How is a High Court Judge Appointed? A High Court Judge is appointed by the President of India. Article 217 of the Constitution deals with appointment of Judges in High Courts. President of India may consult the Governor of the State, the acting Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of that particular state’s High …
National Legal Service Day: The NLSD is celebrated on 9th November every year to spread awareness for ensuring reasonable fair and justice procedure for all citizens. NLSD was first started by the Supreme Court of India in 1995 to provide help and support to poor and weaker sections of the society. Free legal services are provided in matters before Civil, Criminal and Revenue Courts, …
What are class action suits? A class-action suit is a legal action or claim that allows one or many plaintiffs to file and appear for a group of people with similar interests. Such a group forms a “class”. A class-action suit derives from representative litigation to ensure justice to the ordinary individual against a powerful adversary. Class …
What is the recusal of judges? Recusal is the removal of oneself as a judge or policymaker in a particular matter. Recently, two Supreme Court (SC) judges have recused themselves from hearing cases relating to West Bengal. Why does a judge recuse? The judges usually recuse themselves when there is a Conflict of Interest: Conflict of Interest: It can occur …
Appointment of Ad-Hoc Judges: The Supreme Court has suggested the appointment of retired judges as ad-hoc judges to deal with the pendency of cases in High Courts. The appointment of ad-hoc judges has been provided in the Constitution under Article 224A (appointment of retired Judges at sittings of High Courts). Under the Article, the Chief …
Memorandum of Procedure(MoP): Memorandum of Procedure(MoP) is an agreement between the judiciary and the government. It contains a set of guidelines for making appointments to the Supreme Court and High Court. Significance: The MoP is a crucial document as the Collegium system of appointing judges is a judicial innovation that is not mandated through legislation or text of …
Amicus Curiae: An amicus curiae literally translates to “friend of the court”. An amicus curiae is someone who is not a party to a case who assists a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case. The decision on whether to consider an amicus brief lies within the discretion …
Tribunals: Tribunal is a quasi-judicial institution that was set up to deal with problems such as resolving administrative or tax-related disputes. For this purpose, Tribunals were added to the Constitution by Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 as Part XIV-A which has only two articles: Article 323-A deals with Administrative Tribunals. Article 323-B deals with tribunals for other …
Constitution on appointment of CJI: The Constitution of India does not have any specific provision for criteria and procedure for appointing the CJI. Article 124(1) and the 2008 amendment of the Indian Constitution states that there shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India and no. of judges as prescribed by Parliament. …
Collegium System: The Supreme Court Collegium is the panel of judges vested with the responsibility of appointments and elevations of Chief Justices and judges of the Supreme Court and high courts and transfers of judges of High Courts. The Collegium for the appointment of Judges of Supreme Court is headed by the Chief Justice of India …
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