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Rafale row: Legal wrangles must not divert attention from shortage of aircraft, efforts to modernise IAF
Bikram Vohra • 6 years agoRafale row: If India is again going to be mired in a scandal and finger-pointing, New Delhi will lose sight of its primary objective which is to modernise the Indian Air Force
Rafale row: Prashant Bhushan tells Supreme Court CAG gave redacted pricing detail for the first time in history
• 6 years agoIt is for the first time in CAG's history that it has given redacted pricing to Parliament in the Rafale fighter jet deal, activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan told the Supreme Court
SC collegium under fire for elevating junior judges; apex court's appointment forum has been under scrutiny before
Fp Staff • 6 years agoWhat has really ruffled feathers within the judiciary is that the Collegium actually revisited an earlier order, which had names of more senior judges, and revoked it.
'No regrets regarding press conference of 12 January,' says Justice Kurian Joseph day after retirement from SC
Fp Staff • 6 years agoWhile speaking to journalists, retired justice Joseph said that he has no regrets regarding the press conference held on 12 January.
'Conscious of my own limitations,' says Justice KM Joseph in first public appearance since elevation to SC
• 7 years agoIn his first public appearance after becoming a Supreme Court judge, Justice KM Joseph, on Tuesday, said that at the age of 60-plus he felt "like a baby again" on becoming the junior most judge of the top court, and added he knew of his own "limitations".
Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes: Supreme Court pulls up Bihar govt, asks why state was funding NGO that raped girls
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Supreme Court on Tuesday, while hearing the case of the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases, expressed concern over incidents of rape in India and said that women are being raped "left, right, and centre". The apex court referred to National Crime Records Bureau data which says that a woman is raped every six hours in the country.
CJI Dipak Misra to consult Attorney General on Justice KM Joseph's seniority row after meeting displeased SC judges
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has decided consult the Attorney General on Justice KM Joseph's seniority row
Supreme Court judges to meet CJI Dipak Misra over Justice KM Joseph's name being third in appointment notification
Fp Staff • 7 years agoSupreme Court judges, including new members of collegium, are likely to meet CJI Dipak Misra today to express unhappiness over centre’s decision to lower Justice Joseph's seniority.
Daily Bulletin: SC judges to meet CJI over KM Joseph's appointment, SEBI to send notice to Mehul Choksi in Antigua and other top stories of the day
Fp Staff • 7 years agoWith controversy over Justice Joseph's appointment to Supreme Court to legal trouble for Kamal Hassan, here are the top stories for the day
SC judges upset with Centre for lowering KM Joseph's seniority, to lodge protest with CJI Dipak Misra tomorrow
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Supreme Court judges fear that lowering Justice KM Joseph's seniority could hamper his chances of being elevated to the chief justice's post as well as of heading a bench.