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"The fact that Mr. Saurabh Kirpal has been open about his orientation is a matter which goes to his credit," the Collegium said.

The Supreme Court Collegium has resolved to reiterate its recommendation for the appointment of Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a Judge of the Delhi High Court, stressing that it needs to be processed expeditiously and said that Kirpal as a prospective candidate for judgeship, has not been surreptitious about his orientation.

The Supreme Court collegium has expressed its disagreement with the Centre for returning the proposal to appoint advocate Saurabh Kripal, who is openly gay, as a Delhi High Court judge, saying "every individual is entitled to maintain ...

'We work in separate zones but with same purpose and have very clear-cut tasks in our hand determined by the Constitution of India'

The Supreme Court bench said the review of the 2018 judgement in the Delhi-Centre case is being sought now and this is hugely dilatory.

The application for referring the matter to a larger bench was sought in a matter of 2018 when the Constitution bench went against a 1997 Supreme Court ruling of a nine-judge bench which held Delhi is a Union Territory and not a State despite having a legislative assembly. Delhi vs Centre: Supreme Court Reserves Verdict on Who Will Control Services in National Capital.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment in the case between Central government and Delhi government regarding the administrative control over transfers and postings of civil servants in the national capital.

NEW DELHI, Jan 16:  Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has written to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud for the inclusion of Government nominees in the collegium system on appointments to the higher judiciary and defended it as a “precise follow-up action” suggested by the Apex Court while striking down the NJAC Act. Rijiju’s early January letter to the CJI and the remarks today come amid a tug-of-war between the Government and the judiciary over the process of appointments of […]

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A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court is currently hearing a dispute between the Delhi government and the Centre over the control o