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Sri Lankan Parliament impeaches CJ
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Motion passed with 155 MPs voting in favour
Globalisation and the Judicial Sovereignty of India
An award passed by an arbitral tribunal in Singapore has criticised the Supreme Court of India for its delay in handling cases and directed the Government of India to compensate an investor from Australia for such a hold-up. This hits at the root of the country's judicial sovereignty. Bureaucrats who draft bilateral investment treaties that enable such claims have a lot to answer for.
P K Suresh Kumar (suresh207@hotmail.com) is a senior advocate at the High Court of Kerala, Kochi.