Supreme Court was hearing a plea over alleged “blatant hate speeches” calling for killing members of a particular community and their social and economic boycott at rallies in different states, including Haryana
Arvind Kejriwal slammed the Centre for reportedly proposing a bill through which the committee to select the Election Commissioners will consist of the Prime Minister, Opposition leaders, and nominated Central government ministers.
A vacancy will arise in the poll panel early next year when Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey demits office on February 14 on attaining the age of 65 years.
Justice Gogoi, participating in a debate on the Delhi ordinance Bill, said, There is a book by Andhyarujina, the former solicitor general, on the Kesavananda Bharati case, having read the book, my view is that the doctrine of basic structure of Constitution has a very debatable jurisprudential basis
The standing committee on Law and Personnel said there is a need to institutionalise the mechanism of regular filing of assets by the judges and putting it in the public domain