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PIL is antithetical to the Principles of natural justice

PIL is antithetical to the Principles of natural justice Mathews J Nedumpara 98205 35428 26th July 2023 The Supreme Court has done great disservice to the nation by allowing Ashwani Upadhyay, Prashant Bhushan and their ilk to file so called PILs on issues which are not justiciable at all for publicity. The judges permitted the forum of the Supreme court to be abused because PILs allowed them to usurp matters falling in the exclusive province of the executive and legislature and rule the country, particularly on populist issues which make such abuse difficult to be criticized. I whole heartedly welcome people taking up the cases...

24 July

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The need to bring an end to the out of turn hearing of cases of only the rich, powerful and the elite represented by “senior advocates” at the cost and detriment of the less privileged involving enforcement of valuable constitutional and legal rights – reg.

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The need to bring an end to the out of turn hearing of cases of only the rich, powerful and the elite represented by "senior advocates" at the cost and detriment of the less privileged involving enforcement of valuable constitutional and legal rights - reg. Mathews J Nedumpara 24th July 2023 Hon'ble Shri Nitin Jamdar Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Bombay May it please your Lordship, This is the lastest in a long chain of letters which i have addressed to the Chief Justices/Acting CJs, ever since I happened to enter the portals of the Bombay High Court 15 years ago, as a total stranger,...

11 March

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OPEN LETTER – A Long Overdue Apology owed by the Institution of Judiciary

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OPEN LETTER – A Long Overdue Apology Owed by the Institution of Judiciary By Mathews J. Nedumpara To Hon’ble Shri Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, The Chief Justice of India Also to The Judges of the Bombay High Court Date: 11th March, 2023 Subject: The Institution of Judiciary Owes an Apology to Me, Which I Won’t Insist on or Even Expect, but I Certainly Would Do When It Comes to the Thousands of Slum Dwellers, Mothers with Their Newborn Infants Being Thrown Out of Their Homes onto the Streets, with All Their Belongings Being Confiscated or Bulldozed. Introduction What prompts me to address this open letter, in near telegraphic language, is...

28 February

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Abolish Senior Designation

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Abolish Senior Designation Mathews J Nedumpara President, NLC 28.02.2023 It is hearting to note that a large number of my esteemed brothers and sisters from the legal fraternity have joined this Group being determined to fight against the senior advocate designation system which was not in existence in this country until 1966. Unless and until this discriminatory and unjust system is not abolished, the legal system of our country has no future at all. In fact, what is at an even greater stake is the very institution of our Judiciary. Only a few people in our nation realize the great risk the country faces...

26 February

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Call for Justice: A Lawyer’s Stand Against Judicial Injustice-Press Release – 30.9.2022

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Call for Justice: A Lawyer's Stand Against Judicial Injustice-Press Release Mathews J Nedumpara As a lawyer at the bar for almost four decades, the incident which happened in Jabalpur today, a lawyer taking the extreme step of committing suicide, having been unjustly treated, insulted, unfortunately comes as no shock to me. In the temples of justice across the width and breadth of the country, lawyers and litigants are insulted and ill-treated. It is a question only of the varying degree. The southern states may be a little better. The lawyers who dare to question injustice and ill-treatment are silenced by summarily rejecting their...

26 February

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SAVE US FROM ‘COURTOASTROPHY’ PRAY HOME BUYERS IN COCHIN

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SAVE US FROM ‘COURTOASTROPHY’ PRAY HOME BUYERS IN COCHIN Mathews J Nedumpara In his book titled “Off the Bench” in Chapter under the caption “Justices and justicing”, legendary Justice Krishna Iyer had lamented about the plight of millions of slum dwellers, who prayed ‘Save us from the Courts’, whose shanties within the precincts of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, were bulldozed in execution of an order of the Bombay High Court in a PIL on the premise that they were illegal. I was woken up from my sleep on the morning of 8th of May 2019 by an old client saying...

26 February

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WHO CAN FILE A PIL?

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WHO CAN FILE A PIL? Mathews J Nedumpara 26.02.2023 1. With the Supreme Court and High Courts entertaining PILs and sometimes instituting suo motu PILs and coming to the rescue of the common man against every form of injustice and corruption, the new jurisprudence evolved by the Supreme Court in the early 1980s became extremely popular. The scenario today is that Chief Ministers, nay, even the Prime Minister could be at the mercy of the PIL petitioners/the Court in the face of allegations of corruption which even CMs are not immune from. Still worse, in moments of crisis as in the recent past...

26 February

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K.C THARAKAN WRIT PETITION IN Hon’b;e Supreme Court U/s Article 32 of Indian Constitution

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K.C THARAKAN WRIT PETITION IN Hon'b;e Supreme Court U/s Article 32 of Indian Constitution Mathews J Nedumpara IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. ______ OF 2022 UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA IN THE MATTER OF: K.C. THARAKAN ...

26 February

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Press Release Statement of NLC after meeting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court: Hon’ble Justice Shri Dipankar Datta on 15th June 2022

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Press Release Statement of NLC after meeting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court: Hon’ble Justice Shri Dipankar Datta on 15th June 2022 Mathews J Nedumpara 16.6.2022 Press Release The office bearers of the NLC had a meaningful discussion with the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay on the emergent reforms which are long overdue to make our justice delivery system achieve its objectives, namely, deliverance of just, expeditious and affordable justice. There is a near unanimity on the reasons for the current shortcomings, the reasons for the same and even on the some of the remedies. It cannot be...

26 February

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Agenda for Audience with the Hon’ble Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature at Bombay scheduled for 14th June 2022

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Agenda for Audience with the Hon’ble Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature at Bombay scheduled for 14th June 2022 Mathews J Nedumpara 14. 06.2022. Points to be discussed a) Common grievance of lawyers, litigants, nay, the general public i. General public: litigation is extremely expensive, unthinkably time consuming, often resulting in denial of justice. ii. Litigants :• In addition to the perception of the general public the ordinary class of litigants feel that they are discriminated vis a vis the rich and powerful. The quality of the legal service which they get from the lawyers and judges is far from satisfactory. iii. Lawyers: Lawyers share the grievances of the public...

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