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"It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law": SC orders new rules for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners similar to appointment of CBI Director by a committee that includes the PM, Leader of Opposition and CJI

| Satyaagrah | Law
Election Commissioners will be appointed by the President on the advice of a committee consisting of the Prime Minister, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and the CJI till a specific law is framed, the Court held

"Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case": CJI Chandrachud removed justice MR Shah from the bench hearing forced conversion for not succumbing to lobby's pressure, was scheduled for Feb, now listed on Jan 16

| Satyaagrah | Law
The PIL was earlier being heard by a bench led by Justice MR Shah, which had refused to get into the maintainability of the pleas or expunge statements in the petition against minorities

"No neutrality, there is only greater or lesser awareness of one's bias": Joshimath Sinking - Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing, "there are democratically elected institutions to look into issue & everything of urgency does not have to come to court"

| Satyaagrah | Law
CJI DY Chandrachud stated, "Everything which is important in the country need not come to us. There are democratically elected institutions to see this. They can deal with what falls under their control. We'll keep it on the 16th"

“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it”: Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand High Court order on Haldwani eviction, and disapproved the manner in which eviction was sought to be carried out by the Indian Railways, urges rehabilitation

| Satyaagrah | Law
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and AS Oka disapproved the manner in which eviction was sought to be carried out by the Indian Railways

Supreme Court of India Justice Nagarathna ~ Hate Speech denies human beings the Right to Dignity, and a greater responsibility is cast upon public functionaries and celebrities against vitriolic statements owing to their position

| Satyaagrah | Law
The Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held by way of a majority that statements made by a Minister, even if traceable to any affairs of state, cannot be attributed vicariously to the government

"It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid": A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petitions challenging the Central government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of ₹1,000 and ₹500

| Satyaagrah | Law
The Court held that there was a reasonable nexus to bring such a measure, and that demonetisation was not hit by the doctrine of proportionality
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