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…
Well-known legal rights organization, Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), has said that Justice KM Joseph’s non-elevation to Supreme Court judge is linked with his “bold decision striking down the imposition of President’s rule by the Centre in Uttrakhand…
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.…
Justice V R Krishna Iyer was, in one word, incredible. For a Brahmin with an urban upbringing to become a lawyer and then a judge was nothing unusual. And he became that. But the route that he took to that…