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  • Caste has no role to play in appointment of temple priests, rules Madras HC

    Caste has no role to play in appointment of temple priests, rules Madras HC

    Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday made it clear that pedigree based on caste will not have any role to play in the appointment of an ‘archaka’ (temple priest) if the person selected for the post satisfies the requirements such as proper training, being well-versed in knowledge required, and qualified to perform pujas and other rituals as per the requirements of Agama Sastra applicable to the temple concerned.

    Justice N Anand Venkatesh made the ruling while disposing of the petition filed by Muthu Subramania Gurukal in 2018 challenging a notification issued by the Executive Officer of the Sri Sugavaneswarar Swamy temple in Salem during that year calling up applications for filling up the post of archakar/sthanigar.

    The petitioner had appealed that appointments must be made only on the base of Agama Sastra followed by the temple.

    The Madras High Court constituted a committee headed by its retired judge, Justice M. Chockalingam to identify Agamic and non-Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu.

    As questions were asked whether the appointments of priests in temples should be deferred until the committee submitted its report, the court said that there would be no impediment for temple trustees and fit persons appointed by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to appoint the priests even before the submission of the report.

  • 2 new members appointed to high-level panel formulating SEP

    2 new members appointed to high-level panel formulating SEP

    CHENNAI: School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi appointed two new members to the high-level committee formulating the State Education Policy (SEP). On Saturday, the minister announced extending the deadline to another four months to submit the final SEP report to the government.

    The minister in a statement noted that the government has appointed a retired principal of Quaid-E-Millath Government College for Women D Freeda Gnana Rani and head of the Department of Tamil Literature, University of Madras G Palani as the new members of the committee.

    The minister further in the statement pointed out that the appointment was made without any bureaucratic influence.

    Subsequently, the statement mentioned that the high-level committee will submit the final SEP report in September.

    The Tamil Nadu government last year in June formed a high-level committee comprising educationalists and other stakeholders to formulate SEP. D Murugesan, the former justice of Delhi was appointed as the chairman of the committee.

    The minister in the statement also mentioned making necessary consultation with educationalists, stakeholders, teachers and parents by the committee in formulating SEP. The members are said to speak and perform required research before drawing the necessary observations for SEP, the statement added.

  • Centre notifies appointment of four judicial officers as additional judges of Madras HC

    Centre notifies appointment of four judicial officers as additional judges of Madras HC

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium recommended to the Centre the names of four judicial officers, R Sakthivel, P Dhanabal, C Kumarappan and K Rajasekar as additional judges of the Madras High Court.

    Taking to Twitter, newly-appointed Law Minister Arjun Meghwal in his tweet said, “In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint the following judicial officers as additional judges of the Madras High Court. I convey my best wishes to them.”

    The names of the four judicial officers were recommended by the collegium comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph on March 21.

    While proposing Mr R Sathivel’s name, the resolution said that the opinion of the consultee judges in the Supreme Court indicates that the above-named judicial officer is fit and suitable for appointment as a judge of the High Court.

    Additionally, the collegium while recommending K Rajashekhar’s name has said that his name should be notified after the appointment of Ramaswamy Neelakandan. The collegium said that it had by a previous resolution dated January 17 recommended the appointment of advocate Ramaswamy Neelakandan and reiterated the appointment of R John Sathyan to the Madras High Court.

    The resolution in this regard says that, “Shri Neelakandan must be appointed before Shri Rajasekar is appointed. Otherwise, Shri Rajasekar, who is a judicial officer and younger than Shri Neelakandan, would rank senior to Shri Neelakandan. Such a deviation in seniority would be unfair and against the settled convention.”

  • CJI Chandrachud said- Collegium is the best system for the appointment of judges

    CJI Chandrachud said- Collegium is the best system for the appointment of judges

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    New Delhi: Not every system is perfect but this is the best system available, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday while defending the Collegium system of judges appointing judges, a major bone of contention between the government and judiciary.

    Speaking at the India Today Conclave, 2023, the CJI said judiciary has to be protected from outside influences if it has to be independent.

    “Not every system is perfect but this is the best system we have developed. But the object was to protect the independence of the judiciary, which is a cardinal value. We have to insulate the judiciary from outside influences if the judiciary has to be independent,” Chandrachud said.

    The CJI also responded to Law Minister Kiren Rijiju voicing displeasure over the Supreme Court Collegium revealing the government’s reasons for not approving the names recommended by it for appointment as judges of constitutional courts.

    “What is wrong about having a difference in perception? But, I have to deal with such differences with a sense of robust constitutional statesmanship. I do not want to join issues with the law minister, we are bound to have differences of perceptions,” the CJI said.

    Rijiju has been quite vocal against the Collegium system and once even called it “alien to our Constitution”.

    Justice Chandrachud said there is absolutely no pressure from the government on how to decide cases.

    “In my 23 years of being a judge, no one has told me how to decide a case. There is absolutely no pressure from the government. The Election Commission judgment is proof that there is no pressure on the judiciary,” CJI said.

    The Supreme Court had recently ruled the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners will be done by the President on the advice of a committee comprising the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India.