A 5-judge bench led by CJI took suo motu cognisance of remarks made by Punjab and Haryana HC judge Justice Rajbir Sehrawat in an order passed on 17 July.
Dadam mining zone, comprising 48 hectares in the middle of protected forests, has been lucrative as well as controversial over the years. The landslide last week has led to more questions.
Advocate Harnaresh Singh Gill's name had been cleared by SC collegium in April last year but govt had been sitting on his file without 'assigning any reason'.
At Bilafond La in June 1984, the deployment of Grad-P rockets and mortars helped blunt a Pakistani attack—years before Bofors became synonymous with Kargil.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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