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Centre appoints five new Supreme Court judges

Five new judges appointed to SC by Centre on Saturday will take oath of office on Feb 6, apex court sources say Five judges were appointed to the Supreme Court on Saturday, taking the total number of judges in the apex court to 32, two short of the full strength. This comes amid an ongoing tiff between the government and the judiciary over the process of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and the 25 high courts. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted to announce the appointment of Justice Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, R...

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The government has hiked the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to Rs 5,050 per tonne from Rs 1,900 per tonne in its fortnightly review, which would have an impact on the shares of state-...
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