Democracy and Justice by Dunu Roy

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.

Gram Nyalayas Bill, 2007

to provide for the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas for the purposes of providing access to justice, both civil and criminal, to the citizens at the grass-roots level and to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of social, economic or other disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

For Judicial Accountability, Times of India,March 17, 2010

New Delhi: Opening a new front in the battle for judicial accountability, the Delhi HC has directed the government to take a stand under oath on whether retired Supreme Court judges could give advice to litigants and whether they could also take up arbitration work while they are holding official positions.

Judges bill Deferred, Indian Express,March 16, 2010

Swaraj Thapa Posted online: Tuesday , Mar 16, 2010 at 0808 hrs New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was forced to defer a decision on the draft Judges’ Standards & Accountability Bill after a lively debate in the Union Cabinet and appoint an informal ministerial committee to fine-tune it.

Bar to contest closure report, Indian Express,Jan 30, 2010

Express News Service Posted online: Saturday , Jan 30, 2010 at 0251 hrs Chandigarh : The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has unanimously decided to file a protest petition against the closure report filed by the CBI in the ‘cash-at-judge-door’ case.