Need for Strengthening Subordinate Judiciary
Strengthening subordinate judiciary – consisting of district and below level courts – is a much needed but grossly neglected reform. It has the potential to address the ever increasing problems…
Lok Adalats & Legal Service Authorities
Introduction Lok Adalat means people’s court. It is an Alternate Dispute Redressal (ADR) mechanism periodically being conducted under the stipulations in the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The legal services…
Liquor ban on Highways: A Judicial Extra vaganza
The Supreme Court’s (SC’s) ban of liquor sale within 500 meters of national and state highways is a classic case of unwarranted judicial law making and flagrant violation of the…
Keshavananda Bharati Case
The Supreme Court (SC) judgment in the Keshavanand Bharati case (Keshavananda Bharati v State of Kerala: AIR 1973 SC 1461), delivered exactly 47 years ago on 24th April 1973, stands out in Indian legal history as a beacon light.
Justice Karnan Episode Foregrounds the Need for Holistic Judicial Reforms
Introduction Leaving aside the flamboyant drama surrounding the issue what Justice Karnan episode foregrounds is the urgent need to save Indian judiciary from its multiple organ failure through a set…
Laws governing Indian Citizenship
Introduction The people in Indian Territory are divided into two categories: citizens and non-citizens. Indian Constitution provides distinct rights for citizens and non-citizens. In fact citizenship defines the relationship between…
Contempt of Court Act in a Nutshell
Concept of contempt of court The concept of contempt of court came into existence in India with the enactment of the Constitution of India. By including the concept the Constitution…
Need for an All India Judicial Service (AIJS)
No other reform is as important as establishing an All India Judicial Service (AIJS) in revitalising Indian judiciary. But the proposal for setting up an AIJS, in the lines of…
Professional Standards an Advocate should Keep
The advocate’s profession is an esteemed one. It seeks to promote dispensation of justice irrespective of one's caste creed or religion. An advocate in India has to submit to some…