Supreme Court has a case about Election Commission. Some want a collegium to appoint Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners. The bench consists of Justices K. M. Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C. T. Ravikumar. The bench said CEC should be someone with character who does not allow himself to be bulldozed…
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Judicial Dynasties
There are many dynasties in India. Political, business, film and many other dynasties are well known and talked about. Not much is known and talked about judicial dynasties. The present Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Chandrachud is the son of Yeshwant Chandrachud who was CJI from 22/2/1978 to 11/7/1985. Former CJI Uday Lalit is son…
Battle for Gujarat 2022
On 3/11/2022 Election Commission announced dates for Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections. Voting is on 1/12/2022 and 5/12/2022 and counting is on 8/12/2022, same day as of Himachal Pradesh. Election Commission had announced Himachal Pradesh election schedule on 14/10/2022. Voting is on 12/11/2022. It is not fair that people of Himachal Pradesh have to wait for…
Sixth CICA Summit
CICA is Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Russia, S. Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan and Vietnam are members. Its sixth summit took place in Astana on 12-13/10/2022. During the summit…
PFI Ban
On 28/9/2022 Government of India banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and eight of its associates for five years under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Its associates were Campus Front of India (CFI), National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO), National Women’s Front (NWF), Rehab India Foundation (RIF), All Indian Imams Council (AIIC), Junior Front (JF),…
Hijab Burning
On 22/9/2022 Supreme Court concluded hearings in Karnataka hijab case and reserved its judgment. Some Muslim female students wanted to wear hijab in class rooms. That led to some Hindu male students wearing saffron shawls. There were agitations. Karnataka government then put restrictions on wearing hijab and saffron shawls in class rooms. The matter went…
Operation Extermination
BJP is engaged in Operation Extermination i.e., elimination of every other political party. It is different from Operation Lotus where BJP wanted some MLAs to defect so it can form government or strengthen its government when it did not have sufficient MLAs and had to depend on allies. In Goa, BJP had 20 MLAs. It…
Elizabeth II
Rule of two Elizabeths and Two Marys ended in two days. Elizabeth II died on 8/9/2022. Elizabeth II became Queen on 6/2/1952 and was crowned on 2/6/1953. Her Coronation Oath was in the form of questions and answers. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, asked questions. Elizabeth II answered. One question was about her territories….
Two Elizabeths Rule UK
Two Elizabeths rule UK. One is Queen Elizabeth II. Second is Mary Elizabeth Truss, popularly known as Liz Truss. Elizabeth II was born on 21/4/1926. Her full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor. She became queen on 6/2/1952. Many European royals who became monarchs after her abdicated in their old age. Elizabeth II has no…
Doomed Beyond Redemption
On 26/8/2022 Ghulam Nabi Azad quit Congress. His letter to Sonia Gandhi was long. He mentioned his long association with Congress and the posts he held beginning with Block Secretary General in 1973. He was a minister in Congress governments from 1982 to 2014. He was Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha for seven years….