-The Indian Express Sources told The Sunday Express that the CJI had also personally spoken to all the Chief Justices before writing to them. A week after the Supreme Court collegium headed by him cleared the last of the pending recommendations from various high court collegiums for appointment of judges, Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar has written to Chief Justices of all high courts asking them to recommend new names...
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Plea for army leeway in Manipur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Centre today approached the Supreme Court seeking recall of two orders directing a probe into all cases of alleged excessive use of force under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act during counter-insurgency operations in Manipur. Attorney-general Mukul Rohatgi urged a bench headed by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar for urgent listing of an "open court" hearing of the curative petition challenging the July 8, 2016, judgment of the...
More »Supreme Court ruling on note exchange window in July -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: If you are still left with scrapped Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes, having failed to deposit them in banks by the December 30 deadline, you could hold on to them till July-end. The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would decide in July whether the government should be asked to open a window for those who could not deposit the scrapped notes in time due...
More »Clarity and facts on the ground -Suhrith Parthasarathy
-The Hindu Why it’s essential that the Supreme Court speedily hears the Aadhaar petitions There are several conflicting accounts of precisely what transpired when senior advocate Shyam Divan made a request late in March for an early hearing of a batch of petitions that question the validity of the unique identification scheme, implemented through the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 — or the Aadhaar...
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-The Times of india NEW DELHI: The Centre's plan to make Aadhaar a basic identity document got a shot in the arm when the Supreme Court on Monday said it would not be wrong on the part of the government to make the unique ID mandatory for opening bank accounts, getting mobile connections or passports. The court clarified that its earlier interim order asking the government to make Aadhaar optional only related...
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