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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: CJI

Supreme Court forgot Vrinda Grover’s contribution to Bar. She should’ve been senior advocate

The Supreme Court guidelines for the designation of senior advocate are highly questionable and leave tremendous discretion for arbitrariness.

‘Judges should use sense of robust common sense when deciding bail petitions,’ says CJI

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Sunday said that the trial judges prefer playing safe by not granting bail on important issues of crime.

SC questions Kejriwal’s delay in seeking more time to surrender, refers application to CJI

Arvind Kejriwal has asked SC to push his surrender date by 7 days. SC asks why he didn't file his plea earlier when a judge of bench which heard his case was holding court till Friday.

‘Pregnant person’ — not just women, trans men & others can also be with child, says Supreme Court

Bench led by CJI has used term 'pregnant persons' in judgment & explained why. Last year, CJI had stoked controversy by observing that there was no absolute concept of man or woman.

CJI Chandrachud praises new criminal laws for ‘holistic approach to deal with crimes in digital age’

At a conference, CJI lauds new laws for measures such as audiovisual recording of searches & seizures, and provision for proceedings to be conducted electronically.

Why SC collegium rejected Centre’s ‘CPI(M) sympathiser’ counter to appointment of Kerala HC judge

Apart from Manoj Pulamby Madhavan, CJI-led panel also cleared elevation of Abdul Hakhim Mullapally, Syam Kumar Vadakke Mudavakkat, Harisankar Menon, Manu S. Nair, Easwaran Subramani.

Adani-Hindenburg case: SC says no grounds for probe by SIT or CBI, SEBI to continue investigation

CJI-led bench was hearing petitions seeking court-monitored probe into Hindenburg Research report's allegations of stock price manipulations. 'Truth prevailed,' Gautam Adani posts on X.

‘SEBI can’t draw on news reports’ — SC dismisses criticism of experts’ report on Adani-Hindenburg row

CJI says Supreme Court does not have to accept Hindenburg report accusing Adani Group of irregularities and corporate misgovernance as 'ipso facto factually correct'.

Army veterans & ex-judges seek action on Udhayanidhi’s ‘Sanatana Dharma’ remark in letter to CJI

Signed by 262 people, letter draws attention to Tamil Nadu minister's 'eradicate Sanatana Dharma' comment & the state's failure to take action. Says it could incite 'communal disharmony'.

Over 250 retired judges & officials write to President, seek action against ‘traitors’ NewsClick

This follows a New York Times report alleging that NewsClick received funding from a China-linked American millionaire Neville Roy Singham. The news portal's X account has been suspended.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.