Appearances And Reality
Much heart-burning and grumbling seem to have followed the not unexpected SC verdict on Demonetisation.It was a little naive to expect the contrary.For had the SC verdict gone the other…
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Questions On Supreme Court
Justice.M.Khanwilkar's recent judgments have provoked much controversy.His retirement has become an occasion for acerbic reviews of his past orders and also the SC's role.It has been suggested that he had…
Over 200 eminent persons write to CJI to expedite pending constitutional matters
To: The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Supreme Court of India Tilak Marg New Delhi-110001 Subject: PENDING CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS Respected Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, We, the undersigned,…
I, the Registrar, Judge, Jury and Executioner for the Leader
Gridlocked into the global jurisprudence of the war on terror, some judges of the Supreme Court of India have internalized a war justified by the ‘state of exception’. War has…
The Light of Mahatma Gandhi and Prashant Bhushan
I venture to make this statement not in any way in extenuation of the penalty to be awarded against me, but to show that I have disregarded the order served…
In which direction the Indian Supreme Court sees itself heading?
On Aug 14, 2020, a three-judge Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra found two tweets by lawyer and social activist Prashant Bhushan amounting to “serious contempt of court”. One of…
Is it the Legal Terror of Sondergerichte and Volksgerichtshof or the Supreme Court of Democratic India?
The Nazi regime in Germany has established the Sondergericht (summary courts or special courts) and Volksgerichtshof (special people’s court) outside the constitutional framework. The objectives of these totalitarian courts were…
Abdication of Judicial Responsibility
In April 1976, when the Emergency was in place in India, the New York Times in a glorifying article titled ‘Fading Hope in India’ eulogised the dissenting…
Indian Association of People’s Lawyers Salute The Whistle Blower Judges
The Indian Association of People’s Lawyers applauds the courageous step taken by the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court in placing, before “we, the people” as the ultimate authority,…
The Issues Raised By The Judges Must Be Taken Up By The Civil Society: PUCL
The People's Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) is seriously concerned over the implication of issues raised by the 4 senior most SC judges after the Chief Justice of India (CJI)…
Supreme Court Gags The Entire Press Around Justice Karnan: Worse Than Indira Gandhi’s Emergency of 1975-76
Co-Written by Chitta Ranjan Behera & Dr. Krushna Chandra Bal The order of the Supreme Court delivered on 9 May 2017 while directing the arrest and imprisonment of Justice C.S.…
Arunachal Pradesh Verdict: Decline Of Institutions And Role Of Political Parties
A five judge Supreme Court bench has given a decisive verdict on Arunachal Pradesh that Government of Nabam Tuki should be restored. The ruling also points several deficiencies on the…
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