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.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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.