For the last few days, a 60-page suicide note recovered from the eastern-most State in India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi. The note was purportedly written by a former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Kalikho Pul.…
eorge H. Gadbois Jr., the preeminent scholar of India’s judiciary and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Kentucky, passed away last night at his home in Lexington, Kentucky. He was 80…. Born near Boston, George left home…
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A forum of jurists today sought a probe by a special investigation team, set up by judges, into an explosive suicide note attributed to former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Kalikho Pul. Pul’s first wife Dangwimsai Pul today released the…
Late Mukul Sinha, a human rights crusader and senior lawyer, was awarded second Bhagirath Human Rights Award on Saturday. His wife Nirjhari accepted the award from Supreme Court lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan during a function at Southern Gujarat Chamber…
CAMPAIGN FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORMS 6/6 basement Jangpura B, Delhi – 110014 judicialreforms.org Patrons: Justice P.B.Sawant, Justice H.Suresh, Shri Shanti Bhushan,, Prof. B.B.Pande,, Dr. Bhaskar Rao, Ms. Arundhati Roy, Shri Pradip Prabhu, Prof Babu Mathew, Dr. Baba Adhav, Ms.…
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Ashok Bhushan that an amendment to the Lokpal Bill is likely to be taken up by Parliament in March. Government today informed the Supreme Court that a proposed…
Dushyant Dave is senior advocate supreme Court of India and former President, Supreme Court Bar Association. Was the Supreme Court’s judgment on January 11 in the Sahara-Birla papers case truly free from bias? The first principle of natural justice consists…
On the 13th of February, the Supreme Court heard the petition filed by Common Cause in their case against former CJI K G Balakrishnan for possession of disproportionate assets. The petition had earlier sought removal of Justice Balakrishnan as NHRC…
CJAR, a body consisting of activists from various fields, has criticised the Supreme Court collegium for leaving out Chief Justice of the Uttrakhand High Court K M Joseph for elevation as a judge of the apex court, saying his omission…