In a first, SC collegium starts interacting with lawyers backed for HC judgeship | India News – Times of India

To erase this perception of lineage trumping merit or a judicial officer getting priority over first-generation lawyers in getting recommended for appointment as high court judges, one of the collegium judges recently mooted the idea of instructing high court collegiums not to recommend lawyers or judicial officers whose parents or close relatives were/are judges of…

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Centre names CJs for eight high courts, day after Supreme Court prod | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a swift decision, Centre on Saturday cleared the Supreme Court collegium’s recommendations and appointed chief justices for eight high courts, just a day after SC sought explanation from it for the delay in appointments. Significantly, it also appointed chief justice of Jharkhand HC, for which the state had moved a contempt plea…

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