Nedumpara

Nedumpara & Nedumpara

Nedumpara & Nedumpara is a law firm founded by Shri Mathews J. Nedumpara who enrolled with the Bar Council of Kerala in the year 1984. He has wide experience in almost all branches of law, civil, criminal, constitutional, banking, finance and company law. He is a lawyer committed to public cause particularly in the realm of transparency and accountability in judiciary.

He founded the National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms in the year 2010. The firm primarily operates from Mumbai and undertakes work in all major metropolitan cities and handles matters in the High Courts of Delhi, Karnataka, Madras, Kerala and the Supreme Court.

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The urgent need to suo motu recall the judgment of a 5-judge bench in Mullaperiyar Environmental Protection Forum v. Union of India holding that the judgment of this Court of 2006 which holds that the Mullaperiyar dam is safe, is binding in perpetuity as res judicata, thereby putting the lives of more than 5 million people of Kerala in jeopardy.

MATHEWS J. NEDUMPARAAdvocate101, Gundecha Chambers, Nagindas Master Rd, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001Mob: +91 98205 35428/99679 69256E-mail: mathewsjnedumpara@gmail.com 1st June, 2024 Open Letter To,Dr Justice DY ChandrachudChief Justice of

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A judgment of the Supreme Court, whether rendered in personam or in rem, operates as a binding precedent under Article 141 if the Court has evolved a new principle where none existed or has reaffirmed an existing one—and otherwise not. Justice Pardiwala erred in Eminent Colonizers Ltd. in holding that while judgments in rem operate as precedent under Article 141, judgments in personam do not

Mathews J. Nedumpara11th Feb 2026 A judgment of the Supreme Court, whether rendered in personam or in rem, operates as a binding precedent under Article 141 if the Court has

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“Anti-social elements i.e. FERA violators, bride burners and a whole horde of reactionaries have found their haven in the Supreme Court” does not amount to contempt of court, but the words “people do experience corruption at the various levels of the judiciary; for the poor and the disadvantaged, this can worsen the issue of access to justice” do. Why?

Mathews J Nedumpara98205 354288th March 26 Judicial corruption is an undeniable truth. Before the PIL era, the Supreme Court was confined to its legitimate role as an adjudicator of what

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Voicing the Need for Reform, Accountability, and Fair Justice

Our Supreme Court is termed as the most powerful court on the planet by the so-called eminent jurists. Even the ordinary civil courts can declare an Act of Parliament to be unconstitutional, though the power is not used in actual practice. Our Supreme Court and High Courts declare even Constitutional Amendments as void.

However, our judiciary has failed as an institution to deliver to the consumers of justice, the litigants, the public at large. Millions of the poor and underprivileged languish in jail pending trial and those convicted of serious offences spend a life time in jail waiting for their appeal to be heard. Criminal appeals of those on death row for decades are pending. The less said about the pendency in civil cases, D.V cases involving widow and women in distress, the better. Our judiciary continues to be the most feudal, while judiciary elsewhere around the world have become more people friendly and diverse.

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Nedumpara & Nedumpara, founded by Shri Mathews J. Nedumpara, is a leading law firm committed to judicial transparency and excellence, with a strong presence across major Indian High Courts and the Supreme Court.

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