Spat over Hyderabad's IAMC started with write-up by advocate Sriram Panchu, who alleged judges sought 'post-retirement benefits', prompting rebuttals from other senior members of the Bar.
Attacks can force judges to give more attention to what media thinks rather than what law mandates and harm judicial institution, says Justice Pardiwala
The top court was hearing a plea seeking to declare virtual court hearing as a fundamental right. SC said normalcy has to return and virtual hearing of cases can't become a norm.
The Collegium on 16 September had recommended the transfer of 5 judges from one one state to another. The sixth transfer was recommended in another meeting Tuesday.
Two recommendations were sent back by the government a second time, which is in violation of the Memorandum of Procedure. If the collegium reiterates a name, it is supposed to be binding.
The honours programme in 'Adjudication and Justicing' began in October 2020 and aims to train students for the post of entry-level judges in district courts.
Of the first 25 Supreme Court judges, only three had any experience in subordinate judiciary. The collegium system has only deepened this professional homogeneity further.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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