Maithani could supersede some senior judicial officers. Centre had rejected Uttarakhand HC chief justice K.M. Joseph’s elevation to SC on the same grounds.
It decided that his name “should also be accompanied by the recommendation of the names of chief justices of high courts for elevation” to the Supreme Court.
Law settled by seven-judge bench in 1969 underlines that being a judge in one’s own case is a circumstance which is “abhorrent to our concept of justice”.
India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
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As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
Not one judge has been successfully impeached in India since 1947. The report of the enquiry committee acquires added gravitas since its head, Justice Indira Banerjee, has been elevated to the apex court. It would serve the ends of justice if the CBI is permitted to investigate and prosecute Justice Narayan Shukla under the laws of the land which apply to all public servants.
Why isn’t the Modi government acting on a clear cut case after having famously declared that no one shall indulge in corruption and nor will Modi allow it.
Not one judge has been successfully impeached in India since 1947. The report of the enquiry committee acquires added gravitas since its head, Justice Indira Banerjee, has been elevated to the apex court. It would serve the ends of justice if the CBI is permitted to investigate and prosecute Justice Narayan Shukla under the laws of the land which apply to all public servants.
Why isn’t the Modi government acting on a clear cut case after having famously declared that no one shall indulge in corruption and nor will Modi allow it.