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SC quashes Modi govt appeal, university teaching jobs to have department-wise quotas

Ritika Jain -
The apex court upheld the Allahabad High Court's 2017 order in the matter. It is feared that the number of reserved posts will now come down.
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SC’s newest judges had set aside AAP MLA disqualification, ruled fashion shows are taxable

Ritika Jain -
Supreme Court got 2 new judges Friday — Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Delhi High Court judge Sanjiv Khanna.
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Supreme Court judges unhappy as collegium ignores seniority in judge selection

Ritika Jain -
In light of the collegium decision, Supreme Court judges are reportedly discussing ways to protect 'institutional decisions'.
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Prevent ‘another historical blunder’: Ex-judge to President on names cleared by SC collegium

Maneesh Chhibber -
Former judge Kailash Gambhir flags Supreme Court collegium’s elevation of judges Khanna and Maheshwari, wants President Ram Nath Kovind to intervene. 
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Hearing in sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar & others on 19 January

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The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet against Kanhaiya Kumar and others for supporting seditious slogans raised in JNU in February 2016.
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CJI Ranjan Gogoi says task of judge is to sit with text of law in context of life

PTI -
Speaking at a book release on former Chief Justice of India Y K Sabharwal, he said that most of the people who studied law are oblivious of the experiences of the ordinary people who seek justice from the court.
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SC issues notice to CBI on Sajjan Kumar’s appeal in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

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The former Congress leader was convicted and sentenced for the death of five Sikhs and the burning down of a gurudwara in Delhi.
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Supreme Court gives 6 weeks to Modi govt to reply on PIL against snooping notification

PTI -
According to the notification, 10 central probe and snoop agencies are empowered for computer interception and analysis.
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Supreme Court refuses to quash FIR against activist Anand Teltumbde in Bhima-Koregaon case

PTI -
The apex court also extended Teltumbde's interim protection from arrest by four weeks.
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After ThePrint report, SC judge Sikri rejects Modi govt’s post-retirement job offer

Maneesh Chhibber -
Justice A.K. Sikri, a member of the panel that ousted Alok Verma as CBI director, had drawn a lot of flak after ThePrint reported the job offer.
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Opinion

India has 2 women CMs now. Atishi and Mamata Banerjee are both victims of bad PR

Shailaja Bajpai -
Women look up to women in power as role models. But so far, Atishi’s public image is that of a woman-in-waiting rather than a woman-in-charge.

Normalising India-China relations is an economic need. Modi is right to seek peace

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Economy

Tamil Nadu govt & Ford go way back. How carmaker’s return is new chapter in story that began in 1995

Prabhakar Tamilarasu -
High value of 350-acre Ford plant property drove TN to encourage Ford to return over nearly a yr of negotiations. It's expected to reinforce state's resurgence as global manufacturing hub.

Defence

A fitness & fighter aircraft enthusiast, who is Air Marshal AP Singh, the next Chief of Air Force

Smruti Deshpande -
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will take over as chief on 30 September. During his service of nearly 40 yrs, he has served in variety of command, staff, instructional & foreign appointments.

National Interest

Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Shekhar Gupta -
Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.

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