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TopicJasti Chelameswar

Topic: Jasti Chelameswar

Chelameswar continues crusade post-retirement, says every govt wants tailor-made judiciary

Retired Justice Chelameswar, who led the judges’ revolt against former CJI Dipak Misra, also said a multiple-bench Supreme Court created uncertainty in law.

Modi govt clears name of judge as Himachal chief justice after stalling for 9 months

Approval to elevate Justice Surya Kant comes on the day Ranjan Gogoi takes over as CJI. Himachal has been without a chief justice since April 2017.

Justice Chelameswar’s exit and a fake promise ridden Amit Shah

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Hitler wasn’t permanent & neither is this phase in Indian Supreme Court: Jasti Chelameswar

In an exclusive interview on his last day as SC judge, Justice Jasti Chelameswar talks about Justice K.M. Joseph, his career high point...

Two Supreme Court benches. One case. Divergent views

The case — promotion of judges in lower judiciary — relates to a Punjab and Haryana HC order that the court itself has challenged.

Curious case of an SC verdict that never came: Lawyers lay blame at Justice Agrawal’s door

Supreme Court lawyers claim there was an understanding between justices Agrawal & Chelameswar that the former would deliver the verdict in a power tariff case.

Chelameswar again: Judges appointed mostly based on perceptions, not objective criteria

The second most senior judge of the Supreme Court also criticises the practice of regional representation in the apex court.

Govt hits back at Chelameswar letter: Karnataka judge probe didn’t check sexual harassment

Law minister Prasad writes to CJI Misra suggesting judiciary didn’t handle the probe well, but SC functionary calls it an attempt to obfuscate the issue.

Supreme Court collegium breaks with tradition, ‘interviews’ candidates for HC judge posts

The exercise is an attempt to address criticism about the collegium’s ‘opaque’ appointments process.

Justice Chelameswar does not attend court, no breakthrough in sight for SC crisis

The possible reassigning of judge Loya's case not seen as a step towards resolving the crisis between the CJI and the four senior judges.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.