High Courts of India Current Affairs, GK & News

Supreme Court gets Four New Judges

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed four new judges to the Supreme Court based on the proposals sent by the Ministry of Law. These appointments took the number of judges in Supreme Court to 34 and it is highest ever in the history of the Apex Court. Elevation to Supreme Court The Law Ministry acting ..

Topics: Gauhati High Court • High Courts of India • Hrishikesh Roy • Judges • Judiciary of India • Krishna Murari • Madan Lokur • Shripathi Ravindra Bhat • V. Ramasubramanian

Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel sworn-in as new Chief Justice of Delhi High Court

Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel was sworn in as new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. Lt Governor Anil Baijal administered the oath of office to Justice Patel at a function held at Raj Niwas. Earlier, Justice Patel was posted at the Jharkhand High Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended his name for the ..

Topics: Delhi High Court • Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel • Government of India • High Courts of India • Jharkhand High Court • Judiciary of India • Supreme Court of India • Supreme Court of Pakistan

Arjan Kumar Sikri appointed as new chairperson of News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA)

Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, the former judge of Supreme Court of India (SCI), has been appointed as the chairperson of News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) by the News Broadcasters Association (NBA). He will succeed Justice (Retd.) R. V. Raveendran, and will assume the office of Chairperson of NBSA on May 26. This is an honorary ..

Topics: Arjan • Arjan Kumar Sikri • High Courts of India • Judiciary of India • Law in India • News Broadcasters Association • Puisne • Puisne judge • R. V. Raveendran • Sikri • Supreme court • Supreme Court of India

Madan B Lokur appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of Fiji

Justice Madan B Lokur, the Retired Supreme Court judge of India, has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji as a judge of its non-resident panel. He he received the offer from the Chief Justice of the Fiji Supreme Court on the day of his superannuation from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of ..

Topics: Chief justice • Chief Justice of Fiji • High Courts of India • Judiciary of Fiji • Judiciary of India • Law by country • Madan Lokur • Supreme court • Supreme Court of Fiji • Supreme Court of India • Supreme Court of India crisis • Supreme Court of Pakistan

Abhay Shreeniwas Oka sworn-in as new Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala administered the oath of office to Justice Oka at the Raj Bhavan. He succeeded Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, who was elevated as a Supreme Court judge in January 2019. Justice Oka has given many landmark ..

Topics: Abhay Shreeniwas Oka • Dinesh Maheshwari • Government of India • Government of Meghalaya • High Courts of India • Judiciary of India • Karnataka High Court • Raj Bhavan • Supreme Court of India • Vala

PR Ramachandra Menon sworn-in as new Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court

Justice PR Ramachandra Menon has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court. Governor Anandiben Patel administered him the oath of office and secrecy at a function at Raj Bhawan. Earlier, Menon was a judge in the Kerala High Court. As per article 217 of constitution, the Chief Justice of a ..

Topics: Chhattisgarh High Court • Chief justice • Government of Chhattisgarh • Government of India • High Courts of India • Judiciary of India • Kerala High Court • Legal professions • Oath of office • Supreme Court of India • Supreme Court of Pakistan