SC Collegium faces backlash as NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar calls the recommendation of ex-BJP spokesperson Aarti Sathe as HC judge “one of the biggest blows to democracy,” questioning judicial impartiality.
The Supreme Court expunged adverse remarks made by a judge of the Uttarakhand High Court against a lawyer in an order passed in 2022. A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan criticised the High Court for making such adverse comments without first hearing the affected lawyer’s defence. “The approach of the High Court in making the observations against the appellant (lawyer) without giving him any opportunity of being heard is totally unsustainable in law,” the Court said.
Dharma was the source of much of law in India, Judge of Karnataka High Court Justice Krishna S Dixit said on Monday. He was delivering the V Tarakaram memorial lecture on ‘Law and Dharma’. Justice Dixit said that all sections of society have some element of fanaticism, although they are to varying degrees.
