Pushed by the court to either clear names for judgeship expeditiously or be ready for unpalatable order, the Centre on Monday told SC that it cleared 70 names forwarded by high courts and sent to the SC collegium and also took the decision to transfer 12 HC judges out of 26 recommended. It also said…

The high court dismissed two regular petitions on technical grounds that his judicial remand in another case cannot be considered as deemed custody in other cases for granting regular bail. #Setback #Naidu #rejects #bail #petitions

The Delhi High Court questioned the Delhi police for not providing the grounds for arrest in the remand plea seeking custody of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and executive Amit Chakravarty. The court refused to grant interim relief to the accused but asked the police to respond to their applications seeking interim release. #Delhi #questions #cops039…

The Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, has urged all high courts to embrace technology and implement virtual modes of hearing cases within two weeks. He criticized the Allahabad High Court and the Bombay High Court for being resistant to technology, despite the Supreme Court’s successful adoption of digital platforms for conducting court proceedings.…

The Bombay high court on Friday told the Maharashtra government that it cannot escape its responsibility by citing the high burden of patients coming to its hospitals while hearing suo motu a PIL following deaths in two state-run hospitals in Nanded and Sambhajinagar. #Hospital #deaths #Bombay #pulls #Maharashtra #govt