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.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
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.