Pardon the taking of recourse to the oft-deprecated journalistic line “only time will tell…” Yet that would be a realistic evaluation of the somewhat surprising suggestion of the Chief Justice of India for yet another attempt at an out-of-court, mediated settlement of the long-festering highly-emotional sore that is the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babari Masjid dispute at Ayodhya. …
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March 23, 2017Pardon the taking of recourse to the oft-deprecated journalistic line “only time will tell…” Yet that would be a realistic evaluation of the somewhat surprising suggestion of the Chief Justice of India for yet another attempt at an out-of-court, mediated settlement of the long-festering highly-emotional sore that is the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babari Masjid dispute at Ayodhya. …
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March 23, 2017Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court which had struck down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges, was on Monday appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. Sources in the government said President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared his name and the notification is being issued …
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December 19, 2016