The three-judge bench hearing the ‘administrative powers of CJI’ case is headed by Dipak Misra himself. Its ruling will be binding on him and all future CJIs.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
One wonders if this petition was filed (and being heard and judgement delivered quickly) at the propitious time to preempt and nullify the Bhusan’s application that has raised very fundamental questions of legal practices/conventions and moral and ethical issues. Also the CJI himself (whose actions triggered and prompted the 4 senior most judges to go public with their anguish) heading this bench to hear the matter rather than recusing is a clear pointer to burying Bhusan’s petition. Hope sense and wise counsel prevail for the sake of Indian democracy. Else it’ll only lead to greater disquiet and turbulence in future.
One wonders if this petition was filed (and being heard and judgement delivered quickly) at the propitious time to preempt and nullify the Bhusan’s application that has raised very fundamental questions of legal practices/conventions and moral and ethical issues. Also the CJI himself (whose actions triggered and prompted the 4 senior most judges to go public with their anguish) heading this bench to hear the matter rather than recusing is a clear pointer to burying Bhusan’s petition. Hope sense and wise counsel prevail for the sake of Indian democracy. Else it’ll only lead to greater disquiet and turbulence in future.
It would have been better if it had been heard by the five learned judges who constitute the collegium.