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Read Full ArticleSC overturns Jharkhand HC's post-exam 50% cut-off for judge candidates, calling it arbitrary and enforcing no mid-process rule changes.
The Supreme Court has objected to segregation of names recommended by the Collegium for appointment as judges as it affected the seniority and dissuaded the meritorious candidates to join the bench.
NEW DELHI: Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh, senior most puisne Judge of the Gauhati High Court, has been appointed as acting Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court.
The Union government has notified appointment of six additional judges to the Bombay High Court for a period of two years.
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