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'250 Officers, 50 Lakh Claims': Judiciary Rushes To Help Poll Body In Bengal
In what is effectively the judiciary stepping in to complete the Election Commission's work during the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in poll-bound West Bengal, the Supreme Court has asked the Calcutta High Court to appoint civil judges
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'No Option Left': Top Court's "Extraordinary" Order In Bengal SIR Case
The Supreme Court today told the Calcutta High Court to appoint judicial officers for helping West Bengal in carrying out the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, noting an unfortunate blame game has been going on.
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Supreme Court Order On Poll Body Posts: Law Minister Invokes "Lakshman Rekha"
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju invoked the constitutional "Lakshman Rekha" guiding institutions, including the executive and the judiciary, and wondered that if judges become part of administrative appointments, who would carry out judicial work.
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AAP's Raghav Chadha Opposes Private Bill To Regulate Judges' Appointment
A private member bill to regulate the appointment of judges through the National Judicial Commission was on Friday introduced in Rajya Sabha by CPI(M)'s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya but was opposed by AAP MP Raghav Chadha.
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Plan To Move Bill To Replace Judges' Appointment System? What Centre Said
Amid a tussle with the Supreme Court over the current system of appointment of judges, the Centre informed Parliament on Thursday that "at present, there is no such proposal" to reintroduce National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC.
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No Proposal To Reintroduce Judicial Appointments Commission: Law Minister
Union Minister of Law Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that there is no proposal to reintroduce the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) with suitable modifications.
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Vice President Takes On Supreme Court Over Judges' Appointment, Chief Justice Of India Seated
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said there was "no whisper" in Parliament after the Supreme Court struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act and described it as "too serious an issue".
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Police Get Clean Chit In 2016 Bhopal Jail Break Encounter In Probe Report
A judicial commission appointed to probe the encounter of eight alleged SIMI activists after their escape from the highly-fortified Bhopal Central Jail on October 31, 2016, has termed the police action justified. The commission, headed by retired judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court SK Pandey, has also given a clean chit to the police.
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Process Of Appointment Of Judges Cannot Be 'Hijacked': Chief Justice TS Thakur
Amid the judiciary-government tussle, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today asserted the process of appointment of judges cannot be "hijacked" and judiciary needs to be independent as it plays a role in the eventuality of a "tyrannical regime".
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Top Court To Hear Petition For Public Role In Selection Of Judges
A petition seeking the formation of a public body, neither controlled by the government nor the judiciary, for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts will be heard by the top court today.
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'250 Officers, 50 Lakh Claims': Judiciary Rushes To Help Poll Body In Bengal
In what is effectively the judiciary stepping in to complete the Election Commission's work during the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists in poll-bound West Bengal, the Supreme Court has asked the Calcutta High Court to appoint civil judges
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'No Option Left': Top Court's "Extraordinary" Order In Bengal SIR Case
The Supreme Court today told the Calcutta High Court to appoint judicial officers for helping West Bengal in carrying out the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, noting an unfortunate blame game has been going on.
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Supreme Court Order On Poll Body Posts: Law Minister Invokes "Lakshman Rekha"
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju invoked the constitutional "Lakshman Rekha" guiding institutions, including the executive and the judiciary, and wondered that if judges become part of administrative appointments, who would carry out judicial work.
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AAP's Raghav Chadha Opposes Private Bill To Regulate Judges' Appointment
A private member bill to regulate the appointment of judges through the National Judicial Commission was on Friday introduced in Rajya Sabha by CPI(M)'s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya but was opposed by AAP MP Raghav Chadha.
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Plan To Move Bill To Replace Judges' Appointment System? What Centre Said
Amid a tussle with the Supreme Court over the current system of appointment of judges, the Centre informed Parliament on Thursday that "at present, there is no such proposal" to reintroduce National Judicial Appointments Commission or NJAC.
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No Proposal To Reintroduce Judicial Appointments Commission: Law Minister
Union Minister of Law Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that there is no proposal to reintroduce the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) with suitable modifications.
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Vice President Takes On Supreme Court Over Judges' Appointment, Chief Justice Of India Seated
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said there was "no whisper" in Parliament after the Supreme Court struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act and described it as "too serious an issue".
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Police Get Clean Chit In 2016 Bhopal Jail Break Encounter In Probe Report
A judicial commission appointed to probe the encounter of eight alleged SIMI activists after their escape from the highly-fortified Bhopal Central Jail on October 31, 2016, has termed the police action justified. The commission, headed by retired judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court SK Pandey, has also given a clean chit to the police.
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Process Of Appointment Of Judges Cannot Be 'Hijacked': Chief Justice TS Thakur
Amid the judiciary-government tussle, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today asserted the process of appointment of judges cannot be "hijacked" and judiciary needs to be independent as it plays a role in the eventuality of a "tyrannical regime".
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Top Court To Hear Petition For Public Role In Selection Of Judges
A petition seeking the formation of a public body, neither controlled by the government nor the judiciary, for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts will be heard by the top court today.
