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  • No appointment of SC judges could be made during my tenure due to lack of consensus in Collegium: Ex CJI Bobde

    No appointment of SC judges could be made during my tenure due to lack of consensus in Collegium: Ex CJI Bobde

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    CJI Bobde

    New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India S A Bobde Saturday said no judges could be appointed in the Supreme Court during his 18-month tenure as the head of the judiciary since the collegium could not arrive at a consensus.

    Bobde said there have been times when no elevation of judges could take place for two or more years and it can happen in a human institution.

    Responding to a question that in his 18-month tenure as the CJI not a single appointment of judge took place, Justice Bobde said, “Yes, so? There have been periods when you haven’t had elevation for two years. You haven’t had elevation for longer. What is so extraordinary about this? We couldn’t arrive at a consensus. It can happen in the human institution.”

    Justice Bobde was sworn in as the 47th CJI on November 18, 2019 and retired on April 23, 2021.

    The former judge, who was speaking at India Today Conclave, said, “No, it is not because of the collegium system, it is because as a collegium we were unable to arrive at the consensus. It is not because of the system, it is because we failed as a collegium to arrive at the consensus about the names.”

    He elaborated that a lack of consensus was because of a particular name (in the list) or, in some cases, the reason was the order in which the elevation should happen.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Cong owes answers for the scams during its tenure: Karnataka CM

    Cong owes answers for the scams during its tenure: Karnataka CM

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    Bengaluru: The scams of the previous Congress government are being investigated by the Lokayukta and they owe an explanation for those charges.

    The Congress must reply to the questions regarding the tender scams during their period, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

    Replying to the corruption charges levelled against the state government by Leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly, Siddaramaiah and KPCC chief D.K. Shivakumar at a press conference here on Wednesday, he said, “The Congress leaders talk by remembering about the omissions and commissions of their period.

    “The Congress leaders are threatening them with inquiry once they come back to power. That means they are coming to power to loot. They themselves have disclosed their agenda. The 40 per cent commission charges are baseless and they have failed to produce evidence before the court. Enquiry is guaranteed if they file the case with all the specifications. Without doing it, firing in the air will not be helpful,” he said.

    “Making any statement without giving any evidence is of no use. The Congress ruled for five years and they also had called tenders. After the BJP came to power a committee headed by a judge went through all those tenders and everything is now being scrutinized. Now the tender process is very transparent and any one can give a complaint,” CM Bommai said.

    He said when Shivakumar was the Water Resources Minister the tender inspection committee was removed as well as TAC. The two-level inspection system was shelved by the corporation. The Congress had opened the avenues for corruption, but the BJP government had re-established the inspection system. So they have no moral rights to talk about corruption.

    Earlier in the day, Shivakumar claimed the chief minister’s office was involved in collecting commissions while clearing old bills and approving new projects.

    The Congress also accused the state government of hurriedly floating tenders at the fag end of its tenure at inflated rates to collect funds for the BJP’s Assembly election campaign.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )