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Time To Create National Judicial Infrastructure Authority: CJI NV Ramana
Time has come to move from ad-hoc committees to a more streamlined, accountable and organised structure by creating a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said today.
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Facebook Rules on Hate Speech Struck Down by Top German Court for Not Informing User Before Blocking Account
A top German court has ruled that Facebook acted illegally in taking down racist posts and blocking the account of their author because the social network failed to inform the user or give a reason for shutting them down.
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Must take Into Account Availability And Use Judiciously: Suresh Jadhav On Vaccines
Amid an acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, executive director of SII, Suresh Jadhav, on Friday alleged that the government began inoculating people from multiple age groups without taking into account stock of vaccines.
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Arbitrariness In Top Judicial Institutions Fatal For Democracy: Congress On CVC Appointment
The Congress today attacked the government over the appointment of CVC and CIC and alleged there is no place for transparency, accountability and constitutional processes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'New India', which was fatal for democracy.
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Journalist Upendra Rai Sent To Judicial Custody
A Delhi court on Wednesday rejected the CBI's plea for additional custody of senior journalist Upendra Rai, arrested for dubious transactions in his accounts, and sent him to 14-day judicial custody.
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CBI Moves Plea To Attach Nirav Modi's UK Bank Account
A special CBI court in Mumbai on Monday issued a judicial request to be sent to the UK after the central probe agency moved a petition, seeking to attach a bank account of beleaguered diamond trader Nirav Modi, a key accused in the Rs 12,700-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
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Karti Chidambaram's Chartered Accountant Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody
A Delhi court today sent Karti Chidambaram's chartered accountant S Bhaskararaman, arrested in the INX Media money laundering case, to 14-day judicial custody.
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President Clears The Decks For Supreme Court To Get Five More Judges
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday cleared the appointment of five high court judges to the Supreme Court, signaling the end of the stalemate triggered by the refusal of a senior judge to participate in the selection process unless it was made transparent. The fresh appointments will raise the strength of the Supreme Court from 23, to 28 judge...
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Cap On Cash Withdrawal A Decision Beyond Judicial Review: High Court
Restrictions on daily withdrawal of cash by bank account holders is a policy decision which is beyond judicial review, the Delhi High Court today ruled, in a fillip to the Modi government's demonetisation exercise.
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Top Court To Hear Petition For Public Role In Selection Of Judges
A petition seeking the formation of a public body, neither controlled by the government nor the judiciary, for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts will be heard by the top court today.
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Will Attend Meeting If Collegium Adopts Transparency: Top Court Judge
A senior Supreme Court judge, who boycotted a meeting of the collegium or the group of senior-most judges that decides on judicial appointments on Thursday, has told NDTV that his endeavour is to bring transparency and accountability.
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Need Mix Of Fiscal, Monetary Policies To Deal With Brexit: Arun Jaitley
India has underlined the need for a judicious mix of fiscal, monetary and structural policies by major economies to deal with the heightened uncertainty on account of Brexit, or Britain's exit from the European Union.
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Government Reworks Bill On Judges' Accountability, Wants Performance Assessed
The Narendra Modi government is planning to revive a UPA bill, which sought to put in place a system to probe complaints against judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts, after adding a new clause to assess the performance of members of the higher judiciary.
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Lok Sabha Members Protest Supreme Court's Scrapping of Judges' Appointment Law
Members in Lok Sabha today came out strongly against the scrapping of National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act by the Supreme Court and pitched for accountability of judges.
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In Parliament, Lawmakers Pitch for Judiciary to be Made Accountable
Members in Lok Sabha across the political spectrum today pitched for judicial accountability with a Congress member arguing that the people have every right to see that the judiciary is accountable to them and a Trinamool Congress (TMC) member saying the collegium system for appointment of judges by judges has "failed".
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Time To Create National Judicial Infrastructure Authority: CJI NV Ramana
Time has come to move from ad-hoc committees to a more streamlined, accountable and organised structure by creating a National Judicial Infrastructure Authority, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said today.
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Facebook Rules on Hate Speech Struck Down by Top German Court for Not Informing User Before Blocking Account
A top German court has ruled that Facebook acted illegally in taking down racist posts and blocking the account of their author because the social network failed to inform the user or give a reason for shutting them down.
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Must take Into Account Availability And Use Judiciously: Suresh Jadhav On Vaccines
Amid an acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the country, executive director of SII, Suresh Jadhav, on Friday alleged that the government began inoculating people from multiple age groups without taking into account stock of vaccines.
-
Arbitrariness In Top Judicial Institutions Fatal For Democracy: Congress On CVC Appointment
The Congress today attacked the government over the appointment of CVC and CIC and alleged there is no place for transparency, accountability and constitutional processes in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'New India', which was fatal for democracy.
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Journalist Upendra Rai Sent To Judicial Custody
A Delhi court on Wednesday rejected the CBI's plea for additional custody of senior journalist Upendra Rai, arrested for dubious transactions in his accounts, and sent him to 14-day judicial custody.
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CBI Moves Plea To Attach Nirav Modi's UK Bank Account
A special CBI court in Mumbai on Monday issued a judicial request to be sent to the UK after the central probe agency moved a petition, seeking to attach a bank account of beleaguered diamond trader Nirav Modi, a key accused in the Rs 12,700-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
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Karti Chidambaram's Chartered Accountant Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody
A Delhi court today sent Karti Chidambaram's chartered accountant S Bhaskararaman, arrested in the INX Media money laundering case, to 14-day judicial custody.
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President Clears The Decks For Supreme Court To Get Five More Judges
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday cleared the appointment of five high court judges to the Supreme Court, signaling the end of the stalemate triggered by the refusal of a senior judge to participate in the selection process unless it was made transparent. The fresh appointments will raise the strength of the Supreme Court from 23, to 28 judge...
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Cap On Cash Withdrawal A Decision Beyond Judicial Review: High Court
Restrictions on daily withdrawal of cash by bank account holders is a policy decision which is beyond judicial review, the Delhi High Court today ruled, in a fillip to the Modi government's demonetisation exercise.
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Top Court To Hear Petition For Public Role In Selection Of Judges
A petition seeking the formation of a public body, neither controlled by the government nor the judiciary, for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts will be heard by the top court today.
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Will Attend Meeting If Collegium Adopts Transparency: Top Court Judge
A senior Supreme Court judge, who boycotted a meeting of the collegium or the group of senior-most judges that decides on judicial appointments on Thursday, has told NDTV that his endeavour is to bring transparency and accountability.
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Need Mix Of Fiscal, Monetary Policies To Deal With Brexit: Arun Jaitley
India has underlined the need for a judicious mix of fiscal, monetary and structural policies by major economies to deal with the heightened uncertainty on account of Brexit, or Britain's exit from the European Union.
-
Government Reworks Bill On Judges' Accountability, Wants Performance Assessed
The Narendra Modi government is planning to revive a UPA bill, which sought to put in place a system to probe complaints against judges of the Supreme Court and the high courts, after adding a new clause to assess the performance of members of the higher judiciary.
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Lok Sabha Members Protest Supreme Court's Scrapping of Judges' Appointment Law
Members in Lok Sabha today came out strongly against the scrapping of National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act by the Supreme Court and pitched for accountability of judges.
-
In Parliament, Lawmakers Pitch for Judiciary to be Made Accountable
Members in Lok Sabha across the political spectrum today pitched for judicial accountability with a Congress member arguing that the people have every right to see that the judiciary is accountable to them and a Trinamool Congress (TMC) member saying the collegium system for appointment of judges by judges has "failed".
