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Govt objected to 9 names SC collegium cleared for HC judgeship last month. They’re yet to be appointed

On Tuesday, an SC bench criticised govt for 'selectively picking' candidates while appointing judges, saying it disturbs the seniority fixed by the collegium.

‘Odd-even scheme will be implemented after SC reviews its effectiveness,’ says Gopal Rai

The Delhi environment minister said the government will submit two major studies conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of the scheme for the perusal of the Supreme Court.

Parliamentary committee adopts 3 reports on bills to replace existing criminal laws

According to Parliamentary sources, some opposition members had already submitted their dissent notes to replace IPC, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

Can Right to Know & Right to Privacy co-exist? Electoral bonds case reopens debate

The 2 rights are viewed as 2 sides of the same coin. However, debate continues ever since 2017 SC judgment declared Right to Privacy, including informational privacy, to be a fundamental right.

Judge transferred, HC to hear Delhi riots bail pleas from scratch after months of hearings

A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul had heard the cases over the last year & even reserved orders. But Justice Mridul’s transfer has meant they will have to be reheard from January. 

With ‘3 commissioners set to retire Monday’, CIC likely to become defunct if vacancies aren’t filled

Central Information Commission has been headless since 3 October and had 7 vacancies, with only four commissioners working. 1 retired Friday, the three others are set to retire Monday.

‘Delaying justice’: Calcutta HC Bar Association publicly opposes appointment of judges with short tenures

Protesting such a move in open court first time, association raised objections during oath-taking ceremony, referring to tenures of Justices Surya Prakash Kesarwani and M.V. Muralidaran.

Father can’t be booked for offence of kidnapping child in absence of legal prohibition, says Bombay HC

Bench added that effect of biological father taking away child from custody of mother only amounts to one natural guardian taking custody of the child from another.

SC’s same-sex marriage verdict will ‘push queer Indians to lead dishonest lives’, says review petition

Petition filed by four members of queer community lays out arguments against SC’s 17 October verdict which held that right to marry was not fundamental.

SC takes up ‘selective anonymity’ of electoral bonds on Day 2 — ‘leading to information hole’

Five-judge bench led by CJI says it will assess whether procedure adopted for funding of political parties through electoral bonds is proportionate to objective it intends to meet.

On Camera

Pakistan is bluffing. There’s no proof for $6 trillion mineral wealth claim

The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.