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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Judge removal involves several steps. Here's how it proceeds
Judge removal involves several steps. Here's how it proceeds Once a judicial inquiry committee concludes in its report about wrongdoing by a constitutional court judge, the CJI, on being satisfied with the committee's finding, offers an opportunity to the judge concerned to resign. If the judge refuses, then the CJI forwards the inquiry report to the President, who is the appointing authority, and the PM. The PM and the Union Cabinet, after discussing the report, may ask the law ministry/parliamentary affairs ministry to initiate a motion for removal. A notice for motion of removal against the judge can be moved in Rajya Sabha if 50 or more MPs sign the motion, and in Lok Sabha if 100 or more MPs agree to put their signatures to it. Once the motion is placed before the LS Speaker or RS chairman, in either case, he carries out a preliminary review of the report as well as the accompanying motion and has the power to 'admit or refuse to admit' the notice of motion for removal (Section 3 of Judges Inquiry Act, 1968). In the event of admitting the notice of motion for removal, the head of the House concerned will keep the motion pending and constitute a three-member committee for 'the purpose of making an investigation into the grounds on which the removal of a judge is prayed for'. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo The committee will comprise either the CJI or a judge of the SC, an HC chief justice and a distinguished jurist. The committee will then frame charges against the judge concerned. 'Such charges, together with a statement of the grounds on which each such charge is based, shall be communicated to the judge and he shall be given a reasonable opportunity of presenting a written statement of defence within such time as may be specified in this behalf by the committee,' the Act provides. Section 4 of the Act provides, 'The committee shall have power to regulate its own procedure in making the investigation and shall give a reasonable opportunity to the judge of cross-examining witnesses, adducing evidence and of being heard in his defence.' The committee, after conclusion of the investigation, will present a report to the head of the House concerned where the motion for removal is pending. If the report finds the judge 'not guilty', then no further steps will be taken, and the motion will be treated as infructuous. If the report finds the judge guilty, then the head of the House will lay the report before the House as soon as possible and the House will take up the motion for removal for debate. The motion will then have to be passed by each House, supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than twothirds of the members of the House present and voting. It will then be presented to the President for removal of the judge. A notice for motion of removal against the judge can be moved in Rajya Sabha if 50 or more MPs sign the motion, and in Lok Sabha if 100 or more MPs agree to put their signatures to it
India Today
22-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
How IUML broke the glass ceiling with key national appointments
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) appointing two women, one of them a non-Muslim, into its national leadership is a watershed moment in the party's 77-year-long leader Jayanthi Rajan, from Kerala, and Fathima Muzaffer, the Egmore ward councillor in the Greater Chennai Corporation, bring with them rich public service experience that they will now invest in the party in their capacity as national assistant secretaries in the national two appointments should somewhat help break the IUML's image of being a male-centric entity. Dr N.P. Hafiz Muhammed, social scientist and a popular Malayalam writer, welcomed it, telling INDIA TODAY: 'It's a strategic move to project the party as more secular, democratic and women-friendly. The IUML can't afford to remain isolated as a male-dominated political entity in a world where women are making themselves heard. The party will need to honour their views for expanding nationally.'The IUML, a major constituent of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, never encouraged active participation of women in politics and treated them as silent followers. Women leaders could not share public platforms with their male counterparts or address their followers. The IUML has 15 MLAs in the 140-member Kerala legislative assembly and secured 8.2 per cent of the popular vote in the 2021 polls. For the past decade, the party has been facing strong challenges from Islamic radical groups and the CPI(M)-led Left liberals. So the support of women voters and leaders could count much in its political 46, hails from Poothadi in Wayanad and won local body polls for her party in 2010. She had joined the party's women's wing and was appointed as a member of its Wayanad district committee. Later, she was nominated to the state committee of the Dalit League, the tribal wing of the party, and won panchayat polls in 2015.'I've been in public service for more than 20 years. I'm grateful to the leadership for offering me an opportunity to serve the party and the people,' Jayanthi said in a conversation with INDIA IUML faced several issues, including resistance from Muslim clerics, whenever it tried to promote women leaders. With 50 per cent of the seats reserved for women in the local body polls in 2010, the leadership was forced to put women in the fray. Now, many panchayats and municipalities have Muslim women as year, the IUML had for the first time inducted women into the state leadership of the Youth League, the party's youth wing. In the 2021 assembly elections, for the first time in 25 years, the party had fielded advocate Noorbeena Rasheed from the Kozhikode South constituency. Rasheed lost by over 12,000 IUML leadership has realised that without women leaders, they can't reach out to their women cadre. Muslim women are better informed now. They don't follow politics or leaders blindly,' said K.C. Rehna, a political commentator in decision to appoint two women as national assistant secretaries could encourage more women leaders to demand better space and recognition in politics, at least in Kerala and Tamil Nadu where the party has a sizeable following among to India Today Magazine
