Maneesh Chhibber
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Govt said no but SC firm, sends back names for Allahabad HC
The collegium decision, sources told The Indian Express, was conveyed to the government a few days ago.
CJI tells high courts to send names for judges at the earliest
Sources told The Sunday Express that the CJI had also personally spoken to all the chief justices before writing to them.
Valley protests: Centre decides to draw hard line for J&K govt
Home Ministry to states, UTs: ensure security of students from Kashmir
Govt uses ‘adverse’ IB reports to reject names of 6 former judges for tribunals, commissions
Two ex-Supreme Court judges, two High Court Chief Justices are among those rejected by ACC
100 pc paper trail voting planned in Gujarat, Himachal elections
VVPAT machines produce a printout of the vote cast using an EVM. The printout is deposited in a box and can be used to resolve any dispute regarding the election.
Ban on liquor sale near highways: SC order won’t apply to marriage and banquet halls, says Punjab AG
The government had sought Nanda’s opinion on whether, following the SC order, marriage palaces, banquet halls, etc, situated within a radius of 500 metres or 220 metres, as the case may be, would have to be “treated at par with liquor bars, hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc, which sell liquor to the public in retail”.
PM told us of low-cost medicine plan last month: Shanta Kumar
At that meeting, responding to a suggestion from his party MP and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar, Modi had first talked about the government’s plan.
Collegium clears all pending files on appointment of judges
Names cleared include those recommended by high court collegiums as well as names previously cleared by the SC collegium but returned by the Centre for different reasons, including IB inputs on the unsuitability of candidates.
Appointment of judges: SC collegium clears pending files, 90 names
The age cap, incidentally, is one of the clauses in the draft MoP on which both the Supreme Court collegium and the Centre are on the same page.
Memorandum of Procedure stuck, Collegium starts to clear names for HCs
The SC collegium, headed by Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, is moving forward with its recommendations without waiting for final resolution of the new Memorandum of Procedure.
On government table: A Presidential reference to Supreme Court on liquor sale ban order
Revenue loss, pleas by hotel industry forcing states to turn to Centre
Search & Seizure Operations by Tax Dept: Upswing in undisclosed income detection this fiscal till February
The income tax dept detects Rs 14,697 crore this fiscal till February, against `9,521 crore in the year-ago period; Kochi registers the highest rise in detection.
Behind SC no: Govt won’t give in writing reason for security veto
The judiciary has had several rounds of “informal” discussions with senior government functionaries but is not convinced with the government’s reasoning.
MoP on appointments: Govt gets one ok, SC agrees to age criterion for HC judges
As for elevation of district and sessions judges to high court benches, the collegium wants the maximum age to be capped at 58 and a half years.
MoP on appointments: SC puts its foot down, rejects Govt plan to veto postings on national security grounds
SC collegium also rejects proposal to have ‘permanent secretariat’ to help
Govt sets ball rolling to name panel to look into Jat quota
Sources in the Haryana government told The Indian Express that several rounds of back-channel and overt discussions preceded the eventual deal with the agitating Jats on Sunday
Goa election results 2017: How, in spite of several reports, Governor’s discretion lies in grey zone
The first criteria, the Sarkaria Commission recommended, was that the “party or combination of parties which commands the widest support in the Legislative Assembly should be called upon to form the government”.
Congress goes to Supreme Court over Goa Governor’s invite to BJP alliance
Plea says Congress single largest party after polls, should have been called first to stake claim for government.
Congress gets Punjab comfort, why AAP was left a distant second
The SAD-BJP combine, following two successive terms at the helm, was reduced to third place this time with 15 seats.
UP election results 2017: State clears the decks for BJP choice of President
Needs votes of just one party: AIADMK or BJD, or TRS plus YSRCP