SC Reiterates That Chief Justice Is Master of Roster
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RNI NO.: DELENG/2005/15351 millenniumpost.in REGD. NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 187 | Saturday, 7 July 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,772.65 (+22.90) pSENSEX 35,657.86 (+83.31) pDOW JONES 24,395.82 (+39.08) pNASDAQ 7639.59 (+53.17) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.87 (+0.08) qRUPEE/EURO 80.87 (-0.29) pGOLD/10GM 31,690 (+110.00) qSILVER/K 40,500 (-100) GHANA DRUG COURT SENDS WILL TRUMP USE TRACE LYSETTE, JAMIE CLAYTON PEDDLER KILLED SEPARATIST AASIYA, ‘MADE IN CHINA’ SLAM HOLLYWOOD DOUBLE IN SCUFFLE WITH 2 OTHERS TO 10-DAY FLAGS FOR 2020 STANDARDS ON CASTING GGN COPS PG4 NIA CUSTODY PG6 CAMPAIGN? PG12 TRANSGENDERS PG16 Petroleum products FIRST AMONG EQUALS Pak court gives 10-yr to be brought under GST in stages: Centre SC reiterates that Chief jail to Sharif in the MPOST BUREAU first corruption case NEW DELHI: Finance Secretary Justice is master of roster Hasmukh Adhia on Friday said the MPOST BUREAU all-powerful GST Highlights Council would NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court » A two-judge bench consider bringing petroleum products under on Friday upheld the Chief Justice Goods and Services Tax (GST) and it could of India’s role as “Master of Ros- stated that the happen in phases. ter”. A two-judge bench, compris- CJI’s role could not Speaking on the issue, Central Board of Indi- ing Justices A K Sikri and Ashok be interpreted to rect Taxes and Customs Chairman S Ramesh Bhushan, stated that the CJI’s role include the Collegium said although there is demand for bringing could not be interpreted to include when it comes to the petroleum products under GST, the GST Coun- the Collegium when it comes to the allocation for cases cil will have to finalise modalities. allocation for cases as it will make as it will make day- Currently, diesel, petrol, crude oil, natural day-to-day functioning difficult. gas and aviation turbine fuel are outside the Disposing of the petition filed to-day functioning ISLAMABAD: An account- Avenfield properties case purview of goods and services tax, and states by senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, difficult ability court in Pakistan on while his daughter Maryam have the right to impose a value-added tax on Justice A K Sikri said, “Erosion of » Reacting to the Friday sentenced ousted was sentenced to seven years. these items. respect for the Judiciary in public verdict, advocate prime minister Nawaz Sharif Nawaz’s son-in-law Capt “One of the demands that is there before us, minds is the greatest threat to the to 10 years in prison in one (retd) Safdar was given a one we will see... everything will happen in stages,” independence of the institution.” Prashant Bhushan, who of the three corruption cases year sentence. Adhia said at an event here. Justices Sikri and Bhushan represented Shanti against him in the high-pro- While Sharif was fined 8 The civil aviation ministry has time and delivered two separate but con- Bhushan in court, file Panama Papers scandal. million pounds (USD 10 mil- again voiced its concern on the high rate of taxes curring judgments upholding the tweeted, “Sad that The court delivered the lion), his daughter Maryam on aviation turbine fuel, which accounts for a prerogative of the CJI in allocat- SC ruled that CJI can verdict after postponing it was handed down a 2 mil- significant chunk of an airline’s operational costs ing cases. unilaterally decide the four times in the Avenfield lion pound (USD 2.6 mil- and also has a bearing on airfares. Reacting to the verdict, advo- allocation of cases” corruption case - on the own- lion) fine. Earlier, the civil aviation ministry had also cate Prashant Bhushan, who rep- Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra PTI ership of four flats in the posh The judgement runs in written to the finance ministry seeking the resented Shanti Bhushan in court, Avenfield House in London. over 100 pages. inclusion of jet fuel under the indirect tax tweeted, “Sad that SC today ruled ter of Roster’ and wanted either the appointment of judges… where the ticular jurisdiction. Sharif, 68, is in London The ruling came weeks regime with full input tax credit at the earliest. that CJI can unilaterally decide the Collegium or a full court to decide judges (of the Collegium) are not In January this year, four attending to his wife Kul- before the general elections The finance ministry has expressed its inten- allocation of cases. 