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Appointment Of Judges
Current Affairs Made Easy
|June 2018
Controversy surrounding the elevation of K.M. Joseph to Supreme Court has raised bigger questions on appointment of judges and executive-judiciary relations.
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Controversy on Appointment of K.M. Joseph:
• January 2018:
• On January 10, the Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, recommended Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice, Kuttiyil Mathew Joseph, for appointment as judge of the Supreme Court.
This story is from the June 2018 edition of Current Affairs Made Easy.
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