Balance of court-government power is true justice
While jurisprudence is attributed to the Romans, the French—who insisted on liberté, égalité, fraternité—claim credit for ...
Why NJAC was struck down by the Supreme Court, can it be brought back?
The mechanism, which gave the government a foot in the door in appointing judges, was struck down by the SC in 2015. The ...
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Gandhi on fire: Scandal in India’s judiciary
IANS The image is stark and surreal: heaps of charred 500-rupee notes, bearing the smiling and serene visage of India’s “father of the nation,” Mahatma Gandhi. Where? Shockingly, in the ...
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Modi & 600 lawyers unite to ‘protect’ judiciary, but who’s threatening it? Read between the lines
the Congress demanded a “committed judiciary”. This takes us back to 1973 and then 1977, when Indira Gandhi’s government carried out two significant supersessions in the appointment of the ...
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Indira denied Justice HR Khanna CJI's job 50 years ago. His nephew is CJI now
His dissenting minority judgement shone through and is one of the most-cited when it comes to judicial fearlessness. Although Justice HR Khanna's dissent against Indira Gandhi cost him the Chief ...
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‘Constitution most abused during Congress rule’: Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said that it was during Indira Gandhi’s tenure as the PM that the Constitution was amended ...
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Important cases heard in Delhi High Court on March 19
Important cases heard in Delhi High Court on Wednesday, March 19: * HC sought the response of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and others on a plea seeking closure of abattoirs within ...