Correspondence The Registrar, Supreme Court of India, Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001 011-23388922-24,23388942 FAX: 011-23381508,23381584 Email: supremecourt[at]nic[dot]in According to the Business Distribution Rules of 1961, the Ministry of Justice is part of the Ministry of Law and Justice of the Government of India. It is one of the oldest ministries of the Government of India. Until 31.12.2009, the Ministry of Justice was part of the Ministry of the Interior and the Union Minister of the Interior was the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice. In view of the increasing workload and the formulation of numerous judicial reform policies and programmes in the country, a separate ministry, namely the Ministry of Justice, was separated from the MHA and placed under the responsibility of the Secretary to the Government of India, who was working as such under the Ministry of Law and Justice on 1 January 2010. The department is located at Jaisalmer House, 26, Man Singh Road, New Delhi. The organizational structure of the department includes 01 Assistant Secretary, 03 Joint Secretaries, 07 Directors/Assistant Secretaries and 08 Undersecretaries. The functions of the Ministry of Justice include the appointment, resignation and dismissal of the Chief Justice of India, the judges of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justices and judges of the Supreme Courts and their official affairs. In addition, the Department is implementing major programmes for the development of judicial infrastructure, the establishment of special courts for expeditious proceedings and the resolution of sensitive cases (Special Expedited Court for Rape Cases and POCSO Act), the e-court project to computerize various courts throughout the country, legal aid for the poor and access to justice, financial support to the National Academy of the Judiciary for the training of judicial officers of the country. The functions of the Department of Justice are set out in Allocation of Business (Rules), 1961. Associate Justice Sandra Day O`Connor (1981-2006). The longest-serving Chief Justice was Chief Justice John Marshall, who served for 34 years, 5 months and 11 days from 1801 to 1835. S3 to© 2016 eCommittee Supreme Court of India. All rights reserved.
John Jay (1789-1795) was 44 years old when he was sworn in. Two associate judges were appointed John Marshall Harlan. The first served from 1877 to 1911. The second, his grandson, served from 1955 to 1971. John Rutledge served the shortest term as associate judge with one year and 18 days from 1790 to 1791. The next shortest term was that of James F. Byrnes, who served 1 year, 2 months and 25 days from 1941 to 1942. For many years, Justice Thomas Johnson was considered the longest-serving judge, but under a temporary vacation appointment, he served a total of 1 year, 3 months and 28 days. What is the average tenure of a judge? Six judges were born outside the United States. You are : Has anyone ever served as both president and chief justice? Note: If you do not have an CN number, use other options in the Search Menu section The shortest-serving Chief Justice was John Rutledge, who was appointed to a temporary committee because the Senate was in recess.
He served 5 months and 14 days before the Senate reconvened and rejected his nomination. Have the Supreme Court justices been trainee lawyers? William Howard Taft is the only person who served both President of the United States (1909-1913) and Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930). In which law schools have today`s judges graduated? Justice Gorsuch is the first to be a member of the Court alongside a judge for whom he has served. || यतो धर्मस्ततो जय: || `); newWin.document.close(); setTimeout(function(){newWin.close();},10); } The average number of years of office of judges is 16. Judge`s robes have long been adopted to bring dignity and solemnity to judicial proceedings. Following the custom of English judges, some American colonial judges adopted the wearing of robes as well as many other customs and principles of the English common law system. When the Supreme Court first met in 1790, the justices had not yet decided to wear robes, but in February 1792 they first appeared in a standard set of robes that one journalist called “robes of justice.” These dresses are believed to have been black, with red and white trim on the front and sleeves. They were only used for a few years before the judges adopted all the black robes. The oldest person to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court was Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1902-1932), who was 90 years old when he retired from the court.
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