Things Happened Today | The Press Conference & Other Stories
Press Conference by Supreme Court's 4 Senior Judges: For the first time in the history of
the Supreme Court, four senior judges held press conference in New
Delhi on Friday. Justice Chelameswar the second most senior judge after CJI,
along with Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph, addressed the
media at his residence.
December CPI Inflation: The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index(CPI) rises to 5.21% in the month of December. Retail inflation crossed the comfort level or the limit projected by the RBI. In the month of November it was 4.88% again higher than RBI forecast. The October bi-monthly MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) statement projected inflation to rise and range between 4.2-4.6 per cent in the second half of this year. The higher inflation will definitely put full stop before the rate cut scenario.
November Month IIP: Industrial output growth expands at 8.4%. Growth in manufacturing in November was led by strong double-digit growth in ‘food products’, ‘pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products’, and the ‘computer, electronic and optical products.’ The other sector that saw robust growth was consumer non-durables, which grew 23.1% in November, up sharply from 7.7% in the previous month. The consumer durables sector grew 2.5%, recovering from October’s 6.89% contraction.
ISRO Launches 100th Satellite: Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday launched its 100th Satellite, Cartosat-2 series weather observation satellite, along with 30 other spacecraft, using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40), which lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
Orange Passport: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday announced that new passports will soon be printed without the usual last page of the document, which contains names of parents, and address of the applicant. The statement came even as it was declared that the passports for the Emigration Check Required (ECR) category will be issued with orange jackets.
National Yoga Day: India celebrated National Yoga Day on January 12 to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
23rd Winter Olympic Games: Harjinder Singh the General Secretary in the Ice-Hockey Association of India is appointed as Chef De Mission for the 23rd Winter Olympic Games to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea by the Indian Olympic Association.
Siddaramaiah in Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was in Delhi today to discuss the party's poll preparedness and strategy at a meeting called by party president Rahul Gandhi which lasted about three and half hours. Karnataka Congress president G Parameshwara, working presidents SR Patil and Dinesh Gundu Rao, the party’s Karnataka in-charge KC Venugopal were also present at the meeting, besides senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, K Rahman Khan, KH Muniyappa, Oscar Fernandes and Veerappa Moily. Rahul Gandhi will pay a three-day visit to Karnataka from February 10-12 for the first leg of assembly election’s campaign in the state.
Pawan Hans Helicopter: A Pawan Hans helicopter with five ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) employees and two crew-members on a routine sortie between Juhu heliport and the offshore rigs crashed into Arabian Sea. Four bodies have been recovered so far.
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Justice Chelameswar said, “About a couple
of months back, four of us gave a signed letter to the Chief Justice of India.
We wanted a particular thing to be done in a particular manner. But the way it
was done, it raised further questions about the integrity of the institution”.
He also said, "We have spotted things in the last few months. Tried to
intervene but to no avail. Twenty years from now, the nation should not say we
sold our souls. We tried to collectively tell the CJI that certain things in
the administration of the SC is not in order. Unfortunately our efforts failed.
So we are saying this before the nation,"
The selective assignment of cases by the
CJI to selective Benches "for no apparent reason," states the letter.
The letter cites an instance of 'judicial indiscipline'. The October 27
judgment of Justices A.K. Goel and U.U. Lalit interfering in the Memorandum of
Procedure and calling for finalisation of MoP when the NJAC Bench had decided
on the issue, and a draft MoP was finalised by Collegium and handed over to the
government is mentioned.
The letter released by judges states about Memorandum of Procedure:
“In the above context, we deem it proper to
address you presently with regard to the order dated 27.10.2017 in R.P.
Luthra vs. Union of India, the effect that there should be no further delay
in finalising the Memorandum of Procedure in the larger public interest. When
the Memorandum of Procedure was a subject matter of a decision of a
Constitution Bench of this Court in Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record
Association And Anr. vs. Union of India [(2016) 5 SCC1] it is
difficult to understand as to how any other Bench could have dealt with the
matter.
The above apart, subsequent to the decision
of the Constitution Bench, detailed discussions were held by the Collegium of
five judges (including yourself) and the Memorandum of Procedure was finalised
and sent by the then Honourable Chief Justice of India to the government in
March 2017. The Government of India has not responded to the communication and
in view of this silence it must be taken that the Memorandum of Procedure as
finalised by the Collegium has been accepted by the Government on the basis of
the order of this Court in Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record
Association (Supra). There was, therefore, no occasion for the Bench to
make any observation with regard to the finalisation of the Memorandum of
Procedure or that that issue cannot linger on for an indefinite period.”
"Any issue with regard
to the Memorandum of Procedure should be discussed in the Chief Justices
conference and by the full Court. Such a matter of grave importance, if at all
required to be taken on the judicial side, should be dealt with by none other
than a Constitution Bench.”
“Once the issue arising from the order dated 27.10.2017 in R.P.
Luthra vs. Union of India, mentioned above, is adequately addressed by you
and if it becomes so necessary, we will apprise you specifically of the other
judicial orders passed by this Court which would require to be similarly dealt
with.”
December CPI Inflation: The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index(CPI) rises to 5.21% in the month of December. Retail inflation crossed the comfort level or the limit projected by the RBI. In the month of November it was 4.88% again higher than RBI forecast. The October bi-monthly MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) statement projected inflation to rise and range between 4.2-4.6 per cent in the second half of this year. The higher inflation will definitely put full stop before the rate cut scenario.
November Month IIP: Industrial output growth expands at 8.4%. Growth in manufacturing in November was led by strong double-digit growth in ‘food products’, ‘pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products’, and the ‘computer, electronic and optical products.’ The other sector that saw robust growth was consumer non-durables, which grew 23.1% in November, up sharply from 7.7% in the previous month. The consumer durables sector grew 2.5%, recovering from October’s 6.89% contraction.
ISRO Launches 100th Satellite: Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday launched its 100th Satellite, Cartosat-2 series weather observation satellite, along with 30 other spacecraft, using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C40), which lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
Orange Passport: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday announced that new passports will soon be printed without the usual last page of the document, which contains names of parents, and address of the applicant. The statement came even as it was declared that the passports for the Emigration Check Required (ECR) category will be issued with orange jackets.
National Yoga Day: India celebrated National Yoga Day on January 12 to mark the 155th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
23rd Winter Olympic Games: Harjinder Singh the General Secretary in the Ice-Hockey Association of India is appointed as Chef De Mission for the 23rd Winter Olympic Games to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea by the Indian Olympic Association.
Siddaramaiah in Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was in Delhi today to discuss the party's poll preparedness and strategy at a meeting called by party president Rahul Gandhi which lasted about three and half hours. Karnataka Congress president G Parameshwara, working presidents SR Patil and Dinesh Gundu Rao, the party’s Karnataka in-charge KC Venugopal were also present at the meeting, besides senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, K Rahman Khan, KH Muniyappa, Oscar Fernandes and Veerappa Moily. Rahul Gandhi will pay a three-day visit to Karnataka from February 10-12 for the first leg of assembly election’s campaign in the state.
Pawan Hans Helicopter: A Pawan Hans helicopter with five ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) employees and two crew-members on a routine sortie between Juhu heliport and the offshore rigs crashed into Arabian Sea. Four bodies have been recovered so far.
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