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.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
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.