Article 124(2) and Article 200 did not have words now imported into them by the Supreme Court. “Consultation” has already become “concurrence” and now appointment could be “deemed”.
The Tamil Nadu vs Governor judgment deserves reconsideration by a Constitution Bench—not because the Supreme Court’s motives were flawed, but because its methods exceeded constitutional bounds.
The BJP is accustomed to justifying its actions by harking back to the rule of Indira Gandhi when then-Andhra Pradesh Governor Thakur Ram Lal dismissed the Telugu Desam government in 1984.
The top court urges all Governors to not create roadblocks in the state machinery and respect the will of the people, without giving in to political considerations.
Top court had said Governor R N Ravi was defying the judges who had stayed Ponmudy’s conviction in a disproportionate assets case. Swearing-in later today.
At a youth conference this month, DMK called for abolition of post of governor. The party’s dislike of the post transcends mere political differences & is rooted in its idea of federalism.
Document detailing each bill sent to Governor R. N. Ravi’s office was placed before CJI-led bench hearing Tamil Nadu govt’s petition accusing Ravi of sitting on bills passed by assembly.
While BJP has reserved comment on Governor RN Ravi's dismissal of DMK minister Senthil Balaji, state party chief Annamalai says governors can 'criticise govt inside the assembly'.
The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
If this is about the Supreme Court’s recent recommendation regarding bills pending before the Governor and President, then can it be any different from the hollow arguments that ThePrint has published earlier?
Need I really venture further, and struggle through what is likely to be a dense legalistic moat of steaming outrage, putrefying prejudices, and eddying interpretations?
I will spare myself that. I will even concedingly assume that the author might have dredged up some valid points.
But, so what?
In the larger scheme of things, and the current priority of issues, can observations that come from whimsically selective, dubiously-intented, exaggerated punticiliousness be worthy of public thought…anytime soon?
We have State Govts, with obvious approval of the ruling party and its Central Govt., daily enforcing their own formulation of law & order, which is medieval, mob-driven, and barbaric.
Their actions unsparingly violate our constitution, and its enshrined ideals of human rights and justice. The ruling dispensation and its affliates brazenly and ceaselessly defy contitutional principles, and Court orders.
There are no legal ambiguities or uncertainities that exist which explain or excuse the regularly occuring lynchings, house demolitions, mob violence.
Mr. Mishra seems to have painstakingly done a finecombing of a few judicial pronouncements. Pray, how does their impact rank when compared to the brazen threats, calls for violent action, and ugly pronouncements that are regularly made in public by persons in high public office, like Mr. Yogi Adityanath? And even Mr. Amit Shah and Mr. Modi?
What accountability does the Govt. grant for its own actions?
Those in power and their acolytes are the very rogue group among us which is setting fire to the constitution.
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I caught sight of the last paragraph.
The affected wail by Mr. Mishra, a former senior govt. bureaucrat, which simplistically attributes the backlog of courts cases to the Supreme Court, reveals the contempt held for the intelligence of the common citizen.
As if the Govt., the investigating bodies, the public prosecutors, the quick-to-litigate bureaucracy, the corruption spread all across, etc., have had no role to play in the creation of the mess.
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I’ve only read the title of the article.
If this is about the Supreme Court’s recent recommendation regarding bills pending before the Governor and President, then can it be any different from the hollow arguments that ThePrint has published earlier?
Need I really venture further, and struggle through what is likely to be a dense legalistic moat of steaming outrage, putrefying prejudices, and eddying interpretations?
I will spare myself that. I will even concedingly assume that the author might have dredged up some valid points.
But, so what?
In the larger scheme of things, and the current priority of issues, can observations that come from whimsically selective, dubiously-intented, exaggerated punticiliousness be worthy of public thought…anytime soon?
We have State Govts, with obvious approval of the ruling party and its Central Govt., daily enforcing their own formulation of law & order, which is medieval, mob-driven, and barbaric.
Their actions unsparingly violate our constitution, and its enshrined ideals of human rights and justice. The ruling dispensation and its affliates brazenly and ceaselessly defy contitutional principles, and Court orders.
There are no legal ambiguities or uncertainities that exist which explain or excuse the regularly occuring lynchings, house demolitions, mob violence.
Mr. Mishra seems to have painstakingly done a finecombing of a few judicial pronouncements. Pray, how does their impact rank when compared to the brazen threats, calls for violent action, and ugly pronouncements that are regularly made in public by persons in high public office, like Mr. Yogi Adityanath? And even Mr. Amit Shah and Mr. Modi?
What accountability does the Govt. grant for its own actions?
Those in power and their acolytes are the very rogue group among us which is setting fire to the constitution.
———————–
I caught sight of the last paragraph.
The affected wail by Mr. Mishra, a former senior govt. bureaucrat, which simplistically attributes the backlog of courts cases to the Supreme Court, reveals the contempt held for the intelligence of the common citizen.
As if the Govt., the investigating bodies, the public prosecutors, the quick-to-litigate bureaucracy, the corruption spread all across, etc., have had no role to play in the creation of the mess.
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