New Delhi : The CPI-M, which has already challenged electoral bonds in the Supreme Court, on Saturday termed this method of political financing a way to legalising political corruption and a resort for trade-offs between political parties and corporates. “CPI-M has always believed that first step to ending political corruption is to ban donations by […]
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No case for impeaching Chief Justice Misra, say former SC judges
New Delhi, Jan 29 : Former Supreme Court judges and legal luminaries have taken a dim view of CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury’s move to initiate impeachment proceedings for removing Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on the issues raised by four senior judges in their now famous “Friday press conference” on January 12. They […]
Basic tenets of Constitution under threat: Yechury
New Delhi, Jan 26 : As India celebrated its 69th Republic Day, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said the basic tenets of the Constitution are “under grave threat”. “Greetings to all of us citizens on Republic Day. It was a momentous day when India adopted values and principles, way ahead of the times. We […]
CPI-M mulls impeachment motion against Chief Justice Misra
New Delhi, Jan 23 : The CPI-M on Tuesday said it was contemplating an impeachment motion with other opposition parties against Chief Justice Dipak Misra after four senior-most judges complained about arbitrary allocation of cases in the Supreme Court. “In this situation, there is no other option but to correct this institution (the Supreme Court) […]