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Don’t use quotas to send political signals

Don’t use quotas to send political signals

A month after the government in Karnataka sought to send a political signal by scrapping a separate quota for Muslims, the administration has taken a temporary U-turn, telling the Supreme Court that it will hold off on implementing the changes till the next date of hearing, May 9. This effectively also means that the contentious […]

Upholding openness in judicial hearings

Upholding openness in judicial hearings

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud sent a strong signal to both the judiciary and the executive on Monday when he refused to accept a sealed envelope containing a note from the central government on its views about the payment of One Rank One Pension (OROP) arrears to ex-service personnel. A bench of […]