Articles tagged with: high court

3 new high courts in NE + new CJs for Madras, Orissa, Karnataka

The total number of high courts (HC) in India rose to 24 after the north-eastern states of Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya each inaugurated their own. Including the chief justice, Tripura will have four judges. Meghalaya and Manipur will have three judges each, according to The Hindu . Himachal Prade...

Delhi faces retired judges’ housing crunch, as 30 tribunals come up

Delhi’s more than 24 tribunals, with 5 more in the pipeline, are demanding official bungalows for their heads “in keeping with their [retired judge] rank”. However, while 32 bungalows for Supreme Court judges and 45 for high court judges are reserved in Lutyens’ Delhi, no such quota exists for tribu...

Indian HC, SC judges should retire at 65 & 70, says former SG

The retirement age for high court judges should be increased from 62 to 65 to match the current retirement age of Supreme Court judges, argues former solicitor general of India TR Andhyarujina. For Supreme Court judges it should, in turn, be raised to 70 to match the international standard, he adds....