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
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said since the Delhi HC is seized of the matter and hearing it on a day-to-day basis, it was not going to entertain the plea at this stage
Nine cheetahs, including three India-born cubs, have died in Madhya Pradesh's KNP since March this year, raising questions about the management of the project
The Committee says it feels that the age of retirement of judges needs to be increased in sync with the increase in the longevity and advancement in medical sciences leading to improved health of the population