Shishir Tripathi

Articles by Shishir Tripathi

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  Oct 08, 2018

  Delhi High Court orders CBI to file closure report on missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student Najeeb Ahmed

  Najeeb Ahmed went missing On 14 October 2016, following an alleged scuffle with some other students. As expected, it took no time for his disappearance to assume political overtones on the highly politicised JNU campus.
  NewsTracker CBI Delhi High Court Delhi Police Jawaharlal Nehru University Kanhaiya Kumar Najeeb Ahmed
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  Oct 04, 2018

  CJI Ranjan Gogoi's tenure will be watched for manner in which he ensures 'course correction' in judiciary

  The country shall see how Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi uses the "force and "will" of his judgment to uphold the spirit of the Constitution.
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  Sep 28, 2018

  Sabarimala verdict: SC upheld Constitution in letter and spirit by giving preference to equality in recent judgments

  Chief justice of India Dipak Misra, through powerful judgments in Section 377 case, Section 497 case and now the Sabarimala temple entry case not only pronounced legal verdict that tends to correct certain ‘legal’ wrongs, but also unleashed a spree of social reforms
  Kerala Supreme Court InMyOpinion Homosexuality CJI SC equality Indian Penal Code Constitution Section 377 Dipak Misra DY Chandrachud Section 497 CJI Dipak Misra sabarimala case Sabarimala temple entry Sabarimala verdict
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  Sep 25, 2018

  Supreme Court ruling on lawyer-politicos: These professionals have enjoyed double employment since first Indian govt

  The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking to have politicians barred from practicing law, saying that there was no legislation to bar them from taking up both jobs.
  Rajya Sabha Supreme Court ConnectTheDots Indian Constitution Constituent Assembly Bar Council of India Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay lawyer politicians lawyers in Rajya Sabha
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  Sep 06, 2018

  Section 377 verdict: SC restores inclusiveness, liberates LGBTQ community from 'societal pariah and dereliction'

  While the 2009 judgment should be lauded for ensuring the ‘inclusiveness’, it is Thursday’s judgment by the highest court of the land that established individual liberty as the bulwark of democracy and made the widest possible interpretation of ‘morality’ and ‘freedom’.
  Supreme Court InMyOpinion Homosexuality Delhi High Court Indian Penal Code Gay Rights Section 377 Dipak Misra AP Shah SC judgement section 377 verdict Homosexuality legal approval decriminalises gay sex 377 Verdict live
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  Aug 24, 2018

  Drug addiction in Punjab: NDPS Act is making convicts out of addicts instead of punishing peddlers

  An entire generation in Punjab being ruined by drug abuse is a fact that became a matter of huge debate and controversy.
  India Punjab ConnectTheDots Patiala Drug addiction NDPS Act Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
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  Aug 14, 2018

  One Nation, One Poll: Argument of simultaneous elections being against federalism has political overtones

  It was in 1999 that the Law Commission of India headed by Justice BP Jeevan Reddy in its 170th report recommended simultaneous elections.
  Politics Congress BJP CriticalPoint Opposition Federalism Prime Minister Narendra Modi simultaneous elections one nation one poll
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  Aug 06, 2018

  To tackle nepotism, bad appointments by collegiums, rigorous selection a must: Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan

  With the latest case of Justice KM Joseph, a new ground seems to be ready for the judiciary and executive to make new assertions of their powers with regard to judges' appointments.
  Supreme Court InMyOpinion Rajeev Dhavan Nepotism Judicial appointments collegium NJAC KM Joseph Indira Banerjee Vineet Saran
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  Aug 03, 2018

  Centre's decision to end impasse over Justice KM Joseph's elevation may help resolve judiciary-executive deadlock

  The impasse created over the elevation of Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph to the Supreme Court seems set to end soon
  Narendra Modi Supreme Court ConnectTheDots Indira Gandhi Judiciary Emergency Gopal Subramanium collegium Justice KM Joseph GP Singh
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  Aug 01, 2018

  Supreme Court yet to acknowledge nepotism in judicial appointments, even as Centre seems intent on curbing it

  It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will acknowledge the presence of nepotism in appointment of judges and initiate timely reforms.
  Narendra Modi Supreme Court Allahabad High Court ConnectTheDots Indian judiciary Nepotism Judicial appointments collegium AK Sikri SK Mittal judges appointments