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[ad_1] New Delhi: Former civil servants in an open letter on Thursday criticised Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for several of his comments which, they said, constituted a concerted attack by the government on the collegium system of appointments and on judicial independence. The open letter, signed by 90 former bureaucrats, argued that preserving the independence…
[ad_1] Chennai: Asserting that differences were inevitable in a democracy, Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiran Rijiju said differences between government and judiciary cannot be construed as confrontation. He denied any clash between the government and the judiciary. The Union Law minister was speaking after inaugurating the chief judicial magistrate court at Myladuthurai. Chief…
[ad_1] Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday he would postpone a controversial reform that would give parliament more control over the country’s judiciary, after weeks of mass protests against the legislation. “When there’s an option to avoid civil war through dialogue, I take a time off for dialogue,” he said in a press statement…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The evolution of the Constitution has to take place in Parliament and no other “super body” or institution, including the judiciary and the executive, has any role in it, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Sunday. It is the primacy of the Constitution that determines the stability, harmony and productivity of democratic…
[ad_1] Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged that Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s remarks that a few retired judges are part of an “anti-India gang” are an attempt to pressure the judiciary and threaten judges. Speaking at the India Today Conclave in the national capital on Saturday, Rijiju had claimed that…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday claimed that a few retired judges and some activists who are “part of the anti-India gang” are trying to make the Indian judiciary play the role of the opposition party. He again criticised the collegium system to appoint judges, saying it is a result of the…
[ad_1] The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin over the forced transfer of children to Russia after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainians accuse Russia of attempting genocide against them and seeking to destroy their identity — partly through deporting children to Russia. Putin is “allegedly responsible…
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Srinagar drunkard, who kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered a minor in 2007 was today awarded life imprisonment. The sentence is to be confirmed by the High Court. “I award life imprisonment to the convict Zahoor Ahmad Sheikh S/o Abdul Rashid Sheikh R/o Akhrajpora Rajbagh Srinagar for the commission of the offence under section…
[ad_1] New Delhi: The judiciary must be allowed to interpret the Constitution and its independence is not just a legal principle but fundamental pillar of a vibrant democracy, Justice Hima Kohli of the Supreme Court has said. “It is imperative that all three pillars (legislature, executive and judiciary) of the State work in parallel and…
[ad_1] Kolkata: Former chief justice of India U U Lalit said the judiciary has faced instances of challenge and attempts at interference but dealt with these appropriately to ensure its independence. He said in order to have a thriving democracy, one must have an independent judiciary because it is through dispute resolution that society is…