👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 3--> 1 MAY👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 3  from  Lead editorial - A dangerous Incursion 💥

• incursion (noun) –interference, intrusion, trespass/infiltration.

Hindu Editorial usage : A dangerous incursion 

• per se (adverb) – in itself/ by itself, as such, intrinsically.

Hindu Editorial usage : Joseph, to the Supreme Court, as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium as far back as January 10, 2018, is per se unprincipled.

• strike down (phrasal verb) – abolish, annul, nullify  (a law or regulation).

Hindu Editorial usage : Justice Joseph pronounced a historic judgment in April 2016 when he struck down the imposition of President’s rule in Uttarakhand.

• stand in the way of (phrase) – prevent, stop, intercept/block.

Hindu Editorial usage :  Little did he know that his judgment would stand in the way of his elevation.

• elevation (noun) – promotion, upgrading, advancement.

Hindu Editorial usage :  Little did he know that his judgment would stand in the way of his elevation.

• collegium system (noun) – The collegium system is the one in which the Chief Justice of India and a forum of four senior most judges of the Supreme Court recommend appointments & transfers of judges. There is no mention of the collegium in the Constitution of India.

Hindu Editorial usage :  We will have to await the response of the collegium

• undergo  (verb) – go through, experience, be subjected to.

Hindu Editorial usage : Justice Joseph’s request to be transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court on health grounds since he had undergone a bypass surgery was ignored.

• inexplicable (adjective) – unaccountable, unexplainable, insoluble.

Hindu Editorial usage :  In May 2016, the collegium had cleared his transfer to the Andhra Pradesh High Court. For inexplicable reasons,

• obduracy (noun) – stubbornness, dogged determination, relentlessness.

Hindu Editorial usage : The Centre’s obduracy by supplying unedifying reasons for rejecting the collegium’s recommendation can be clearly attributed to his judgment of April 2016.

• unedifying (adjective) – distasteful; unpleasant.

Hindu Editorial usage : The Centre’s obduracy by supplying unedifying reasons for rejecting the collegium’s recommendation can be clearly attributed to his judgment of April 2016.

• flaw (verb) – ruin/mar, weaken, damage (something).

Hindu Editorial usage : This reasoning is flawed.

• a slew of (noun) – a large number of, lot, range.

Hindu Editorial usage : So, a small High Court such as Kerala’s has had a slew of elevations perhaps because of the outstanding quality of individual judges. 

• specious (adjective) – misleading, false, deceptive.

Hindu Editorial usage : which he considers inconsistent with the concept of adequate regional representation — is clearly specious.

• in light of (phrase) – considering, taking into account, keeping in mind.

Hindu Editorial usage : If two judges can be elevated from Karnataka, especially in light of the fact that Justice Kurian Joseph, also from Kerala

• sanction (verb) – authorize, permit, allow.

Hindu Editorial usage :  which has a sanctioned strength of 160, should have many more than two judges.

• bogey (noun) – nightmare, horror/dread, curse/bane.

Hindu Editorial usage : Therefore, the opposition to Justice Joseph’s elevation on the basis of inadequate regional representation is a bogey.

• betray (verb) – be unfaithful to, be disloyal to, break the trust in.

Hindu Editorial usage : Such an argument only betrays the real intent behind the opposition.

• reiterate (verb) – repeat, say again, restate.

Hindu Editorial usage :  I only wish to reiterate the recommendation made by the collegium on January 10, 2018:

• hail from (verb) – come from, be from, have one’s roots in.

Hindu Editorial usage :  who hails from the Kerala High Court and is currently functioning as Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court

• puisne (adjective) – denoting a judge of a (superior) court who is inferior in rank to the chief justice.

Hindu Editorial usage : senior puisne Judges of High Courts for being appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India.”

• crystal clear (noun) – obvious, evident, apparent/transparent.

Hindu Editorial usage : It is crystal clear that the opposition to Justice Joseph is mala fide. 

• mala fide (adjective) – in bad faith. with an intent to deceive.

Hindu Editorial usage : It is crystal clear that the opposition to Justice Joseph is mala fide. 

• the executive (noun) – administration, authority, directorate.

Hindu Editorial usage : The executive is seeking to blatantly interfere in the appointment process.

• blatantly (adverb) – unashamedly, glaringly, openly.

Hindu Editorial usage : The executive is seeking to blatantly interfere in the appointment process.

• immune (adjective) – unchanged, unaltered, uninfluenced.

Hindu Editorial usage : We want our judges to be immune to extra-constitutional pressures. 

• extra-constitutional (adjective) – not based on constitution.

Hindu Editorial usage : We want our judges to be immune to extra-constitutional pressures. 

• immunity (noun) – protection, defense/resistance, exemption.

Hindu Editorial usage :  That immunity is the only way to protect our citizens. 

• capitulate (verb) – surrender, give in, yield/submit.

Hindu Editorial usage : A judiciary that capitulates is the greatest danger to democracy.

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