CAMPAIGN FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORMS 6/6 basement, Jangpura B, Delhi – 110014 judiciareforms@gmail.com, judicialreforms.org Patrons: Justice P.B. Sawant, Justice H Suresh, Shri Shanti Bhushan, Prof B.B. Pande, Dr. Bhasker Rao, Ms. Arundhati Roy, Shri Pradip Prabhu, Prof. Babu Mathew,…
A seven-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India JS Khehar gave reasons for sending the retired Calcutta high court judge to jail for six months for contempt of court. All India | Written by A Vaidyanathan | Updated: July 06, 2017 08:45…
The Supreme Court released its detailed judgement dated 9th May 2017, in which a 7 judge bench convicted and sentenced Justice Karnan, sitting Judge of the Calcutta High Court (now retired) to six months imprisonment for contempt of court. While…
To preserve judiciary’s independence, appointment process must be transparent The saga of Justice C.S. Karnan’s outrageous behaviour and the Supreme Court’s handling of the matter became an unseemly spectacle. It has given rise to several questions, including the issue of…
The exploitation of judicial support staff continues to be widespread
Varsha Dogre, Deputy Superintendent of the Raipur Central Jail, has been suspended from service on May 6th 2017. She has been unfairly victimised as she blew the whistle on sexual abuse of minors by the Chhattisgarh Police, in her facebook…
New Delhi: In a huge setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court has re-affirmed its July 2016 order which said that the army and Manipur police had killed innocent people in the guise of encounters with militants. The court in its order had held that…
In an importnat verdict, the Supreme Court today (24th April 2017) ordered the Kerala government to reinstate the ousted DGP T P Senkumar, holding that his removal was arbitrary and not as per established law. “The question for our consideration…