Sober reflection will lead to the conclusion that the predominant role may belong to the Chief Justice of India (and the collegium), but there must be checks and balances and the Executive also must have a role. Imagine that we…
The CBI on Thursday arrested senior civil judge Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal on bribery charges. She was remanded in 14-day judicial custody and will be produced before the court on 13th October. A CBI team caught the senior civil judge of…
Sharing his experience in the court room, Ramon Magsaysay award winner Bezwada Wilson said judiciary is as inaccessible to the marginalised as any government system. “This prevents the percolation of justice to the needy,” he added. For the common man,…
This representation is to bring to your kind notice, the various allegations against Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, sitting Judge of the Andra Pradesh High Court, over the past many years, that amount to abuse of office, particularly nepotism and atrocities…
The present atmosphere is surcharged with strong emotions. To take action or steps on account of this atmosphere will be contrary to the basic tenets of the Rule of Law. Media reports disclose that Supreme Court judge Justice Jasti Chelameswar’s…
In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India, the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms has sought initiation of an In-House enquiry against Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy for alleged atrocities against the Dalit community. The representation refers to…
Senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan, convenor, Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR), has created a flutter in India’s top judicial echelons by charging an Andhra Pradesh High Court judge of allegedly committing atrocities against members of the Dalit…
Keep those elevated from the subordinate judiciary out, and nearly half of India’s top judges are kith and kin of ex-judges and top jurists “The typical Indian judge is Hindu, upper-class, upper-caste and male.” The statement drew a few titters…
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL by National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms which sought a new mechanism for the appointment of Judges in High Courts and Supreme Court outside the control of the judiciary and the…
Former SC judge Justice Ruma Pal tells Arghya Sengupta why she believes there’s merit in Justice Chelameswar’s insistence on the collegium making public its reasons for selecting someone as a judge Justice Ruma Pal, a former Supreme Court judge, says…