After govt's delay in notifying its 2022 proposal to transfer Orissa HC's S Muralidhar, SC Collegium has recommended Sanjay V Gangapurwala, acting chief justice of Bombay HC, for the post.
Justice J Chelameswar was speaking at seminar at Kochi's Kerala HC Auditorium. He also spoke on need to record proceedings of collegium & importance of independence of judiciary.
Usually, transfer of judges is done in the “interest of justice”. But despite repeated pleas by the Centre, the transfer of 2 judges of Rajasthan HC has been pending for over a year now.
'Certain material' about advocate came to light only after her name was proposed to govt, says CJI. A section of lawyers claim her appointment will undermine judiciary's independence.
Bench expressed concern over govt's purported reluctance to finalise transfer cases & reminded it that unlike in fresh appointments, govt had no role to play in transfers.
Last week the collegium had uploaded detailed resolutions on SC website, in which it reiterated its earlier opinion to elevate 3 advocates as high court judges.
The move hopes to quash ‘unsubstantiated’ objections to the names by Centre and reduce the back and forth, making the appointments to the higher courts a smoother process.
According to SC collegium resolution, Modi govt objected to Kirpal being made Delhi HC judge on grounds that his partner is a Swiss national & his openness about 'his sexual orientation'.
Two of the 8 names recommended for 5 high courts last week were cleared by SC collegium only after central government asked for 'positive reconsideration'.
Reports on proposed transfer of Justice Nikhil Kariel to Patna High Court had triggered protests by lawyers in the Gujarat HC, with a delegation of bar leaders meeting the CJI.
The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.
With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.
This deployment by the Indian Navy Friday is a stark contrast to the submarine history of the last two decades that has seen the arm hit by dwindling strength, accidents and write-offs.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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