Libya Review
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Libya Review
Libya's Parliament Speaker Calls for Urgent Appointment of New PM
Libya's Parliament Speaker Demands Transition to New Leadership Amid Tripoli Unrest On Monday, Libya's Parliament Speaker, Ageela Saleh, called on members of the House of Representatives to move swiftly in appointing a new Prime Minister to lead a unified national government, warning that any delay could lead to a dangerous power vacuum in the country's western region. Speaking during a parliamentary session, Saleh stressed that Libya faces a critical juncture that requires decisive political action. 'We are meeting today with a national responsibility to prevent a power vacuum in western Libya,' he said. 'It is our duty to select a Prime Minister for a new national unity government from the pool of candidates, with all legal reviews of their files to be conducted by the Attorney General.' Saleh's remarks come amid growing instability in Tripoli following a wave of violent clashes triggered by the killing of Abdulghani al-Kikli, known as 'Ghneiwa,' former commander of the now-dissolved Stability Support Apparatus. The incident led to intense fighting between Ghneiwa's forces and the 444th Brigade, which later escalated into further clashes involving the Special Deterrence Forces, after Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbaiba announced the dissolution of the apparatus. Saleh directly blamed Dbaiba and his Government of National Unity for the violence, saying the Prime Minister is 'personally responsible for the civilian casualties' and the broader deterioration of security. He described Dbaiba's government as 'illegitimate' and long past its legal mandate. 'Let us put aside regional calculations. We are at a defining moment where we must stand for the truth and the interests of the Libyan people,' Saleh stated. 'We support our people in Tripoli in their legitimate right to reject an expired government.' He also criticised the original formation of the Government of National Unity, calling the 2021 Geneva process 'flawed and suspicious.' Saleh reiterated the House of Representatives' position that Dbaiba's administration is legally void and politically irrelevant. Tags: libyaParliament SpeakerPrime MinisterProtestsViolenceWest Libya
The Herald Scotland
10-05-2025
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Suspended Cammy Day wants to rejoin the Labour benches in Edinburgh
The formal business on Thursday was largely straightforward procedural stuff; appointing councillors to this committee or that ─ which quickly killed off consensus ─ agreeing how much of a pay rise they should award themselves (for some, £25k a year represents a generous hourly rate for not reading agenda papers), rubber-stamping the appointment of a chair for the visitor levy forum, and, well, that was it. But then there was the usual slew of councillors' motions, eighteen of them, and 31 amendments to ensure the meeting couldn't be concluded without mudslinging. Read more John McLellan Pick of the bunch must be Green councillor Dan Heap's bid to get the council to ban flypasts like the RAF fighters which zoom over the Tattoo or Murrayfield, much to the delight of the crowds, but apparently they traumatise people who may have fled here from some war-torn corner of the world. Maybe there is some statistical evidence for this, but I suspect the number of those affected is the same as those people you don't see suddenly lying prone on Princes Street in the grip of PTSD when the One O'clock Gun goes off. Maybe he soiled his nappy when the Red Arrows were joined by Concorde in 1999 to mark the opening of the Scottish Parliament, because I suspect the only real upset is from Councillor Heap and the barmy Green army loathing anything powered by fossil fuel, is military and is British. The bold Councillor Heap then wanted taxpayers to subsidise restaurants so cheap grub could be added to the list of public services on which people could become dependent, as if the council doesn't face a budget crisis every year and hasn't got the cash to fund effective care services. But to cap it all he wanted to alter a perfectly reasonable call from new Conservative councillor Neil Cuthbert for a clean-up of extensive and ugly graffiti along the Union Canal, to make sure it referred only to 'problematic graffiti' as if there any other sort, or what he would describe as 'street art'. Presumably this would entail a publicly-funded art critic to wander the city to grade the daubings for artistic merit and put one of those little red stickers you see in art galleries on those which pass muster and should escape the jet wash treatment. But the elephant in the room was the ongoing investigation by former Scottish Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion