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TopicJustice Joseph

Topic: Justice Joseph

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

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

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

Yashasvini Mathur -
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...

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

Ritika Jain -
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

Maneesh Chhibber -
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

Apurva Vishwanath -
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

Nandita Singh -
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

Sanya Dhingra -
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

Maneesh Chhibber -
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

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

Issues between CJI & top SC judges unresolved, uneasy calm prevails

Maneesh Chhibber -
Sources say ‘no worthwhile communication’ between CJI Dipak Misra and the four senior judges — Chelameswar, Gogoi, Lokur and Joseph.

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Opinion

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

MH Mody -
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Bangladesh lost on all fronts under Yunus. A herculean task awaits the new PM

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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