By Mohammed Shafeeq Amaravati, Dec 4 : Andhra Pradesh recently witnessed an unprecedented situation when the legislature attacked a High Court order which questioned legislative competence, and asked the judiciary to respect other constitutional institutions, namely, the legislature and the execut […]
Category: Executive vs judiciary
Looking back at the roots of the collegium of contention
By Kavya Dubey New Delhi, Dec 4 : The Judiciary and the Executive in India's celebrated democracy appear to be locking horns once again. The distance between these two pillars of democracy may be intended for the smooth flow of function-oriented procedures, but often leads to entanglement. […]
State govt's battles with Calcutta HC spills from courtrooms to political arena
By Sumanta Ray Chaudhuri Kolkata, Dec 4 : The tussle between judiciary and executive is nothing new in West Bengal. Often political parties, especially the ruling ones in the state, displeased over any verdict have gone hammer and tongs in criticizing a judgement on this count. At times even some […]
'Nepotism does happen': SCBA prez pinpoints flaws in judges' appointment
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, Dec 4 : Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh, in an interview with IANS on the appointment of judges, said he is not saying nepotism is institutionally there, but definitely it does creep in if you go by people whom you know per […]
Not just collegium, SC asks tough questions about Arun Goel's elevation to EC
By Kumar Vikram New Delhi, Dec 4 : There is hardly anything surprising in the Supreme Court raising questions with the Centre or pulling up the government on issues, but in the matter of the appointment of retired Punjab-cadre IAS officer Arun Goel as Election Commissioner on November 19 it raise […]