The Supreme Court on Monday voiced its disapproval of remarks that the collegium system of appointing judges to the country's higher courts is 'alien' to the Constitution and requested the government's top lawyers - Attorney-General R Venkataramani and Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta - to ensure laws are followed and judicial appointments expedited. "The ground reality is names are not getting cleared... it is frustrating the whole system. Good people must join the bench and the timeline (of appointments) has to be adhered to unless there is an exception..." a division bench led by Justice SK Kaul said. HT brings you a round-up of the most important and interesting stories, so you don’t miss your daily dose of news. |
THE BIG STORY SC objects to minister’s remarks on collegium Disapproving of Union law minister Kiren Rijiju’s public stance on the collegium system of appointing judges, the Supreme Court on Monday asserted that the Centre is bound to “observe the law of the land” and cannot “frustrate the entire system” just because it is “unhappy” about its legislation on judicial appointments failing to pass the test of constitutionality. Read more. |
ED asks Centre for 300% more staff as cases rise The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has taken up over twice as many money laundering cases in the past three years (2,723 from 2019-20 to 2021-22) as compared to the previous seven (1,262 from 2012-13 to 2018-19), has asked the Centre to increase its strength by three times and establish offices in every state capital, people familiar with the matter said. Read more. |
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From the Edit Page How to strengthen the election panel Last week, the Supreme Court (SC), while hearing a batch of petitions questioning the procedure for appointing election commissioners (ECs), made several observations on the independence of ECs, leading to wide-ranging discussions and debates on the issue. While these observations were made more to understand the procedure than comment on the functioning of the chief election commissioner (CEC), a reference was also made to the professional integrity and independence displayed by former CEC TN Seshan (1990-96). Read more. |
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