Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nMoving “The\nSupreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019” for consideration\nand return, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “I would urge the House\nto consider the Bill”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leader of the\nOpposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said, “We have no objection to it…but\nmembers of Parliament want to discuss it as we normally do not discuss\njudiciary…We get chance once in a decade or six months…We would also want\nto know about the judiciary.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chairman M Venkaiah\nNaidu said it is a Money Bill, to which the Law Minister said that he was\nwilling to have a discussion on the judiciary in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Satish Chandra of\nthe BSP urged the government to ensure representation of Schedule Castes in the\nSupreme Court. Leader of the House Thaawarchand Gehlot urged the House to pass\nboth the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019 and “The\nJallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the Chair\ntook up the Supreme Court Bill alone, which was passed without discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bill was passed\nby Lok Sabha on August 5. As of now, the Supreme Court has a sanctioned\nstrength of 30 judges, plus the chief justice of India — 31 judges.\n\nAfter Parliament’s nod, its sanctioned strength\nwill go up to 33, plus the CJI.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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