Daily Newsletter | Saturday, January 13, 2018
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| SC row shows that seniority is a sacred principle for judges |
| Seniority is a sensitive issue for high court (HC) judges, being the determinant of their career prospects, be it possible appointment as chief justice of an HC, elevation to the Supreme Court and, for the lucky ones, appointment as Chief Justice of India. |
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| Four top judges revolt against CJI; SC on trial |
| Four senior-most judges of SC revolted against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and launched an unprecedented public attack against his allegedly arbitrary way of assigning important cases to benches headed by junior SC judges, ignoring senior ones. |
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| The final trigger that led to SC judges’ briefing |
| The final trigger for the stunning press conference by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court came at 10.15am on Friday – just 15 minutes before the commencement of proceedings – when Chief Justice Dipak Misra bluntly turned down their last-minute request to shift a politically sensitive case from a particular bench. |
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| People who wanted Rahane out now want him in, says Kohli |
| India captain Virat Kohli on Friday took a dig at critics questioning Ajinkya Rahane’s exclusion in the first Test against South Africa, stating that those who wanted his deputy’s omission are now clamouring for his comeback. |
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| TOI Budget special: 10 richest men in history |
| Money magazine in 2015 compiled a list of richest people of all time by taking an individual’s wealth and comparing it to the country’s GDP, apart from adjusting for inflation and speaking to hundreds of economists and historians. |
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| Infosys Q3 net profit up 38.3%, revenue at Rs 17,794 crore |
| Investors and market watchers are expecting to hear from Infosys’ new CEO Salil Parekh on his strategy to spur growth for the company that is trying to put behind the almost year-long public standoff between its high-profile promoters and the past leadership. |
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| Trai cuts international incoming call termination rate |
| “The Authority has reduced the termination charges payable by an International Long Distance Operator (ILDO) to the access provider in whose network the call terminates from Rs 0.53 per minute to Rs 0.30 per minute,” Trai said in a statement. |
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| ‘Parmanu: The Story of…’ release postponed? |
| If reports are to be believed, the release date of John Abraham’s ‘Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran’ has been pushed behind yet again, owing to its clash with Rani Mukerji’s upcoming film and Sonakshi Sinha and Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Boom Boom In New York.’ |
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