Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi responded after AG R Venkataramani justified his Supreme Court absence, saying, “While international arbitration may hold significant financial value, it is fundamentally a commercial issue that pales before a constitutional challenge.”
Today, On 7th November, CJI Gavai remarked, “I Became a Judge at 42, Perhaps I Didn’t Have Enough Experience Then,” during the Supreme Court hearing on the Tribunal Reforms Act case, as Senior Advocate Arvind Datar questioned the 50-year minimum age requirement for tribunal appointments.
Attorney General clarified that his absence in the Madras Bar Association case was not to delay proceedings but because he was leading the Government of India’s high-stakes arbitration against Reliance, after CJI Gavai expressed displeasure over adjournment.
Today, On 6th November, Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai expressed sharp displeasure over repeated adjournments in the Madras Bar Association case, remarking that it was “very unfair to the Court” and questioning how many more times such delays would be sought.
The Supreme Court on Friday (Dec 13) expressed displeasure over “misrepresentation” of its last hearing in certain media reports pertaining to the hearing of a PIL against the practice of charging an additional fee for “VIP darshan” in temples across the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar last heard the plea filed by one Vijay Kishor Goswami on the issue on October 25 and made certain observations.
