The Supreme Court upheld the Uttarakhand HC's order suspending mining in Bageshwar, citing severe environmental and safety ...

Each HC should keep the appointment to two to five ad-hoc judges and not exceed 10% of the total sanctioned strength, the ...

Supreme Court relaxes conditions for appointment of ad hoc judges to State High Courts to tackle case pendency.

A 3-judge special bench, led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, issued the direction, supplementing SC’s 2021 judgment that mooted idea of ad-hoc judges under Article 224A of the Constitution.

The petition was mentioned for an early hearing before a bench led by CJI Sanjiv Khanna, which asked the petitioner to follow the procedure and approached the top court’s Registry.

The Supreme Court allowed the high courts to appoint ad-hoc judges, not exceeding the 10 per cent of the court's total ...

The Court also directed that each High Court shall keep the appointment of ad-hoc judges 2-5 in number but not exceeding 10% ...

To tackle the mounting pendency of criminal appeals, the Supreme Court in a significant order today (January 30) relaxed the conditions of appointment of ad hoc judges in High Courts. The ...