SC allowed to withdraw petition after senior advocate Kapil Sibal took objection to the ‘overnight constitution of a five-judge bench’ to hear the case.
The letter comes a fortnight after Justice J. Chelameswar wrote to CJI about the need for a judicial intervention to tackle the problem of the Centre holding up SC collegiums recommendations
Even if he survives this crisis by default, Misra's perceived inaction on every crucial issue will leave the judiciary with a lot to defend itself against.
Ibn Khaldun Bharati’s core claim—that Muslim resistance to ‘Vande Mataram’ reflects an unwillingness to merge into an “organic whole” with Hindus—ignores both historical context and religious concerns.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
India’s judiciary and judicial system is a bad joke nay it’s a tragedy. Heaven help those who knock on it’s doors. Like all other organs of the state, it exists only for itself.
Starting with the days of Emergency, the supreme court has not covered itself with glory. It upheld the view a person does not even high have right of life during emergency in the infamous ADM Jabbalpur v. Shivkanth Shukla case. Gradually, the apex court has acquired political leanings, starting with Justice PN Bhagwathi’s time, who wrote letter to Indira Gandhi, in winning elections in 1980. In 1993, after the second and third judge’s transfer cases, taking advantage of weak coalition governments, it usurbed the power to appointment the judges. Perhaps, India is the only country in which the judges appoint themselves without the intervention of the Executive or the Parliament. During the last two decades, the Supreme Court has always gien priority to high profile cases, especially the politically tilted ones, than to dispose of the cases of ordinary litigants.
The supreme court has one of the most corrupt registries in the country. Nothing can be got done there without shelling out thousands of rupees. I had applied for copies of case papers under RTI, though not a party to the case. My application was rejected by both CPIO and the first appellate authority on the basis of a Delhi HC judgment which held that a citizen should apply for copies of documents on judicial side under the Supreme Court Rules, 2013. When I applied under the SC rules, my application is kept pending without releasing the documents on the ground that Delhi HC judgment has been appealed against in the SC, heard and judgment is reserved. I am damned if I do, and damned if I dont. They are an obscurantist lot, who just don’t cooperate with the public.
Having enormous power without accountability by SC judges is distortion of democracy. If government confronts the judiciary, the media takes the sid of judiciary. It’s time for media to take lead to correct this anomaly.
Fine column by Shri Sanjay Hegde in The Telegraph, tracing out the mellowing of the mood and temper of the judiciary.
India’s judiciary and judicial system is a bad joke nay it’s a tragedy. Heaven help those who knock on it’s doors. Like all other organs of the state, it exists only for itself.
Starting with the days of Emergency, the supreme court has not covered itself with glory. It upheld the view a person does not even high have right of life during emergency in the infamous ADM Jabbalpur v. Shivkanth Shukla case. Gradually, the apex court has acquired political leanings, starting with Justice PN Bhagwathi’s time, who wrote letter to Indira Gandhi, in winning elections in 1980. In 1993, after the second and third judge’s transfer cases, taking advantage of weak coalition governments, it usurbed the power to appointment the judges. Perhaps, India is the only country in which the judges appoint themselves without the intervention of the Executive or the Parliament. During the last two decades, the Supreme Court has always gien priority to high profile cases, especially the politically tilted ones, than to dispose of the cases of ordinary litigants.
The supreme court has one of the most corrupt registries in the country. Nothing can be got done there without shelling out thousands of rupees. I had applied for copies of case papers under RTI, though not a party to the case. My application was rejected by both CPIO and the first appellate authority on the basis of a Delhi HC judgment which held that a citizen should apply for copies of documents on judicial side under the Supreme Court Rules, 2013. When I applied under the SC rules, my application is kept pending without releasing the documents on the ground that Delhi HC judgment has been appealed against in the SC, heard and judgment is reserved. I am damned if I do, and damned if I dont. They are an obscurantist lot, who just don’t cooperate with the public.
Having enormous power without accountability by SC judges is distortion of democracy. If government confronts the judiciary, the media takes the sid of judiciary. It’s time for media to take lead to correct this anomaly.