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TopicJustice Surya Kant

Topic: Justice Surya Kant

Ex-judges slam ‘motivated campaign’ against CJI Kant for Rohingya remarks, days after others voice worry

A 5 December open letter conveyed concerns over the CJI equating the Rohingya migrants with 'intruders' who 'dig tunnels' and questioning their basic entitlements.

Holding judges to account can’t be about collective conscience. It must fix a broken system

In this climate of populism, the clamour for accountability can easily transform into evaluation becoming a lever of control rather than a tool for feedback and improvement.

India’s Got Latent case: SC orders Samay Raina, others to host disability fundraisers as amends

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday directed comedian Samay Raina, podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia and other performers to organise at least two fundraisers each month...

Havan, live screening & a bar-bench duet—how Haryana celebrated Justice Surya Kant becoming CJI

On Monday, Justice Surya Kant became the 53rd Chief Justice of India and the first judge from Haryana to rise to the top position.

From village elders, professors to judges, the guests who attended Justice Surya Kant’s oathtaking

It is learnt that a list of 235 invitees was personally prepared by the judge himself who was very keen that those who have contributed to his rise should witness the ceremony.

Justice Surya Kant’s story: From a benchless school in rural Hisar to highest chair in Indian judiciary

As Hisar Bar plans havan and 101 kg laddoo-prasad to celebrate Justice Surya Kant's elevation to CJI, colleagues recall a judge who never intimidated juniors & never forgot his roots.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.