Judge Loya died on 1 December 2014 while attending a wedding with fellow judges in Nagpur. At the time, he was the special judge in the trial for the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Shiekh.
This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Judges cannot lie. Their word must be treated as the gospel truth. Questioning a judge amounts to contempt of court. These are sweeping observations. In a democracy, each custodian of public power can and ought to be questioned, be willing to have her conduct examined. The process of scrutiny and questioning needs to be accompanied by decorum and courtest while dealing with a judge, but it should be penetrating.
We must respect the judgment. It is now the law of the land. However, there was no need to pass strictures or threaten criminal contempt proceedings against the petitioners. They made their case. The apex court, in its wisdom, found it devoid of merit.
Judges cannot lie. Their word must be treated as the gospel truth. Questioning a judge amounts to contempt of court. These are sweeping observations. In a democracy, each custodian of public power can and ought to be questioned, be willing to have her conduct examined. The process of scrutiny and questioning needs to be accompanied by decorum and courtest while dealing with a judge, but it should be penetrating.
We must respect the judgment. It is now the law of the land. However, there was no need to pass strictures or threaten criminal contempt proceedings against the petitioners. They made their case. The apex court, in its wisdom, found it devoid of merit.