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24th to 30th October 2015
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EDUCATION
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SHAH RUKH KHAN BESTOWED WITH DOCTORATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
UK
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LANDMARK RULING ON DIVORCE SETTLEMENT
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Judiciary vs Executive Supreme Court strikes down law giving govt say in appointing judges criticised the collegium system, but expressed distaste at the way the government wanted to change the procedure. All the five judges wrote separate judgments that ran into 1,030 pages. The SC disapproved the
presence of the law minister in the panel, pointing out that a judge appointed with his support may not be able to resist a plea of conflict of interest by a litigant in a case when the executive has an adversarial role. The court said that, CONTINUED ON P 26
Arun Jaitley In a newly provoked battle between the Centre and the Supreme Court, the latter has struck down a new law that replaced the opaque collegium system with a panel that gave the executive a say in judicial appointments. Challenging the constitutional validity of the National Judicial A p p o i n t m e n t s Commission, the verdict on the 99th amendment of the Constitution and the NJAC
Act, 2014 was pronounced by a bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Kehar, Justice Chelameswar, Justice Madan B Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Adarsh Kumar Gohel. “Some of you had suggested making it more transparent, we have decided to hear the matter further,” Justice Kehar told the jurists present in the packed courtroom. Justices Chemaleswar and Joseph
President of China, Xi Jinping visits the UK. For a more in-depth analysis, read As I See it on page 8
Fresh blow to UK steel industry Reshma Trilochun If we go back into history, Britain used to be the largest steel producer 100 years back. Now, it seems to be a completely different story altogether as China has surpassed Britain in many aspects, including the steel industry. The steel industry in the UK has shown a significant decline in the past 20 years which makes people wonder whether it could become a prosperous infrastructure provider in Britain again. In 1997, the steel industry employed 38,000 employees, while in 2014, there was a massively evident decline, with only 18,000 people employed. A further 6,000 people are currently under threat. There are many factors which could be iden-
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tified with the downfall of the UK steel industry, factors such as globalisation. The research manager at the commodities Chris analyst CRU, Houlden said, “The issue facing UK steel has been developing since the financial crisis. Demand for steel in Britain and the EU has fallen and not recovered and there's persistent global overcapacity.” Britain's steel industry is also suffering due to cheap Chinese imports, CONTINUED ON P 14