Press Statement on Reconstitution of Dinakaran Inquiry Committee
CJAR issues a press statement welcoming the reconstitution of the Dinakaran Inquiry Committee and calling for an independent full time judicial performance commission.
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Justice V R Krishna Iyer opines to constitute a Grand Jury
Justice V R Krishna Iyer in his article in Hindu reacts to the application filed by Senior Advocate Mr Shanti Bhushan in the Contempt of Court proceedings against his son Mr Prashant Bhushan and recomends that a Grand Jury needs to be constituted to look into the phenomenon of corruption in apex court.
Senior Advocate Mr. Shanti Bhushan files affidavit in support of Prashant Bhushan in the Contempt case in Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Mr Shanti Bhushan filed an application for being impleaded as Respondents in the Contempt of Court proceedings against his son Mr Prashant Bhushan. In his application, he has stated "[O]ut of these [16 previous Chief Justices], eight were definitely corrupt, six were definitely honest and about the remaining two, a definite opinion cannot be expressed." He has also placed on record a list of corrupt judges in a sealed cover.
Prashant Bhushan files additional affidavit in Supreme Court on Contempt of Court Proceedings
The Controversy began when Prashant gave an interview in Tehalka and expressed that out of the last 16 to 17 Chief Justices, half have been corrupt. Mr Harish Salve, who was acting as Amicus Curiae in one of the mattersin Supreme Court filed a Contempt of Court Petition in the Supreme Court. Court issued notice to Prashant and Prashant filed his first reply to this. In this reply, he gave some instances of corrupt practices of some of the previous Chief Justices. Prashant filed second affidavit to place on record some facts, material and evidence which he was aware of when he made the statement about the former Chief Justices, so as to dispel any impression that his statements were baseless or made with reckless disregard to the truth. However, Prashant reiterates that in his statement about half of the last 16-17 Chief Justices being corrupt, he "certainly did not intend to paint the entire judiciary or the entire Supreme Court with the same brush".
Justice Krishna Iyer writes about Judicial Ideology
Justice Krishna Iyer writes in Hindu about Politics and Judiciary. He believes that Judges are a third instrumentality of the state and are governed by the politics of the Constitution
A Few Just Men Who Raised the Bar – Manoj Mitta
In the wake of Justice KG Balakrishnan retiring as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Manoj Mitta provides a scathing critique of some trends especially highlighted in his recent justicing career
Press Note: Panel address – Sensitising the Judiciary to the Rights of the Poor – The Judicial Legacy for Justice AP Shah
Marking the retirement of Justice A.P. Shah as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and recognizing his judicial legacy characterized by his consistent sympathy for the rights of the poor, the weak and the marginalized, an umbrella of 15 human rights organizations, people’s movements and academic/cultural institutions organised a Panel address on the issue of Sensitizing the Judiciary to the Rights of the Poor – The Judicial Legacy of Justice A.P. Shah on the 6th of April 2010 at the Nehru Memorial Library, Teen Murti House. The Seminar was addressed by an eminent panel of lawyers, social activists and academicians and attended by over 200 activists, lawyers, academicians, students and concerned citizens
Errant Judges and Secretive Collegium of the Supreme Court
In his most recent blog post Justice D Y Shylendra Kumar of the Karnataka High Court comes down heavily on the manner of functioning of the collegium of the Supreme Court of India which he says has drawn flak from all sections of society and "it is a matter of utmost concern and even a matter of shame for the members of the judiciary that the collegium of the Supreme Court is blissfully remaining insensitive to public opinion/reaction, but, is only playing GOD..." Find here his recent open letter to the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court
The Curious incident of the underdog’s defence
In a pro rich system he always ruled pro poor, pro justice. Is that why he was not appointed to the Supreme Court? Shobita Naithani of Tehelka profiles retired Delhi High Court Chief Justice, A. P. Shah
Judicial Independence: Is it Threatened?
First S.Govind Swaminadhan Memorial Lecture at the Madras High Court Bar in Chennai on 29 January 2010 delivered by CJI(Retd.), J.S.Verma