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We Must Try For An All-India Entrance Exam For Judges For Uniform Recruitment
Thousands of lawyers apply for each exa­mination that is notified for recruitment to the district and subordinate judiciary. The various High Courts conduct the rec­ruitment exercise without sufficient staff strength and some have described it as an ‘ad hoc’ measure because there have been issues with it. The idea of an All India Jud­icial Service has been mooted since 1946. It has been discussed by the Law Commissions of India, which have favoured its creation. Recently, maj­ority of High Courts said they want to retain control over recruitment. The idea has also been pressed by the All India Judges Asso­ciation in two petitions to the Supr­eme Court, which wasn’t opposed to it in its first verdict in 1992 (the second is yet to come). Jurist, senior advocate and former attorney general of India Soli J Sorabjee, in an interview with Ushinor Majumdar, agrees that an All India Judicial Services, with a few tweaks, can be planned and executed to tackle the problem. He seconds an idea to have an entrance exa­mination to recruit qualified lawyers as public prosecutors.
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November 20, 2017
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Lens Shows A Spiderweb
So bad is crime probe in India that a closer view at cases exposes the sleuths further.
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November 20, 2017
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Mane Man Going Steady
A decade after Slumdog, an evolved Dev Patel revisits TIFF
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October 01, 2018
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The Dust Floats Behind
Deserted Kashmiri Pandit homes caught in a haunting time capsule
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October 01, 2018
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‘I See No Challenge; Congress Leaders Are Daydreaming'
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, 59, has been chief minister of Madhya Pradesh for three consecutive terms; that is nearly 13 years at the helm of affairs in India’s second largest-state.
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October 01, 2018
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Freshmen On The Boat
What? Where? Why? Our guide to university and business school abroad.
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October 01, 2018
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Vijay Mallya- The Big Bird On Borrowed Time
Vijay Mallya could still escape deportation till September 2019
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October 01, 2018
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Fuzzy In The Tech World
The ‘marriage’ of liberal arts and technology is important, not one or the other, says author Scott Hartley
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October 01, 2018
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To Read The Maple Leaf Well
Good colleges, great staying back options and flexible curricula make Canada a top draw
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October 01, 2018
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Freshmen On The Boat
What?Where?Why? Our Guide to University and business school abroad.
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October 01, 2018
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Pickling The Bandit
The rising pitch of charges over the Rafale deal has shades of Bofors.
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October 08, 2018
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How Pakistan's New PM, Imran, Is Settling Down At The Helm
Imran Khan has to fix a faltering economy. Drawing India within the ambit of the CPEC might be a good start.
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August 27, 2018
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Shelter Homes: House Of Horrors
The Muzaffarpur and Deoria revelations outraged people’s conscience, but the rot in shelter homes goes far beyond. The failure is pervasive and systemic.
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August 27, 2018
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Atal Behari Vajpayee (1924-2018) A Permanent Pause
Atal Behari Vajpayee’s charming sobriety and inclusivity seduced both colleagues and the prickly opposition into the warmth of comfort.
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August 27, 2018
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Bounty Of Barbs
The writer and the man were inextricably intertwined. Both not made for the faint-hearted.
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August 27, 2018
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A Hawk's Friend and A Dove's Dream
His friendly efforts with Pakistan turned sour very quickly with Kargil, but Vajpayee remained balanced and decisive in both situations.
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August 27, 2018
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Man On A Lifeboat
Hapless workers in the Gulf have a guardian angel for bad times.
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August 27, 2018
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The Hills Tied In Knots
A Bill In Matrilineal Meghalaya Bars Khasi Women From Inheritance Rights If They Marry Non-Khasis.
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September 03, 2018
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It's Personal Once Again
The Triple Talaq Bill Made Big Noise When It Was Drafted Last Year, But It Is Still To Serve Its Purpose.
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September 03, 2018
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Changing Gears
That our roads are getting deadlier by the day isn’t really breaking news. But no one thinks this fact will ever come home to roost. Well, in my case, it did – literally!
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September 03, 2018
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Charge Through The Cappuccino
Presenting Calcutta’s Cafe Positive, where young HIV positive persons deliver a strongish brew.
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September 03, 2018
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The Damn Floods: Why We Are Never Prepared
Why does nearly every ‘natural’ disaster hit us on such a scale? What are we doing wrong? Who’s guilty? Kerala’s monster monsoon leaves us with a deluge of questions.
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September 03, 2018
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The KCR Gambit
Political debate heats up in Telangana over early elections.
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September 10, 2018
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Count Your Rupee In Cents
Will 70 to a dollar be the new normal for the Indian currency?
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September 10, 2018
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Epic Sound Of Thunder
The Adishakti group brings alive a myth from the Ramayana.
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September 10, 2018
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Flood And After- New Kerala, Green Kerala
Was the deluge so terrible because of poor planning and meddling with nature? Environmental concerns must come to the fore as Kerala rebuilds.
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September 10, 2018
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Turn On A Thousand Lights
Lights As DMK chief, Stalin has to keep his flock together, set an agenda and meet challenges.
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September 10, 2018
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The Force Of Habit
The success of the nuns protest stirs Keralas political soup.
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October 08, 2018
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India-Saudi Arabia Ties Poised For Giant Leap
Economic, strategic engagements between India and Saudi Arabia are at a crucial juncture. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit will give a vital push to ties.
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February 25, 2019
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Bill Is Dead, Long Live The Bill
BJP goes back to old rhetoric that not many in the NE want to hear.
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