THE SUPREME COURT TAKES THE CORONA CRISIS SERIOUSLY

May 4, 2021

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Dr. D Y Chandrachud, and comprising Justices L. Nageswar Rao, and S. Ravindra Bhat has passed an interim order in a Suo Motu Writ Petition (Civil) No. 3 of 2021 yesterday directing the Central and State Governments to put on record...

FIXED TIMELINE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF HIGH COURT JUDGES

April 26, 2021

Last week, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde, and comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and, Surya Kant laid down a timeline for the Central Government to approve the appointments of the High Court judges within a prescribed time in the...

Parliament should empower the district and sessions judges to exercise the writ jurisdiction

April 5, 2021

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Chief Architect of the Indian Constitution, had once said, “If I was asked to name any particular article in this Constitution as the most important-an article without which this Constitution would be a nullity, I could not refer to any other article except this one...

Lieutenant Governor’s government versus CM’s government in Delhi

March 31, 2021

The President of India has given his assent to the Government of National Capital Territory (Amendment) Bill, 2021 yesterday. The amended legislation establishes the primacy of the Lieutenant Governor (LG) over elected government led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in running Delhi’s administration. Now the bill has become a law...

Application of the seniority convention in the appointment of the Chief Justice of India

March 23, 2021

As per the media reports, the Union Law Minister Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad has written to Chief Justice of India Mr. S. A. Bobde a few days back seeking his view about the name of his successor. Mr. Bobde is set to retire on 23 April this year. As per...