Justice Chelameswar’s stepping out as a leader of the collegium is important, but as a judge in NJAC case, he privileged the executive as central to individual liberty and the structure of constitutional institutions.
Over the past few days, sources suggested that Justice Chelameswar planned to break convention and opt to sit in his own court along with brother judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
God be praised. There have been a succession of CJIs, some of whom have clearly been of superior calibre, but that is not the point. Appointing the senior most judge is the convention and the law. Some serve for a few months, fade quietly into the sunset. Not appointing the senior most judge would be a disaster, something that would undermine the sanctity of India’s most trusted institution. That was one of Mrs Gandhi’s earliest and most egregious missteps, leading with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy to the emergency.
It is proper for Mody government to avoid controversy.
Ranjan Gogoi will not be CJI
God be praised. There have been a succession of CJIs, some of whom have clearly been of superior calibre, but that is not the point. Appointing the senior most judge is the convention and the law. Some serve for a few months, fade quietly into the sunset. Not appointing the senior most judge would be a disaster, something that would undermine the sanctity of India’s most trusted institution. That was one of Mrs Gandhi’s earliest and most egregious missteps, leading with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy to the emergency.