4 judges pointed the allocation of cases. personally involved (they decide senior-most judges — Justices J soom Nawaz who was diag- in Pakistan on July 25. tion to include natural gas and ATF within the out in PC that CJI was abusing his Attorney General K K Venu- on the files of others). Here, they Chelameswar (since retired), Ran- nosed with throat cancer Authorities had deployed purview of the goods and services tax soon. powers in allotting sensitive cases gopal, in response to the plea, had are personally involved, and each jan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and last year. a large number of security “We have done a lot but that it does not mean like Loya’s, medical college scam argued that the role “requires a may want to hear cases of a partic- Kurian Joseph — of the Supreme Accountability court personnel in and around the that there is no scope for the betterment of the etc. Unfortunate that SC has not decision on several aspects and that ular jurisdiction”. Court, in an unprecedented press judge Mohammad Bashir Federal Judicial Complex, existing system. We still believe that we need to insulated itself from abuse of CJI’s is not something that five (the Col- To this, Prashant Bhushan conference, said that the situa- pronounced the verdict where the court is located. do a lot more and we are working in that direc- powers.” legium) or all of them (judges) can countered that it was safer to have tion in the apex court was “not in behind closed doors. The roads leading to the com- tion,” Adhia said. In his petition, Shanti Bhushan sit and thrash it out”. He also told a collective decision as the CJI, too, order” and many “less than desir- Sharif was sentenced plex have also been closed to had questioned the CJI as the ‘Mas- the court that “this is not like the could want to hear cases of a par- able” things had taken place. See P7 to 10 years in prison in the the general traffic. AGENCIES I try to run Lok LG-CM meet; impasse GRIEZMANN SEALS IT FOR FRANCE CBI arrests Sabha like a mother France beat Uruguay 2-0 two retired BOI SUMITRA MAHAJAN over services continues officers for to book semi-finals spot `2,654 cr fraud In today’s NIZHNY NOVGOROD: France outclassed Uruguay MPOST BUREAU paper 2-0 to enter the semi-finals 2018 at the Nizhny Novgorod NEW DELHI: The CBI on ... Stadium in on Friday. Raphael Friday arrested two senior CITY Varane and Antoinne Griez- retired officers of Bank of SISODIA INAUGURATES MANGO FESTIVAL 3 mann scored the two goals India in connection with as France reached their sixth alleged loan fraud of Rs NATION semi-final at the World Cup. 2,654 crore by Vadodara- A Fernando Muslera howler based Diamond Power ‘ZAKIR WILL NOT BE DEPORTED’ 7 in the 61st minute handed Infrastructure Ltd. (DPIL) SAYANTAN GHOSH is supreme. Orders of SC become France a 2-0 lead in the sec- in the bank. EDIT the law of the land. They must be ond half of the quarter-final V V Agnihotri and PK ISOLATED TALIBAN DISARRAYED 8 NEW DELHI: After nearly 48 hours respected.” clash. Griezmann hit a pow- Shrivastava retired GM and of the Supreme Court judgment, the Meanwhile, a communique from erful shot headed straight to didn’t see any clear-cut chances in the first half, but he couldn’t DGM respectively, had alleg- INTERNATIONAL Delhi Chief Minister and the Lieu- the LG office said, “The MHA has Muslera but he failed to collect for either team. Nahitan Nan- convert them. He had a glori- edly granted undue favours tenant Governor held a 25-minute advised that as per concluding paras of it cleanly, and the ball ended up dez had a chance for Uruguay ous chance in the 20th minute to the company in allow- THAI BOAT CAPSIZE KILLS 37 11 closed-door meeting on Friday where judgement, the nine appeals including at the back of the net. Raphael from close range. Uruguay when his header from six- ing credit limits, the offi- BUSINESS the LG assured every cooperation the one relating to ‘Services’ shall be Varane had earlier scored with was the better team in the first yards out went way over the cials said. from his side. taken up by a Supreme Court bench a clinical header in the 40th quarter but they hardly trou- goal post. After initial pressure They said both have been THYSSENKRUPP BACKS TATA STEEL JV 13 However, CM Arvind Kejri- and the MHA notification dated May minute to give France a 1-0 bled French goalkeeper Hugo from Uruguay, France got hold arrested on Friday and will wal claimed that LG Anil Baijal had 25, 2015, continues to be valid”. lead over Uruguay at the end Lloris. Kylian Mbappe had a of the proceedings and started be produced before a spe- SPORT refused to give Delhi government However, later the CM alleged, of the first half.