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SC refuses to entertain 'premature' petitions against judicial appointment Bill

New Delhi, Aug 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain petitions challenging the 121st constitutional amendment by which collegium system for appointment of judges in higher judiciary was scrapped and a new mechanism under National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) was proposed to be put in place. The Court said that the bill is yet to receive Presidential assent and become a law of the land. Aug 25, 2014
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Vinod Rai says UPA pressured him to drop names from CAG reports, politicos react

New Delhi, Aug 24 (ANI): Political leaders on Sunday slammed former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai for his claim that senior functionaries from the UPA government pressurized him to drop few names from the auditor's reports on Coalgate and Commonwealth Games scams. Politicos said that these days it is becoming a fashion that senior bureaucrats after retirement reveal sensational news. Aug 24, 2014