1. P Sathasivam to be new Chief Justice of India
New Delhi, June 29:
Supreme court Judge P Sathasivam will be appointed as
the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) after the expiry of present
incumbent Altamas Kabir’s tenure.
President Pranab Mukherjee has given his nod for the appointment of Sathasivam as the next Chief Justice, official sources said.
64-year-old
Sathasivam has joined as a permanent judge of the Madras High Court in
January 1996 after which he was transferred to the Punjab and High Court
in April 2007.
He was appointed as a Supreme Court judge on August 21, 2007.
Sathasivam, who will be the 40th CJI, will have tenure till April 26, 2014.
The
incumbent Chief Justice retires on July 18 after having a little over
nine months tenure. Kabir was appointed CJI on September 29 last year.
2. India inducts new power-packed stealth frigate INS Trikand
DELHI: In tune with its operational drive to turn "stealthy" because surprise and deception are crucial in modern-day warfare, the Navy inducted its latest guided-missile stealth frigate INS Trikand on Saturday. INS Trikand is the last of the six stealth frigates ordered from Russia. The Navy had earlier inducted three 4,000-tonne Talwar-class stealth frigates ( Talwar, Trishul and Tabar) from Russia in 2003-2004. Then, impressed by the punch the frigates packed, India ordered another three (Teg, Tarkash and Trikand) under a $1.15 billion contract inked in 2006.
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