JUDICIAL ACTIVISM: Thepredominant approach of the Indian Judiciary was positivist, to interpret theConstitution literally and to apply it more or less the same restrictive canonsof interpretation as are usually applied to the interpretatio ..
MISINTERPRETING THE JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE “We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution”. ..
The letter written by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention in initiating impeachment proceedings against asitting judge of Calcutta High Court, has triggered a debate again regarding corruption in higher jud ..
INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM: Need and Remedies India leads in the information technology world. India is showcasing its achievements all over in information technology for the past two decades. Indian judiciary perhaps th ..
Famous Indian painter M.F. Husain said Tuesday he planned to returnhome from self-imposed exile after the country's Supreme Court clearedhim of charges of offending Hindus with his nude depiction of "MotherIndia.'' "At last, the dignity of the Indian ..
Confederation of Indian BarInternational Seminar on“Judicial Independence”23rd November, 2007Raisina Hall, Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi**********I express my congratulations to the Confederation of Indian Bar for having organized an International Sem ..
ON HAND-CUFFING "When they arrested my neighbour I did not protest. When they arrested the men and women in the opposite house I did not protest. And when they finally came for me, there was nobody left to protest." In Prem Shankar Shuklas’ case[1] ..
The concept of Public Policy with reference to Zoroastrian Co-operative Housing Society Ltd vs. District Registrar, Co-operative Societies (Urban) Judgment ** - AIR 2005 SC 2306: 2005(5) SCC 632-An Essay by A. Patrawala Advocate: Surat It all star ..
Introduction“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”It is not easy to define corruption. But in a narrow sense, corruption is mostly concerned with ‘bribery’ and it takes several forms. Corruption is a global phenomenon and i ..
“EUTHANASIA” FOR LIFE UNWORTHY OF LIFEMahatma Gandhiji once observed: "Death is our friend, the trust of friends. He delivers us from agony. I do not want to die of a creeping paralysis of my faculties-- a defeated man". The dead is relieved of the ..