Of all the promises made in the Constitution, the most important are the promises of the ‘right to life’, the ‘right to dignity’, the ‘right to personal liberty’ and the ‘right to bodily integrity and health’.
IN his classic book Politics of the Judiciary, first published in 1977, Professor J.A.G. Griffith exposed the myth of judicial neutrality in the United Kingdom. Griffith, who passed away on May 8, 2010, at the age of 91, had many admirers, among them India's own nonagenarian jurist, Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer. Citing Griffith, Justice Iyer wrote in The Hindu recently that to have political views and beliefs is not a form of guilt; to hide it is guilt.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a quo warranto writ petition seeking the removal of Justice N.V. Ramana of the Andhra Pradesh High Court holding that it was filed as a ruse to malign the judge.
National Strategy for Judicial Reform working group held its first meeting NEWS28.01.2013. On January 24th 2013, working group for the development of the National Strategy for Judicial Reform held its first meeting. Professional associations of judges and prosecutors stated once…
First People’s Convention on judicial Accountability and Reforms was held on 10th & 11th March 2007 at Indian Social Insitute, New Delhi Seminar on ‘Has the judiciary turned its back on the poor?’ was held on 4th November 2006 at…
The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms filed a complaint to the Chief Justice of India against the gross abuse of powers by Justice Suresh Kait
Mr. Mukherjee said justice was time-consuming and expensive in the country. The large pendency of cases was a cause for concern.
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Motion passed with 155 MPs voting in favour
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved verdict on a petition seeking the removal of the Andhra Pradesh High Court judge N. Venkata Ramana.