Govt's No to Collegium Proposal on Justice Joseph's Elevation
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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2018-20 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 13, ISSUE 116 | Friday, 27 April 2018 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,617.80 (+47.25) pSENSEX 34,713.60 (+212.33) pDOW JONES 24,241.02 (+157.19) pNASDAQ 7095.57 (+91.83) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 66.75 (-0.15) pRUPEE/EURO 81.01 (+0.54) qGOLD/10GM 32,400 (-50) qSILVER/K 40,550 (-150) AT 42 DEG C, DELHI ASARAM’S KIM &MOON SET TO SONAM HOPES RECORDS SEASON’S VICTIM SLEEPS MAKE HISTORY TODAY ‘VEERE...’ HOTTEST DAY; RELIEF SOUNDLY AFTER WITH NORTH-SOUTH CHANGES THINGS LIKELY TODAY PG4 LONG TIME PG6 KOREA MEET PG10 FOR WOMEN PG16 PM leaves for Wuhan for SC REFUSES TO STAY WARRANT OF APPOINTMENT OF INDU MALHOTRA ‘Remember Emergency?’: informal summit with Xi Govt’s no to Collegium proposal Prasad to Congress MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: The govern- ment’s move to bar Justice on Justice Joseph’s elevation KM Joseph from a slot in the Supreme Court on Thursday MPOST BUREAU triggered angry protests from Centre Vs Judiciary the opposition and set abuzz NEW DELHI: In a fresh con- the legal circles. It also ended kar Prasad lashed out at the MPOST BUREAU frontation with the judiciary, the » Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the executive was in one of the fiercest run-ins Congress on Thursday after- government on Thursday told the well within its rights to reject Justice Joseph’s name between the BJP and Congress, noon, saying the party’s record NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Supreme Court collegium to recon- which had been sparring for of “giving unfair and uncon- on Thursday left for the central Chinese city of sider its proposal to appoint a Utta- » In theory, the collegium can still reject the weeks over the crisis in the stitutional treatment to the Wuhan for a two-day-long informal summit with rakhand High Court judge to the government’s proposal and re-send Justice judiciary. judiciary is well known”. “It is Chinese President Xi Jinping which is expected top court, saying the elevation may The Congress on Thurs- littered with repeated instances to improve bilateral ties hit by a tense border not be “appropriate”. Joseph’s name day accused Prime Minister of superseding inconvenient standoff in Doklam and differences over several The government received Narendra Modi of indulging judges and compromising the sticky issues. immediate support from the col- » In a ruling in 2016, Justice Joseph had cancelled in “revenge politics” by “refus- independence of the judiciary,” In a pre-departure statement, Modi, with- legium head, Chief Justice Dipak President’s rule in Uttarakhand and brought back ing” to clear the elevation of he said. out explicitly mentioning about any issue, said Misra, who said the executive was to power the then Congress government the country’s most senior chief As an example, he cited the he and President Xi would review the develop- well within its rights to reject Jus- justice, K M Joseph, to the Emergency, imposed just a day ments in Sino-Indian relations from a strategic tice Joseph’s name while accepting Supreme Court. after a 1975 verdict from the and long-term perspective during the summit the second name even though both tices” and senior judges of various evoked sharp reactions with the Joseph is placed at serial num- The judiciary is under the Allahabad High Court which beginning tomorrow. were recommended for elevation High Courts. Supreme Court Bar Association ber 42. most vicious attack ever”, and pronounced then Prime Minis- “President Xi and I will exchange views on a together by the collegium. The col- In theory, the collegium can still President terming it as “disturb- “There are presently 11 chief totalitarianism will stump ter Indira Gandhi guilty of elec- range of issues of bilateral and global importance. legium recommended the names reject the government’s proposal ing” and the main opposition party, justices of various high courts who democracy if the nation does toral malpractices and barred We will discuss our respective visions and priori- of Malhotra and Justice Joseph in and re-send Justice Joseph’s name Congress, asserting that the inde- are senior to him in the all-India not rise now, Congress com- her from holding elected posts. ties for national development, particularly in the January. to the law ministry, which can then pendence of the judiciary “is in high court judges seniority list,” munications in-charge Ran- “Why was emergency context of current and future international situ- In a letter to Justice Misra, decide the future action. danger” and asking if it would now he said. deep Surjewala alleged. imposed... Real provocation for ation,” Modi said. