Tag: Judiciary
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Docket explosion: Why SC activated Article 224A, which was lying dormant for 58 years
New Delhi, Apr 21: An article in the Indian Constitution that has been dormant for 58 years has been activated by the Supreme Court to allow appointment of retired High Court judges as ad hoc judges for two to five years. The decision to activate Article 224A of the Constitution was taken to clear the…
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Legislature vs Judiciary: Who reigns Supreme
New Delhi, Dec 18: The Supreme Court is hearing a petition that sought the removal of the protesting farmers around the borders in Delhi. While the Supreme Court is not going into whether the new farm laws are bad in law or not, the question is if there is a challenge to the same, can…
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The problem of pendency and why judiciary should focus only on it
New Delhi, Oct 18: In the past couple of months, there has been ample talk about judicial activism. The judiciary and the Supreme Court in particular has been criticised for entering into domains it could have avoided. Read more
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As rot in judiciary increases, why it is time to revisit the Justice Malimath report
Amidst the major rift in the Supreme Court, it would be interesting to take a look at the recommendations made by the Justice V Malimath Committee on reforms of criminal justice system. Read more
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1973: When Indira Gandhi eroded the independence of the judiciary and Morarji Desai restored it
The Union Government made it clear that it would stay away from the controversy surrounding the Supreme Court while terming it as an internal matter. Moments after the four top judges of the Supreme Court decided to air their views in public, several persons in the opposition decided to debate the issue. Read more
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What message did Madurai based terror group Base Movement has for the judiciary
New Delhi, Nov 30: The National Investigation Agency arrested five persons in connection with the blasts at the court complexes that took place over the past year and a half. The arrests of members from the Base Movement from Madurai on Monday and Tuesday is a major breakthrough the court complex blasts case. Read more
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When will judiciary fill up the 4,937 vacancies in lower courts?
New Delhi, Nov 28 The war of words between the union government and the judiciary was out once again in the open. While Chief Justice of India, T S Thakur blamed the government for delaying the filling up of 442 judicial vacancies in the High Courts. Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad too retorted by saying…
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No end to tussle between judiciary and centre
New Delhi, Nov 19: There appears to be no end to the tussle between the centre and the judiciary. The Supreme Court while putting its foot down said that the 43 names of judges for high courts will be reconsidered by the centre. The centre had recently told the court that out of the 77…
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Lawyers vs Journalists
Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda has decided to take tough measures following the ruckus that was caused outside the court complex where journalists clashed with lawyers. The CM will meet with representatives of the media, judiciary and also police personnel to chalk out a plan as to streamline the media coverage in the courts. He is…
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