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JAIRAM RAMESH

Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is in trouble due to his comments on the home ministry’s stance on China. In a visit to Beijing, Jairam Ramesh criticised the Indian home ministry of being ‘overly defensive’ and ‘alarmist’ in its approach towards the entry of Chinese companies in India. He also suggested the home ministry needed to be much more relaxed in its approach to Chinese investments in India. Bharatiya Janata Party criticised him for raising issues related to national security and the Prime minister Manmohan Singh warned him against making remarks about the functioning of other ministries. Home Minister P Chidambaram also expressed unhappiness over Jairam’s remarks that his ministry was putting needless restrictions on Chinese investments.However, Jairam Ramesh apologised to Home minister for his comments, but reported that he may be quit over his minister post.

BIOGRAPHY

Jairam Ramesh was born on 9th April, 1954 in Chikmagalur, Karnataka as the son of Late Prof. C.K. Ramesh and Shrimati Sridevi Rameshat. He gained his school education from ‘St. Xavier’s School’and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. In addition, he also gained Master of Science in Management and public policy from Mellon University’s Heinz College. He has held many government and political posts. He served in the Planning Commission, Ministry of Industry and other economic departments of the Central government and has been entrusted with numerous special assignments such as reorganizing India’s international trade agencies, implementing India’s technology missions and analyzing energy policy. He has also served as Advisor to the Finance Minister, Advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission and Advisor to the Prime Minister. In 2004 General election, he was elected from Adilabad District of Andhra Pradesh for Rajya Sabha. Then he served as the ‘Minister of State for Commerce and Industry’ and the ‘Minister of State for Power’ in the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. In 2009 election, he was again elected from Andhra Pradesh to Rajya Sabha. Now, he has been the Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment and Forests. He helped put together the ‘National Common Minimum Programme’ of the UPA. He is a man of diverse talents as he has authored a number of key Government reports in areas like energy, technology, capital goods, industrial policy and telecom. He is the columnist of many newspapers like ‘Business Standard’,’ Business Today’, ‘The Telegraph’, ‘Times of India’ and ‘India Today’ under the pen-name “Kautily”. His famous books are “Making Sense of Chindia: Reflections on China and India “, “Kautilya today - Jairam Ramesh on a globalizing India” and “Mobilising Technology for World Development”. He even serves on the boards of a number of public institutions in India and abroad and has been a founding member of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. He is married to Jayashree and they have two sons, Anirudh and Pradyumna.

SAROSH HOMI KAPADIA

Now Indians will get innovative judgments and verdicts from new Chief Justice. The senior most judge of the Supreme Court, justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia is appointed as the new Chief Justice of India by Indian President Pratibha Patil on today. Sarosh Homi Kapadia is the  thirty eighth Chief Justice of India and he will take charge on today from the Present Chief justice KG Balakrishnan. His tenure as Chief Justice will end on 29th September, 2012.

BIOGRAPHY

Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia was born on born 29th September, 1947 in Maharastra. He is the first Chief Justice of India born after Independence. He started his professional career as an advocate in Mumbai High Court in September 1974. After that, he was appointed as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court in 1991 and he became permanent judge on that court in 1993. On August 2003, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court and on December of that year, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. In his tenure, he announced several landmark judgments under the constitutional law and the taxation, regulatory and commercial laws. Justice Kapadia is known for maintaining strict judicial discipline and he has deep knowledge in tax laws which earned him accolades from the Bench and the Bar. Now, he is appointed as the new Chief Justice of India by Indian President Pratibha Patil. In India, justice delayed is justice denied. So Indians are wishing that the justice to be delivered fast because many files are on pending mode and it takes long periods to get justice. Thus it would be the main challenge of the new Chief Justice to reduce the mounting pendency of the cases not only in the top court , but in High Courts and trial courts. In addition, people hopes that the new Chief Justice will help restores their dying confidence in the country’s judicial system.