The government has returned twice to the Supreme Court collegium a recommendation made by it.
Where do the four members of the Supreme Court appointed panel to interface with farmers stand on the Modi government's farm laws?
The top court said the judicial process will be reduced to a "charade" if the courts are burdened with such cases with extraneous reasons.
The judgment in the 2G case is a huge, huge, indictment of the criminal investigation and justice system, says R Jagannathan.
Since 2014, many of Mohan Bhagwat's speeches have acted as cues for government policy.
JUstice Kurian Joseph favoured setting up of an administrative committee to assist the office of Chief Justice of India in effectively handling the affairs of the top court.
"I want to know from the Congress as to why it is agitated and telling lies repeatedly. Is it because there is no Quattrocchi mama or Christian Michel in defence deals done by the BJP government," Modi said.
Special Judge O P Saini issued notice to the agency and sought its response by October 8.
'Where did this fungus suddenly come from and get all over the country?'
Our election slogan is simple "Ballot for Bullet".
As the top court reserved its verdict on the sentence to be awarded to Bhushan, Justice Arun Mishra, who presided over a three-judge bench, at the fag end of the nearly three hour-long hearing also asked why he cannot seek an apology and what was wrong in using this word.
Why should an elected government, any party's government, need a law to protect itself from its people? asks Shekhar Gupta.
Fifteen people, including 11 'mobsters', were killed and 14 others injured in a terrorist attack in China's restive Xinjiang province on Saturday. The attack occurred at ShacheCounty in the northwestern province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
At a time when there is no mechanism in place to appoint or elevate judges to the higher judiciary, 8 high court judges have retired in a month, raising the vacancies from 384 in August to 392 this month.
The Union home ministry's notification giving effect to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021 came on Tuesday night, as the city battles a ferocious COVID-19 wave and its healthcare system is stretched to breaking point.
'The full effects of the government initiatives will have to work their way through, whether in infrastructure or in the banking sector.'
The accused were killed by the police when they tried to escape while being taken to the crime spot.
The Supreme Court on Thursday came out strongly against repeated attempts and misleading campaign being made to defame the judiciary, saying great damage is being done to democracy.
The Congress leader was first arrested by the CBI on August 21.
From India's fight against COVID-19 to China face-off, Kovind spoke on several issues during the televised address.
The alacrity with which regional States responded to Delhi's invite signals that expectations are high regarding an Indian role in the efforts to stabilise the situation in Afghanistan, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A robust dispute settlement system would help the government unlock tax revenues, and also aid ease of doing business.
The apex court also forthwith restrained him from undertaking judicial and administrative work.
'After he had exposed the Narcotics Bureau's wrongdoings, he threatened to expose the Enforcement Directorate as well.' 'So they are trying to rake up an old legal deal, distorting information and using the PMLA which did not even exist at that time.'
A row erupted after the Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi-headed five-judge Collegium in a fresh resolution on January 10 recommended the elevation of Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna to the Supreme Court bypassing the seniority of several judges.
The Indian State does not believe in the rule of law. It does not even recognise the need to follow treaties that it itself signed. And so it is refusing to shell out to Cairn; and, as a consequence, has brought on the Paris humiliation, notes Mihir S Sharma.
At his farewell function, CJI Dipak Misra said that tears of a poor man is equal to tears of a rich man.
Most of the recommendations with regard to appointment of judges in high courts were pending with the collegium headed by the CJI, it said.
Gadkari, who handles key infrastructure-related portfolios, said there is no problem with the road sector at present and money is not an issue anymore.
Observing that a deliberate and conscious attempt was made to influence his decision before the recusal application was placed before him, Justice Chanda imposed the cost for the manner in which the recusal was sought and directed that the amount be deposited to the Bar Council of West Bengal within two weeks.
'Police officers should be selected on merit and not on the basis of who is close to the political party in power.'
As the hearing in the cases heated up again, the apex court took umbrage at the verbal duel between two senior lawyers Dushayan Dave and Pallav Shishodia, calling it 'unacceptable'.
The real battle for NEET abolition can take much more time and energy, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'This is about reviving this country as a centre of Hindutva at Ayodhya.'
The judge was also of the view that 'the gravity of the allegations levelled against petitioners (Sonia, Rahul and others) has a fraudulent flavour.
'Once such conduct becomes legitimate through political and popular sanction, then the ordinary citizen will have no defences left,' warns Shyam Saran.
Deleting his earlier tweets, Khan said that his father Salim Khan called him and said he should retract his tweets as they had the potential to create "misunderstanding".
Justice Gogoi lamented that the very issues which give a different identity to a community make its people hate those who are different.
Govt must take few steps to improve business environment.
The apex court had last week turned the alleged contemptuous letters written by Justice Karnan against the Madras HC Chief Justice, which were addressed to the CJI, prime minister and others, into contempt proceedings against him.
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