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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicJustice Joseph

Topic: Justice Joseph

Long wait ends for Justice Joseph, and Gadkari’s planet search

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Article 35A in Supreme Court today, and ISI ‘role’ in Khalistan referendum

Front page Crucial hearing in Supreme Court on Article 35A today. The SC is set to consider a petition arguing that a constitutional bench should look...

3 high court judges elevated to Supreme Court

The number of judges in the top court after the fresh appointments has gone up to 25; there would still be six vacancies. New Delhi: Three...

Law ministry not a post office, law minister tells judiciary on Justice Joseph elevation

Ravi Shankar Prasad says Centre has role to “flag view” and will do it, trusts judges to sort out their differences.

In reiterating K.M. Joseph’s name lies CJI Misra’s road to redemption

CJI Misra will redeem his lost name and judiciary's prestige if he ensure collegium meets at the earliest and sends back just one name — Joseph's.

Justice Joseph’s elevation to top court: What’s next for the Supreme Court collegium

Collegium to meet soon to decide on three more names, but it could find itself in a quandary given the uncertainty over the Modi government’s move.

Plugged-In: A ‘split’ collegium, bankrupt Cambridge Analytica & big-buyer Indian military

The collegium has now deferred its decision to reiterate Justice Joseph’s elevation to the apex court due to lack of internal unanimity

Govt must clear Justice Joseph’s elevation, not doing so is unconstitutional: Soli Sorabjee

Former attorney-general Soli Sorabjee says CJI should display leadership qualities but it was incorrect for the 4 judges to go public with their complaints. New...

Govt wanted to appoint Indu Malhotra to SC, stall KM Joseph, but precedent didn’t allow it

Centre’s bid to stop Joseph’s elevation was blocked by legal precedent — it can’t process one name recommended by the collegium while returning another.

Govt opposes Justice Joseph’s elevation due to seniority, but often ignored it with other judges

Official data shows there are over 45 HC judges who are senior to Deepak Gupta, the most recently-appointed judge of the Supreme Court.

On Camera

MBBS guidelines for students with disabilities reduce a life to a limb

The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.