CJI gets draft of Revised procedure to appoint judge
New Delhi: The draft of the revised Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) which would guide future appointments of Supreme Court and High Court judges by the Collegium, has been handed over to the Chief Justice of India for ratification. A day before Holi, the file relating to the draft MoP was sent to CJI T S Thakur by the law Ministry which would now place it before the Supreme Court Collegium to take a final call. The Collegium consists of CJI and four senior judges of the apex court.
SC trashes plea against land Act amendments
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions challenging the validity of amendments made in the 114-year-old land Acquisition Act to save a portion of a five-star resort in Goa which was earlier ordered to be demolished. “We find no merit in the petitions. We uphold the validity of the amendments made to the land Acquisition Act,” a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant said.