Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms: A Booklet
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The Limits of Judicial Activism
Feburary, 2007
HC Judge Appointment raises eyebrows; Feb 24, 2007
New Delhi: The appointment of Justice S Ashok Kumar as a permanent judge of the Madras High Court has raised eyebrows in legal circles. Justice Kumar had been on probation for almost four years when the outer limit within which a judge is supposed to be confirmed is two years.
Majesty of the Judiciary By V.R. Krishna Iyer; Feb 17,2007
The judiciary is the most sublime instrumentality in the country and I have served it for nearly a decade during the best part of my life. This article, written out of reverence for the judicature, has a benign intent meant to arrest its corruption and decline now creeping into its vitals.
Contempt of court: need for a second look by Markandey Katju; Jan 22, 2007
In a democracy the people should have the right to criticise judges. The purpose of the contempt power should not be to uphold the majesty and dignity of the court but only to enable it to function.
Judges Inquiry Bill sparks a row
for establishing the National Judicial Council to undertake preliminary investigation and inquire into allegations of misbehaviour or incapacity of a Judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court and to regulate the procedure for such investigation, inquiry and proof, and for imposing minor measures; and for the presentation of an address by Parliament to the President and for matters connected therewith.
My Lords, There’s A Case Against You; December 30, 2006
Former Union law ministers are spearheading a campaign against sitting judges they accuse of being corrupt. What is the higher judiciary doing to clear itself of these grave charges?
Time for enforcing judicial accountability; Jan 25, 2005
NEW DELHI, JAN. 24, 2005 (). The former Chief Justice of India, J.S. Verma, has called for legislation on judicial accountability, based on the resolutions passed by the Supreme Court, to check the erosion of people's trust in the judiciary and to effectively probe charges of judicial corruption.
Manmohan calls for judicial accountability; Sept 20,2004
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talking to mediapersons in New Delhi on Sunday before departing for London and New York. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and Dr. Singh's Cabinet colleagues are in the background. — PTI
Who will Judge our Judges?; May 12, 2004
The Supreme Court has confirmed that its comparison with Nero is intended to be seen as a brand on those responsible for the communal carnage in Gujarat two years ago - the worst of its kind in independent India.
Panel Favours Judicial Commission; April 8, 2002
Mechanisms to give the government a say in appointing Supreme Court judges and to hear "complaints of misbehaviour and incapacity" against High Court and Supreme Court judges, have been recommended by the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (NCRWC). The recommendations submitted last week by the commission led by Justice M.N.
A curious case on HC judges in apex court; Aug 3, 1998.
NEW DELHI, Aug 2: A curious interlocutory application seeking to advance the hearing of the writ petition urging the Supreme Court to direct the Union Government to appoint and transfer judges on the recommendations of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is to come up before a Division Bench of Justice S Saghir Ahmad and Justice K T Thomas tomorrow.
President refers judges appointment law to SC ; July 28,1998
NEW DELHI, July 27: Confrontation is brewing between the executive and the judiciary over the primacy of the Chief Justice of India in the appointment and transfer of judges. President K R Narayanan made a reference to the Supreme Court today on interpretation of law on the subject.
Judging the definitions of judges; March 18,1998
Two diametrically opposite concepts about judges continue to prevail in the Supreme Court while deciding issues about the judiciary itself
A conflict between law and morality; Jan 7, 1998
The Supreme Court is caught in a contradiction concerning the implementation of its May 7, 1997 full court unanimous decision which set up an internal system for examination of complaints against judges.
Has The Philosophy Of The Supreme Court On Public Interest Litigation Changed In The Era Of Liberalisation? By Prashant Bhushan, Advocate
The foundations of public interest litigation were laid in the late 70s with cases like the Ratlam Municipalities case.
Judicial Accountability or Illusion the National Judicial Council Bill by Prashant Bhushan, Advocate
The recent decision of the government to bring a bill to amend the Judges Inquiry Act and provide for the constitution of a National Judicial
Council to inquire into complaints against errant judges is being perceived as a long awaited initiative to introduce some accountability for judges of the higher judiciary.
Access to Justice: Judiciary watch by Videh Upadhyay
The functioning of a democracy is dependent on the autonomy and efficacy of the three systems of the state, namely, parliament, executive and the judiciary. India in the last two decades has seen rapid erosion of the functioning of the parliament and the executive. In this scenario of failure of the state in ensuring its constitutional obligation and rights to the citizens and initiating social-economic transformation, the judiciary has often played a significant role in upholding the rule of law and thereby protecting the fundamentals of democracy in the country.