (4) Smt. Juvvadi Sridevi alias
Appointment
Interchangeability of unfilled posts of SC/ST category can be done only by the department concerned, not by appointing authority : SC
Supreme Court: The bench of Indidra Banerjee and JK Maheshwari*, JJ the interchangeability of the vacant unfilled posts of SC category may
Justice Vipin Sanghi appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
President appoints Justice Vipin Sanghi, senior-most Judge of the Delhi High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief
President appoints Additional Judge Ahanthem Bimol Singh of Manipur HC as Judge of that HC
Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh, Additional Judge of the Manipur High Court, appointed as a Judge of that High Court, w.e.f. the date
Is Railway’s decision to disqualify persons with history of lasik surgery for the post of constables (RPF) just and reasonable? SC directs constitution of experts committee to answer
Supreme Court: Opining that the advancement of medical field over a period of time has been enormous, the Division Bench comprising of
Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava to be the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan HC on retirement of Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi
President appoints Shri Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, senior-most Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, to perform the duties of the office of
Mani HC | All resolutions passed at the emergency meeting will be subject to confirmation or revision at the next ordinary meeting; Court allows petition
Manipur High Court: Lanusungkum Jamir, J. allowed a petition pertaining to appointment/promotion of High School teachers. Petitioners along with respondent 3, 4,
MP HC | State directed to decide on pending representation within 90 days in the matter of appointment date of State Forest Officer
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vishal Mishra J. disposed of the petition without expressing any opinion on the merit in a petition filed
Proposal for appointment of Additional Judge, Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh of Manipur HC as Permanent Judge, approved: SC Collegium
Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of Justice Ahanthem Bimol Singh, Additional Judge of the Manipur High Court
Unilateral Appointment of Arbitrators and the Inherent Lack of Jurisdiction: Assessing the Procedure for Challenging Biased Appointments
by Soham Banerjee* and Salona Mittal**
3 Advocates appointed as Judges of Orissa High Court
President appoints S/Shri (1) V. Narasingh, (2) Biraja Prasanna Satapathy and (3) Murahari Sri Raman, to be Judges of the Orissa High
Appointment of 7 Advocates as Judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court
President appoints S/Shri (1) Konakanti Sreenivasa Reddy alias Srinivasa Reddy, (2) Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad, (3) Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda, (4) Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao, (5)
Madhya Pradesh High Court gets 6 new Judges
President appoints S/Shri (i) Maninder Singh Bhatti, (ii) Dwarka Dhish Bansal, (iii) Milind Ramesh Phadke, (iv) Amar Nath (Kesharwani), (v) Prakash Chandra
Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari appointed as the Chief Justice of Madras High Court
President appoints Shri Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari, Judge of the Madras High Court, to be the Chief Justice of Madras High Court
Benefit conferred on one or a set of people, without legal basis or justification, cannot multiply and be relied upon as a principle of parity: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where some candidates who had applied for the post of Helper/trainee with Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution
HP HC | Compassionate appointment is not a matter of right but subject to policy changes; appointment rightly rejected to son as mother is already employed with PWD
Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Sabina and Satyen Vaidya JJ. dismissed the petition on grounds of non-interference. The facts
Non-consideration for subsequent preference post after being declared ineligible for first post preference: Is it unjust? Supreme Court answers
Supreme Court: While addressing the issue as to whether a candidate is entitled to claim appointment on a subsequent post in his
Supreme Court affirms HC’s order upholding appointment of Mr. Dinkar Gupta as Punjab DSP
“When a person takes a chance and participates, thereafter he cannot, because the result is unpalatable, turn around to contend that the process was unfair or the selection committee was not properly constituted.”
J&K and Ladakh HC | “Neither irrational, unreasonable nor arbitrary”; HC holds higher qualification than the maximum qualification prescribed is not suitable qualification
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: The Division Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, Sanjay Dhar, JJ., held that in case of
Three Additional Judges appointed to Calcutta High Court
President appoints 3 Additional Judges to Calcutta High Court for a period of 2 years with effect from the date they assume