Judges Appointment Bill

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  Centre Wants To "Capture" Judiciary: Kapil Sibal On Judges Appointment Rules

  Rajya Sabha MP and former law minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday accused the government of attempting to "capture" the judiciary.

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  AAP's Raghav Chadha Opposes Private Bill To Regulate Judges' Appointment

  A private member bill to regulate the appointment of judges through the National Judicial Commission was on Friday introduced in Rajya Sabha by CPI(M)'s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya but was opposed by AAP MP Raghav Chadha.

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  Plan To Move Bill To Replace Judges' Appointment System? What Centre Said

  Amid a tussle with the Supreme Court over the current system of appointment of judges, the Centre informed Parliament on Thursday that "at present, there is no such proposal" to reintroduce National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC.

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  "Disregard Of...": Veep Takes On Supreme Court On Judicial Appointments

  The government versus Supreme Court tussle over the appointment of judges came under the spotlight again today, with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar highlighting the issue in his maiden address in the Upper House.

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  Two Indian-Origin Women Attorneys Appointed Judges In New York

  Two Indian-origin women attorneys have been appointed as judges to the criminal and civil courts by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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  Lok Sabha Members Protest Supreme Court's Scrapping of Judges' Appointment Law

  Members in Lok Sabha today came out strongly against the scrapping of National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act by the Supreme Court and pitched for accountability of judges.

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  Arun Jaitley Questions Logic of Supreme Court Order on Judges' Appointments

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Supreme Court's judgment which struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission for higher judiciary was based on an "erroneous logic". He said "democracy can't be the tyranny of the unelected".

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  New York City Gets Its First India-Born Woman Judge

  Raja Rajeswari has been sworn-in as a criminal court judge by Mayor Bill de Blasio, becoming the first India-born woman to be appointed a judge in the New York City.

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  As Chief Justice Writes to PM Modi, Judges' Appointment Panel in Trouble

  A new system of appointing judges, passed in Parliament and cleared by the government last month, seems to be in trouble with the Chief Justice of India telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he will not be a part of it until the Supreme Court decide on its validity.

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  New Law to Select Judges in Effect. Why That Could Irk Supreme Court.

  The government has said that starting today, how India's judges are chosen has been changed.

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  'Government Should Have No Voice in Judicial Appointments', Says Eminent Lawyer Ram Jethmalani

  Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani said on Saturday that the government should have no voice in the selection of judges as it may cause prejudice in its favour being the biggest litigant in courts.

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  Government Justifies Bills to Replace Collegium of Judges With Judicial Appointment Body

  The Narendra Modi government has justified the enactment of two laws to help replace the existing collegium system of judicial appointments with the institution of the National Judicial Appointments Commission.

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  National Judicial Appointment Body Gets Green Signal From President

  A national body to appoint judges - which will replace the current collegium system - came into force today with the nod from President Pranab Mukherjee.

• Judges' Appointment Bill: Supreme Court Won't Interfere, For Now

  The Supreme Court today decided not to intervene on petitions challenging a bill to change the system of appointing judges, saying it would be "premature".

• New Bill to Appoint Judges Challenged in Supreme Court, Hearing on Monday

  The Supreme Court has admitted petitions challenging a proposed law to change the way judges are appointed, which was passed in Parliament recently.