May 13, 2025 12:44 pm
These details, otherwise, could have also been obtained through Right to Information since the days of the Veeraswamy judgement (reiterated by a 2019 order of the Supreme Court). It said that judge of any court is a ‘public servant’
April 22, 2025 5:36 pm
The very day he assumed charge as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, in December 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar had hit out at the apex court over its decision to scrap the NJAC.
March 29, 2025 11:09 am
As Parliament is once again seized of the matter, it may be time both the judiciary and the executive give serious thought to the NJAC. After all, nobody can say that eminent justices like H R Khanna, V R Krishna Iyer or M N Venkatachaliah were political appointees just because they were appointed before the collegium system came into vogue
March 27, 2025 1:39 pm
Its decision in the case was a missed opportunity for serious and meaningful judicial reform
March 28, 2025 9:53 pm
The mechanism, which gave the government a foot in the door in appointing judges, was struck down by the SC in 2015. The discovery of cash at the residence of a HC judge has given the issue a new lease of life
April 01, 2025 12:02 pm
VP Jagdeep Dhankhar raises the NJAC Act in the Rajya Sabha. The Act, though declared unconstitutional, sought to replace the Three Judges Cases-based collegium system. What were the Three Judges Cases? In 'Beyond the Nugget,' learn about the impeachment process of judges.
March 26, 2025 5:35 am
Dhankhar's remarks came on the day a three-member committee constituted by the Supreme Court began its inquiry into the conduct of Justice Varma and visited his residence in the afternoon.
June 19, 2023 2:08 pm
“Open confrontation does not send a good signal to the public. Members of the public thus get a chance to criticise the entire system which shall be avoided,” he said.
April 27, 2023 9:44 am
It is only in rarest of rare cases where you find that what has been done is wholly unconstitutional, 91-year-old former Attorney General for India K K Venugopal tells The Indian Express in an interview.
March 11, 2023 9:45 am
If some lament that India's mature and inclusive democracy is in danger, it could be because of frustration over their political failures or due to a feudal mindset of entitlement