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar The government’s opposition to speak in one voice that “enough is While recommending the name On Thursday appealing the imposition of emergency “We will also review the developments in the Prasad said the government’s rejec- Justice Joseph’s elevation is likely to enough”. of Justice Joseph for the top court, the judiciary to remain united, was the Allahabad HC judg- India-China relations from a strategic and long- tion of Justice Joseph’s name has the deepen the rift between the execu- Meanwhile, the apex court the collegium had said that he is senior Congress leader Kapil ment... Reflects their outlook term perspective,” he further said. approval of the president and the tive and the judiciary. rejected a plea of senior advocate “more deserving and suitable in all said, “If our judiciary is not about judiciary. Legendary Besides the Doklam standoff, relations prime minister and also flagged In a ruling in 2016, Justice Indira Jaisingh to stay the warrant respects than other chief justices united to protect its indepen- judge HR Khanna was denied between India and China have witnessed a nose- that the SCs/STs have no repre- Joseph had cancelled President’s of appointment of Malhotra. and senior puisne judges of high dence then democracy is in and superseded for the post of dive over a series of other issues including China sentation in the Supreme Court rule in Uttarakhand and brought Notification announcing the courts for being appointed as judge danger.... they (the BJP) wants Chief Justice of India, that is blocking India’s move to get Jaish-e-Mohammed since long. back to power the then Congress appointment of Malhotra was of the Supreme Court of India”. to pack high courts with their their record,” Prasad said. chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN, its oppo- “The proposed appointment of government of Harish Rawat in issued on Thursday morning by Senior advocate Indu Malhotra own people”. Last week, seven opposi- sition to India’s bid for NSG membership. Joseph as a Judge of the Supreme the state. The judgement was seen the department of justice in the would be administered oath of To the Congress claim of tion parties led by the Congress India has also been severely critical of China’s Court at this stage does not appear at that time as a major setback to law ministry. office by Chief Justice Dipak Misra the judiciary being in danger, sought impeachment of Chief Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the USD 50 bil- to be appropriate,” Prasad said in the BJP-ruled government at the In his six-page letter on Thurs- on Friday morning at the Supreme the BJP retorted that the Con- Justice of India Dipak Misra. lion China Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is the letter. “It would also not be fair Centre. day morning, Union minister Court, making her the first woman gress has no moral ground to Its quick denial by Vice-Pres- part of the BRI project, passes through Gilgit and and justified to other more senior, The government’s decision Prasad said in the all-India high lawyer to enter the top judiciary talk about the matter. ident Venkaiah Naidu became Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. See P7 suitable and deserving Chief Jus- against Justice Joseph’s elevation court judges seniority list; Justice directly. See P7 Law minister Ravi Shan- the next flashpoint. Railways to eliminate Our ‘real concern’ is `600 CR DEFAULT CASE Nirav Modi in NY, travelling on all unmanned level CBI books ex-Aircel crossings by Mar 2020 fair trial is conducted cancelled passport: Sources ASHWANI LOHANI promoter’s firms, in Kathua case: SC NEW DELHI: Celebrity jew- CBI started investigating alle- On February 2 he left UAE and eller Nirav Modi, wanted in gations that he had secured on February 14 he left Hong BCI clean chit to J&K lawyers two banks chiefs India for loan fraud, is report- thousands of crores in loans Kong. We have evidence with In today’s edly still travelling on his he never paid back using fake us to prove that he travelled on MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered a Indian passport, which was guarantees supplied by offi- these dates to these countries. paper case against former Aircel promoter C Siv- cancelled by the government cials of the Punjab National We will be presenting it all to NEW DELHI: The Supreme asankaran’s two companies and MDs and in February. He is believed to Bank (PNB). the host country soon,” an offi- CITY ... Court on Thursday said its CEOs of Syndicate Bank and Indian Bank be in New York. Sources say the billion- cial revealed. “real concern” was to see that for allegedly defaulting on loans worth Rs “If the host country accepts aire went from Mumbai to This means Nirav Modi NARENDRA CHAWLA NEW SDMC MAYOR 3 a fair trial was conducted in 600 crore taken from IDBI Bank, officials a traveller, the passport being the UAE, then to Hong Kong had left when India requested the Kathua case after the Bar said on Thursday.