into the handling of a complaint about former council leader Cammy Day last year, and the leaking of information from the council's confidential whistleblowing system to journalists. Cllr Day has subsequently been cleared by police over sexual harassment allegations involving a Ukrainian refugee but remains suspended by the Labour Party and only attended Thursday's meeting by video. After the conclusion of the police investigation, in which he was never interviewed, Cllr Day gave an interview in which he claimed he was the victim of a political stitch-up, tracking back to the end of the SNP-Labour coalition after the 2022 election when he emerged as leader to replace the SNP's Adam Mols-McVey. His claims were rubbished by his Labour colleague, Leith Councillor Katrina Faccenda, who told The Herald it was 'really wrong to just try and make it all about politics'. Which everyone else thought it was. Having been suspended herself, for failing to vote for her party to run the administration, it's fair to say they are not best of friends, but it's been known for some time that the police investigation would reveal that Cllr Day's private conduct was not illegal. That makes his continued suspension a difficult matter of exclusion, if his behaviour is judged to be incompatible with Labour Party membership. Read more It is understood Mr Dunion has now completed his inquiries and is expected to submit a report in time for the next full council meeting on June 19. But that depends on his conclusions, because if it makes allegations of misconduct against other councillors or officers, such individuals will probably be given time to respond before the report is released, the so-called Maxwellisation process which was also used after the completion of the 2021 investigation under Suzanne Tanner KC in 2021 into social worker Sean Bell, a serial sex abuser whose behaviour had been covered up by senior colleagues. Sources close to Cllr Day say he's very keen to rejoin the Labour benches, but not as leader, and it's not clear if he will run for re-election in 2027 because the allegations have hit him hard and he might seek another role and a more secure source of income. The City Chambers is rife with what can only be described as rumour, at least until the Dunion Report comes out. Dunion has now completed interviewing councillors and officers about the leak of whistleblowing information to journalists. One name keeps coming up, but proof is another matter, and while it's beyond doubt that reporters had access to confidential material, who was responsible for passing it on might never be confirmed. And I'll wager the full report will never be made public. John McLellan is a former Edinburgh Evening News and Scotsman editor. He served as a City of Edinburgh councillor for five years. Brought up in Glasgow, McLellan has lived and worked in Edinburgh for 30 years, and will team up with The Herald's Edinburgh correspondent Donald Turvill to report on the capital
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump to attend dinner with top holders of his meme coin
President Trump will attend a dinner next month with the top holders of his meme coin, the token's official website announced Wednesday. The dinner with the president will be available to the top 220 holders of $TRUMP, the meme coin he unveiled shortly before taking office in January. The event, scheduled for May 22 at Trump's golf club near Washington — is touted as an opportunity to hear 'first-hand' from Trump about the future of cryptocurrency. The top 25 holders will also receive an invitation to an 'exclusive' reception with the president and a 'special' White House tour, according to the website. It urges participants to 'hold as much $TRUMP as you can' through May 12. 'The more $TRUMP you hold—and the longer you hold it—the higher Your Ranking will be,' the website reads. Trump launched his meme coin just days before his inauguration. It was closely followed by a similar token named after his wife, Melania Trump. The president's token quickly surged in value in the days after its release, jumping from $10 to about $70 in the first 48 hours. However, its value sank in the ensuing months. $TRUMP sat at around $9 as of Wednesday morning. It jumped up to nearly $15 on the dinner announcement. Both $TRUMP and $MELANIA are considered meme coins, cryptocurrencies whose value is largely tied to the popularity of a specific person, group or internet trend. As a result, these tokens tend to be volatile assets. The decision to launch the meme coins received a mixed response from the crypto world, despite broader alignment between the president and the industry. Some expressed concerns that the tokens could cast a negative light on Trump's crypto efforts. After fully embracing crypto during his 2024 campaign, Trump has become a key ally for the industry, appointing crypto-friendly candidates to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commerce Department and hosting industry leaders at the White House. At the same time, the president's various business ventures have continued to expand their footprint in the crypto industry, occasionally drawing scrutiny. World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture launched by Trump and his sons last fall, announced plans to launch a dollar-back stablecoin last month. Trump Media & Technology Group, Truth Social's parent company, also unveiled a new partnership with to launch a series of exchange traded funds. The Hill reached out to the White House for comment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
