A New Delhi-based advocate, who saw the drama unfold Monday, has made a representation before MP Chief Justice and emailed court’s Registrar General giving details of episode.
CJI took upon himself to initiate the process after he came across media reports on high courts not complying with top court’s judgements on ad-hoc appointments, it is learnt.
Thirteen Allahabad HC judges have urged their Chief Justice to convene a full court meeting & refuse compliance with the SC order against Justice Prashant Kumar.
Last month, ThePrint reported that 1 in every 3 of India’s 687 sitting permanent high court judges is either related to a sitting or former judge, or comes from a family of lawyers.
Speaking at judicial academy in Kolkata, Justice B.R. Gavai touched upon several lapses found among judges, such as failure to adhere to punctuality and efficiency in their duties.
On 8 June, Supreme Court Bar Association claimed the CJI had agreed to elevate SC lawyers as HC judges. But high court lawyers' associations have asked the CJI to reject proposal.
While examining diversity across police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid, the India Justice Report 2020 points out that data for diversity among judges remains unavailable.
The names were pending with the Centre for inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and background check of the candidates for a period ranging between 6 and 14 months.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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