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Jan 20, 2023 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Frivolity of the Government’s objections to names recommended by the Collegium is now public.
1) In the case of senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal, the Centre objected to his sexual orientation and his Swiss national partner.
The Collegium negated both objections. For the first objection, the collegium pointed out that the constitution bench had held that everybody was entitled to their sexual orientation.
May 16, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 is being cited in support of the plea for stay of survey.
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This Act was enacted by Parliament to prohibit the conversion of any place of worship and to provide for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on August 15, 1947 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
May 15, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The union government continued with its practice of cherry-picking names for its approval with regard to the names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointments to the Delhi High Court.
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On August 17, 2020, the Collegium had recommended the names of advocates Jasmeet Singh, Amit Bansal, Tara Vitasta Ganju, Anish Dayal, Amit Sharma and Mini Pushkarna. Of them, Singh and Bansal were appointed as judges of the high court in February last year.
