-Livemint.com Conviction rates for crimes against Dalits have declined sharply since 2011 The recent clashes between Dalits and Thakurs in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh (UP) have once again thrown the spotlight on the deep fault lines in Indian society. While violence against lower caste groups such as Dalits or scheduled castes (SCs) has a long history in the country, such crimes have been on the rise over the past few years, data...
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CJI tells high courts to send names for judges at the earliest -Maneesh Chhibber
-The Indian Express Sources told The Sunday Express that the CJI had also personally spoken to all the chief justices before writing to them. A week after the Supreme Court collegium headed by him cleared the last of the pending recommendations from various high court collegiums for appointment of judges, Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar has written to chief justices of all high courts asking them to recommend new names...
More »SC collegium clears record 51 names for HC judge posts -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Setting a record, the Supreme Court collegium headed by CJI J S Khehar has recommended 51 names for judges in 10 high courts shortly after finalising the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for the appointment of judges in constitutional courts. With more than 41% posts vacant at the 24 high courts — only 632 judges as against a sanctioned strength of 1,079 — the collegium comprising CJI...
More »Vacancies in judiciary, police force plague UP -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Aditya Nath Yogi government has resolved to improve the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh but two important pillars of the justice delivery system — the police and the judiciary —are in a dilapidated condition in the state. There is over 47% vacancy of judges in Allahabad high court and more than 55% vacancy in the sanctioned strength of the police force in...
More »Centre can now reject judges for Supreme Court, high courts on grounds of 'national security' -Harish V Nair
-India Today Centre has the power to reject a candidate on grounds of national security and will be setting up of secretariats in the apex court and each HC to screen judge aspirants. Putting to end a 17-month standoff with the Centre, the Supreme Court collegium which is now headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar on Monday said it had cleared the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to...
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