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SC cracks whip on HC judges appointments, sets deadline for Centre to notify collegium

Bhadra Sinha -
Bench led by CJI Bobde also paved the way for appointment of retired judges as ad-hoc judges to meet the vacancy crisis in high courts.

16 names cleared by SC collegium for HC judge posts stuck with govt, 6 of them since 2019

Bhadra Sinha -
CJI-led Supreme Court bench Wednesday voiced its concern over delay on the government’s part in acting on the apex court collegium’s decisions for judicial appointments.

Collegium recommendations should not be vetoed by the govt: Justice Deepak Gupta

Bhadra Sinha -
Justice Deepak Gupta, who retired from the Supreme Court this week, says district judges need to be trained on matters like sedition and dissent.

How lockdown has hit judiciary, in numbers — April cases fall to 82k from 14 lakh avg in 2019

Maneesh Chhibber -
Courts are working at restricted capacity, and disposed of just over 35,000 cases in April, compared to an average 13.25 lakh per month in 2019

Impasse between Modi govt and SC could worsen as Justice Joseph’s name remains stuck

Apurva Vishwanath -
It’s been two weeks since SC collegium reiterated the judge’s name, but a report says govt is unlikely to clear it.

Failure on judicial reforms’ front is one of Narendra Modi’s biggest frustrations

Apurva Vishwanath -
In this tussle between the collegium and the government, the judiciary has failed to stand up and defend itself so far.

There’ll be no change in process to select CJI: P.P. Chaudhary on Justice Gogoi elevation

Apurva Vishwanath -
The Union minister of state for law denies the Modi government has been lackadaisical in appointing judges to high courts.

Now even the Supreme Court collegium is split on the elevation of Justice Joseph

Apurva Vishwanath -
‘Lack of unanimity’ is believed to have stalled decision; besides Joseph, SC collegium discussed names of judges from other high courts as well.
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India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

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Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

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As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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