India News | In a bid to enhance transparency, the Supreme Court on Monday uploaded statements of assets of as many as 21 of the 33 judges on its website

$23,266 in bank accounts, Maruti Baleno and more: Assets of Supreme Court judges made public in big transparency move

Republican President-elect Donald Trump is poised to build on his legacy of reshaping the federal judiciary with nominees who his allies and opponents predict could be even more conservative than the near-record 234 judges he put on the bench in his first stint in office.

Trump prepares to name ‘fearless’ conservative judges to US Supreme Court after winning presidential election

With less than 100 days to go for the US elections reports say that US President Joe Biden could announce plans to reform the Supreme Court. Watch in for more details!

US President Biden may announce plans on Supreme Court reform

Total sixteen Pakistani judges have received threatening white-powder letters till now. Lahore police and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) have launched an investigation into the matter. Watch in for more details!

Pakistan: 20 judges get Anthrax-laced letters, no culprit identified yet

Pakistan is panic-stricken. Mysterious threatening letters received by some judges have triggered alarm. Who is responsible? What was the motive? Molly Gambhir gets you the complete story.

Gravitas | Mysterious 'Anthrax' letters trigger alarm in Pakistan

Officials in Ukraine said on Tuesday (May 16) that they have detained the head of the country’s Supreme Court in a $2.7 million bribery inquiry. This comes as the war-torn country is pursuing anti-graft measures which are vital to meet the conditions for joining the European Union.

Ukraine detains Supreme Court chief in $2.7 million corruption case

A Pakistani Court has issued notice to the police on a petition filed against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz vice president Maryam Nawaz for allegedly using contemptuous language against the judges.

Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz used contemptuous language against judges?

Dozens of opposition supporters took to the streets in Tunisia's capital. Protests are being held against the possibility of a new constitution.

Judges in Tunisia are up in arms; Tunisian President sacked 57 Judges

Tunisia's president cemented his grip over the judiciary on Sunday with a decree that lets him dismiss judges or block their promotion, helping consolidate his power after he seized executive authority last summer in a move his foes call a coup.

Tunisian president cements power over judiciary

As numerous women workers have been ordered to stay home in Afghanistan, a section of women, who had been working earlier as judges in the country’s courts, fear reprisal.

Afghanistan's women judges fear reprisal, stay in hiding   

Vaccine mandates for two groups of workers in New York hit legal roadblocks Tuesday, as judges temporarily blocked the requirements from taking effect as scheduled later this month.

Judges temporarily block vaccine mandates for some New York workers

The vote by El Salvador's new congress to remove the magistrates of the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber and the attorney general on the newly elected legislative body's very first day drew concern and condemnation from multinational groups and the United States.

US expresses concern over El Salvador vote to remove judges 

Thousands of people, including judges and lawyers from many EU member states, marched through Warsaw on Saturday to protest against what they say are government attempts to curb the powers of the judiciary in Poland.

Thousands protest against Poland's plan to discipline judges

The government is learnt to have cleared the names of four judges for their elevation to the Supreme Court, sources said Wednesday. Once the appointments formally come through, the top court will have its full sanctioned strength of 31 judges (including the chief justice).

Government clears names of 4 judges for elevation to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Wednesday said there is a valid “strong viewpoint” that post-retirement appointment of judges in tribunals is a “scar” on the “independence of the judiciary”.

What Supreme Court thinks about post-retirement appointment of judges at tribunals

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said years of apathy by various state governments has resulted in a situation that the subordinate judiciary has to function in a hard-pressed manner with an inadequate number of judges and crumbling infrastructure.

Years of apathy resulted in hard-pressed situation of subordinate judiciary: Supreme Court

There are 20 judges per 10 lakh people in the country as compared to 17 in 2014, the Law Ministry said on Wednesday. In a written reply in Lok Sabha, minister of state for Law P P Chaudhary said, based on the population as per Census 2011 and sanctioned strength of judges in Supreme Court, the 24 high courts, and lower judiciary in 2018, the judge-population ratio in the country works out to be 19.

There are 20 judges per 10 lakh people in India: Government

Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna were sworn-in as Supreme Court judges on Friday. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi administered the oath of office to justices Maheshwari and Khanna during the swearing-in ceremony held in court number 1 of the apex court.

Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna sworn-in as Supreme Court judges

SC judges to get Rs 2.8 lakhs per month and HC judges to get Rs 2.5 lakhs per month

200% hike in salary for Supreme Court, High Court judges

The Supreme Court collegium would soon take a call on appointing 40 new judges to nine courts: Reports

Govt will appoint highest number of high court judges this year: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Disagreeing with the CJI, the law minister said the government has made 120 appointments this year, the?second highest since 1990

Chief Justice of India hits out at government over shortage of judges, says '500 posts are vacant'

The Nigerian Department of State Services said it has seized $800,000 in cash during the raids

Nigeria arrests judges in anti-corruption raids

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