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August 12, 2026, 07:35 PM - 3 min read
The legislation received Presidential assent on August 11 and has been notified in the Gazette of India.The law will be deemed to have come into force on May 16, 2026, when the President had promulgated the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026. The Act repeals that Ordinance while protecting all actions already taken under it
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August 12, 2026, 04:28 PM - 4 min read
The committee constituted by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla tabled its report before the Lok Sabha on Wednesday,The inquiry concerned the discovery of burnt and partially burnt ₹500 notes following a fire at Justice Varma’s official residence in New Delhi, on the intervening night of March 14 and 15, 2025. Justice Varma was then a judge of the Delhi High Court.
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July 3, 2026, 04:51 PM - 3 min read
The letter is addressed to all the Supreme Court judges, through CJI Surya Kant, and has been signed by "like-minded" parties "opposed to the BJP", such as the Indian National Congress, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the Samajwadi Party, RJD, the Trinamool Congress, NCP(Sharad Pawar), Aam Aadmi Party, JMM, Communist Parties(CPIM, CPI, CPIML), IUML, JKNC, PDP, Forward Block etc.
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July 1, 2026, 04:56 PM - 3 min read
The campaign, which began shortly after the June 12 verdict, has included videos containing death threats and communal slurs, the burning of the judge’s effigy, misinformation about the judgment and social media posts questioning her impartiality because of her religious identity.
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June 28, 2026, 08:11 PM - 3 min read
The Collegium will now comprise Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Justice B V Nagarathna, Justice M M Sundresh and Justice P S Narasimha. Under the Collegium system, which came into existence in 1993 after a Supreme Court judgement, five top judges of the apex court recommend the appointment, transfer and elevation of judges to the Supreme Court and 25 high courts.
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June 20, 2026, 07:54 PM - 3 min read
Observing that this was an effort to malign CJI and judiciary, Justice Tejas Karia directed the government to issue notifications requiring social media platforms, search engines, digital publishers, and other intermediaries to remove, disable and de-index the “false, malicious and derogatory” content within 24 hours.
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June 10, 2026, 03:35 PM - 4 min read
SC concern is particularly in the light of reports of threats being faced by retired Bombay High Court judge Justice GS Patel and his family. A Bench of Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Sanjeev Sachdeva observed that such incidents strike at the administration of justice and could deter judges from discharging their duties fearlessly.
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June 3, 2026, 04:31 PM - 2 min read
The collegium approved the names of Chirag Bhanu Singh, Bhupesh Sharma and Yogesh Jaswal for appointment as judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.
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June 2, 2026, 04:36 PM - 3 min read
Until Justice Mohana's appointment, Justice B.V. Nagarathna was the only woman judge in the Supreme Court. Justice Mohana is the first woman to be elevated to the Supreme Court since August 2021.She is also only the second woman lawyer to be directly elevated from the Bar to the Supreme Court after former judge Justice Indu Malhotra.
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June 2, 2026, 03:27 PM - 3 min read
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant administered the oath to Justice Sheel Nagu, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Justice Arun Palli and Senior Advocate V. Mohana at a ceremony held in the Supreme Court.
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May 23, 2026, 08:30 PM - 3 min read
Addressing a press conference, the independent Rajya Sabha MP said this shows the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government's lack of transparency and interest in consultation, which is anti-democratic in nature.
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May 17, 2026, 08:50 AM - 3 min read
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on May 5 approved the proposal for introducing The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament to amend The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 for increasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court of India by 4 from the present 33 to 37 (excluding the Chief Justice of India).
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