Punjab & Haryana HC judge Ajay Kumar Mittal wrote to the Union law minister on 30 May saying some of the names don’t merit appointment as high court judges.
Pressure on judiciary to be transparent has resulted in a travesty – a pilot project in two district courts where proceedings will be recorded without audio.
CJI has the power to decide who will hear a case. But he is still expected to exercise it fairly, especially when there is an obvious conflict of interest.
With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.
Either Indians don’t understand Pakistan or mischaracterize events in Pakistan to suit their own propaganda. You cannot associate everything that happens in Pakistan to its military, which is piwerfy but not all-powerful. Pakistan does have state institutions, such as the judiciary, which do play an independent role. Indians keep forgetting that it was Pakistani judiciary which eventually brought down Pervez Musharaf.
The crocodile has become too large for the pond, is threatening the entire eco system. If the army was really such a fine, nationalist institution, all that stands between Pakistan and external threats / internal chaos / venal politicians, considering that it was directly in charge for so long and still has a veto right over much of what civilian governments do, how come Pakistan is in such a mess, living partly on the generosity of rich cousins. The best any CJP can do is to steadily improve the working of the judiciary, afford relief to ordinary citizens, understand what the limits to his power are, not cross the army’s red lines. That would also be the remit of the Prime Minister. Uprooting this monstrous tree will not be easy.
Either Indians don’t understand Pakistan or mischaracterize events in Pakistan to suit their own propaganda. You cannot associate everything that happens in Pakistan to its military, which is piwerfy but not all-powerful. Pakistan does have state institutions, such as the judiciary, which do play an independent role. Indians keep forgetting that it was Pakistani judiciary which eventually brought down Pervez Musharaf.
The crocodile has become too large for the pond, is threatening the entire eco system. If the army was really such a fine, nationalist institution, all that stands between Pakistan and external threats / internal chaos / venal politicians, considering that it was directly in charge for so long and still has a veto right over much of what civilian governments do, how come Pakistan is in such a mess, living partly on the generosity of rich cousins. The best any CJP can do is to steadily improve the working of the judiciary, afford relief to ordinary citizens, understand what the limits to his power are, not cross the army’s red lines. That would also be the remit of the Prime Minister. Uprooting this monstrous tree will not be easy.