The Founding Fathers, by incorporating Articles 226 and 32, reintroduced the dual system of administration of justice which was abolished in England in 1875, having proved to be counterproductive
Common people, often reassured by news reports where the High Courts under Article 226 and even the Supreme Court under Article 32 come to the rescue of common people who are denied justice by the government and its instrumentalities, are granted instant and hustle free justice institute writ petitions when they face similar injustice. Except for […]
Nedumpara’s suggestions to the SC on Video Recording of the court proceedings
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIAORDINARY ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WP(C) NO. 861/2018IN THE MATTER BETWEENMathews J. NedumparaAnd OthersPETITIONERS Versus The Supreme Court of India and Others RESPONDENTS TO THE HON’BLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA AND HIS COMPANION JUDGES OF THEHON’BLE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA HUMBLE SUGGESTIONS BY THE PETITIONERS ABOVENAMED MOST RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH: The Audio-Video Recording […]
Nedumpara’s letter to President, Kerala High Court Bar Association: An appeal for abolition of pernicious system of Designation of lawyers
4th January, 2019 To Sri Ramkumar,Senior Advocate. Copy to: President and Members of the Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association. Respected Sir, Sub: Designation of lawyers – insult to the members of the Association. I happened to come across the letter which you have addressed to the President and Members of the Executive Committee of […]
Wilful denial of justice by Shri Komalsing Rajput, Metropolitan Magistrate, Bandra, Mumbai, to a widow thrown out of her home – Complaint- reg.
Mrs. Sabina Lakdawalaw/o late Mr. Yusuf M. LakdawalaFlat 14,15 Sunflower BuildingCarter Rd, Bandra West, Mumbai,Maharashtra 400050Communication may be addressed to my lawyer,Adv. Maria Nedumpara, at12F , A wing, Harbour Heights,Narayan A Sawant Rd, Azad Nagar,Colaba, Mumbai,Maharashtra- 4000059820910396/9820535428 30 December, 2021 To,1) Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipankar DattaChief Justice of the High Court of Bombay Also to,All […]
Are not collegium a synonym for nepotism?
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE COLLEGIUMMay it please Your Lordships, I have come to know from the social media that the collegium of the Supreme Court of India has recommended Chief Justice Maheswari of the Karnataka High Court and Justice Sanjeev Khanna of the Delhi High court as judges of the Supreme Court. It was […]
Letter to the CJ of Bombay High Court- My Lords hear the slumdwellers before your Lordships order their eviction
7.7.2021 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Datta,Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay May it please your Lordship Sub: Hearing of suo motu PIL- demolition of the shanties of slumdwellers- without there being a single slumdweller on the party array or any kind of representation on their behalf. What I came to notice […]
Press Release issued in furtherance of the Press Conference held at the Chandigarh Press Club today at 12pm
Demolition at Aravali In the PIL (Writ Petition no. 562 of 2021) instituted by 5 slumdwellers the Supreme Court ordered demolition of the shanties of the thousands of slumdwellers and to report compliance thereof within 6 weeks, and posted the case for reporting compliance on 27.7.2021. The order of the Supreme Court was one […]
There is no way to salvage our legal system unless and until we abandon the current practice of treating res judicata as precedent
15.7.2021 There is no way to salvage our legal system unless and until we abandon the current practice of treating res judicata as precedent In this country, the distinction between the concept of res judicata and precedent is largely forgotten. As a result, a judgment of a superior court in a case between A and […]
“If the King was not above law, but under God and the law, the Master of the roster, the Chief Justice too is not above the law”
A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissed with a cost of Rs. 20,000/- a petition by one Arun Misra as a ‘party – in – person’ seeking a direction that certain Writ Petitions instituted by him shall not be listed before a particular judge. The order of the court is cryptic and […]
Demolition of Maradu homes, who will tell the court that it went wrong?
In a situation as the instant one, where a Court has ordered demolition of five multi-storied buildings in a proceeding in which the flat owners were not parties, without notice to them and without hearing them, and the judgment thus rendered not being res judicata, not binding on them, one void ab initio, one […]