In an interview with ThePrint, Justice Bobde, who will be sworn in as CJI on 18 November, says the only problem afflicting Indian judiciary is high number of vacancies.
The Centre notified the appointments of chief justices of high courts of Madhya Preadesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gauhati, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
In a series of letters, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has sought increasing the retirement age to 65 as well boosting the strength of judges to deal with the backlog of cases.
The judiciary has become cocooned while being the supreme force for transparency elsewhere. The complainant against CJI Gogoi has laid bare this hypocrisy.
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.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
It would have been a good decision for honourable CJI to have recused himself from a case to which he is so emotionally attached.