The BJP’s line of defence in the K.M. Joseph issue raises two questions. Does the law minister mean that ‘irregular’ appointments are justified because there is precedent?
In response to lawyers and bar association plea asking for stay on Indu Malhotra’s appointment as SC judge, CJI says it’s ‘unimaginable, inconceivable’.
The judiciary has, for some years now, relied less on creating its legitimacy on careful legal reasoning than it has on trying to appeal to a variety of public sentiments and political currents.
All judges of the apex court assemble for a full-court meeting when a matter of public importance relating to the judiciary comes up. It is called by the CJI.
In ThePrint
https://youtu.be/kYvPz-VRycA
The Modi government knows rapes are bad for business, and so the tourism ministry “wants to create a positive image of India, and...
In this excerpt from his book 'Anita Gets Bail', Arun Shourie writes aboout the grandiloquence that is often part of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra's past judgements.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
COMMENTS