SC Collegium recommends new Chief Justices for 5 High Courts
The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjeev Khanna and BR Gavai, passed the resolutions on December 27.
The Collegium, comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjeev Khanna and BR Gavai, passed the resolutions on December 27.
The decision came days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mathura-Vrindavan on November 23.
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He recalled how his father and legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan was in England when the Queen was crowned. "Babuji was in England for his PhD, when she was crowned, and the Coronation was the huge event of the moment in 1952.
The two-judge bench ripped into the petitioner who sought opening of the 22 locked rooms, stating that the truth about the iconic monument needs to come out, and that he has filed multiple PILs for the same.
The petition was filed by Varanasi-based Guria Swayam Sevi Sansthan, an NGO which claims to work to eliminate the ‘second-generation prostitution’.
The woman who filed the petition is a Muslim by birth but had converted to Hinduism a month before her marriage to a Hindu man.
A Lucknow bench of the high court dismissed the lawsuit, filed in the form a PIL, terming it as a 'publicity stunt litigation'.
'A complete reading of the speech prima facie does not disclose any effort to promote hatred or violence. It also nowhere threatens peace and tranquillity of the city of Aligarh,' court said.