Judges of SC Current Affairs, GK & News

Judges Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

December 1, 2021

The Judges Bill was introduced by The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha. The bill intends to amend the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Condition of Service) Act. What is Judges Bill? The bill seeks to bring clarity whether the SC and HC ..

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Cabinet: Ordinance to cut salary of PM and MPs by 30% approved

April 6, 2020

On April 6, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved to cut the salary of Prime Minister and other MPs by 30%. Apart from them, the salaries of president, governor and vice president are also to be cut Highlights The amount cut from the members are to go to consolidated fund of India. The Cabinet has also ..

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Cabinet approves increasing strength of Supreme Court Judges

August 1, 2019

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved increasing the number of judges in Supreme Court from the present 31 to 34 (i.e. by 10%), including Chief Justice of India (CJI). In this regard it has approved bill to amend Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956. At present, the full sanctioned strength ..

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Indu Malhotra: First woman lawyer to be directly promoted as SC judge

January 12, 2018

The Supreme Court collegium led by Chief Justice of India (CI) Dipak Misra has unanimously recommended name of senior advocate Indu Malhotra for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court. With this, she becomes first woman lawyer from the country to be directly elected for post of judge of the Supreme Court. Overall she ..

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