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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court dismissed pleas challenging the appointment of advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri as additional judge of the Madras High Court. Meanwhile, Justice Gowri was sworn in as an additional judge of the Madras HC even before the Supreme Court hearing was over. “We are not entertaining the writ petition. Dismissed, reasons to follow,” the special bench said while dismissing the plea. The top court’s decision came on a plea challenging Gowri’s recommendation as an additional judge and subsequent appointment considering her publicly expressed views showcasing alleged ...
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By Ritika Jain Earlier today, the Centre notified the appointment of advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of the Madras High Court, minutes before advocates from the Bar mentioned the matter in the Supreme Court seeking to stop the same. Gowri, a BJP leader, has publicly expressed communal bias and said Christian extremist groups which are more dangerous than Islamic terror groups must be called “White terror”. However, when the matter was mentioned again in the post-lunch session, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud—he also heads the collegium which is responsibl...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court collegium stood its ground and unanimously backed its decision to recommend senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal as a judge to the Delhi High Court. The collegium said Kirpal was competent, would add value and the recommendation—which is in limbo since the past five years—must not be rejected simply because he is gay. The Delhi High Court collegium in 2017 unanimously recommended Kirpal. Supreme Court collegium approved this recommendation in November 2021. Collegium’s move recommending Kirpal could be considered contentious because he is openly gay and in a committed re...
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