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Has not Article 137 of the constitution providing for review become otiose, so too, the curative jurisprudence created through judicial legislation, unknown to jurisprudence elsewhere in the world.

20.8.2021 One of the senior most members of the NLC, out of anguish that SLPs, review petitions and curative petitions are dismissed in one-line/stereotypical orders, preferred an application under the RTI Act seeking the data concerning the total number of petitions filed under each category, the average time taken for hearing and final disposal and the percentage of such petitions being allowed or dismissed. The Registry of the Supreme Court replied to him saying that the Court does not maintain any data concerning the same, even as to the number of matters dismissed or allowed. However, he did not give up....

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“Lord, forgive them for they know not what they do”, adieu Justice Nariman”

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11.08.2021 The common citizens, particularly, the informed section, are proud that we have one of the best and most comprehensive constitutions in the world. Our constitution has a specific chapter stating in great elaboration, the sacrosanct rights such as equality, freedom of speech and expression, life and personal liberty, faith and conscience, etc. By virtue of Article 32 when these fundamental rights are infringed, a citizen as a matter of right, is entitled to approach the Supreme Court directly without recourse to any other Court, though otherwise the law is that one shall invoke the jurisdiction of the lowest court of...

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Court Mandated Capture of the Churches of the Jacobite Christians- Who Is At Fault?

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1. Kerala, today, faces the curious scenario of the High Court ordering forceful takeover of the churches of the Syrian Jacobite Christians owing allegiance to the Patriarch of Antioch, in the purported implementation of the orders of the Supreme Court with many a bench of the High Court asserting that ‘rule of law’ being the very basic feature of the Constitution, the executive is dutybound to enforce the judgments of the Supreme Court, even if it would mean deploying central forces. The state government through none less than the Chief Secretary stated on oath that it is dutybound to implement...

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Rohini Amin’s Appeal to the Members of Parliament to protect the Parliament from judicial invasions

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Rohini AminGeneral Secretary, National Lawyers Campaign For Judicial Transparency And Reforms07.08.2021Hon’ble Members of Parliament and State Legislatures, Our constitutional democracy is founded on the principle that Parliament being the representative body of the people is Supreme. However, if a law enacted by the Parliament violates fundamental rights it is void being in violation of the very Constitution. There can be no dispute about it. However, abusing the concept of judicial review and through a mechanism called PIL which is against the very fundamentals of jurisprudence the courts have trenched into the domain of the executive and legislature. And as a result in...

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Pray for our country

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Except a few, very few, all the SC and HC judges owe their office to their families and connections. Office of the Judges , so too "Sr.designation" are inheritance. Except a few nice souls, the majority think they are Kings and carry blue blood on their veins. Arrogance and pride is their hallmark. Now, like Kings they rule the country through "Suo motu" proceedings where they are the actor( plaintiff) and judex ( judge), both at once. Hypocrites like Dushant Dave and Prashant Bhushan by clamoring for "suo motu" action has been giving legitimacy for the naked violation of the...

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Ignorance is not always a bliss

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Prashant Bhushan's opinion (on Modi government's alleged writing off bad loans of big companies) is wholly faulty and is based on a common misconception. He should have, as a lawyer, studied the subject before attacking the Government. I say so, because the Government has no role whatsoever, at all. Banks are obligated to write off bad debts under the accounting standards which are mandatory. Banks write off thousands of crores of rupees every year. If they don't do so, their balance sheets will not disclose the true and fair state of its financial affairs. Bad loans, be it of Nirav Modi's...

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Syrian Jacobite Christians of Kerala had to suffer injustice only because eminent lawyers who conducted their cases were unfamiliar of the true ramifications of the concept of res judicata, res inter alios and stare decisis. (Read the synopsis of the Review Petitions by Sri. Nedumpara)

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Synopsis The Petitioners are constrained to file this review, sadly, only because this Honble court, the Petitioners beg to submit with all humility and with utmost respect, failed to record the core of their contention that the instant church in question, and for that matter not a single out of the 1064 churches of the Malankara Syrian Jacobite Church, was a party to the Samudayan case which has culminated in the judgement of the 5-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court, namely, AIR 1959 SC 31 and, therefore, the said judgement is not binding on the Petitioner church and others. Had...

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Abolish sedition and contempt of court by scandalization, both

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In the 11-13th century, the monarch was not very powerful. He had to depend on barons for support. The King did not interfere in the affairs of the barons who were even allowed to run parallel governance, even courts. As time passed every crime was taken as a breach of the King's peace and was to be tried by the courts which sat in sessions, appointed by the king. Of all the offences, sedition, namely, even expressing a wish for the death of the King, his wife or family members was considered to be sedition. Between law of contempt and...

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Are not the civil courts the real ‘constitutional courts’?

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In the last two decades or so, we have often heard the elite lawyers in Delhi referring to the Supreme Court as constitutional courts which gives the impression to the common man that the Supreme court and High courts are the only courts empowered to interpret the constitution. The question is, in doing so, are they not committing a fraud on the constitution. I have, in my article titled, 'Ten myths of constitutional law', dealt with at some length of the falsehoods which have become gospel truths and to doubt which, is nothing but sacrilege. The foremost of such myth...

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Nedumpara’s Open Letter to Justice Kurian Joseph

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3rd December, 2018ToHon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph ,Former Judge, Supreme Court of India,New Delhi.OPEN LETTERMAY IT PLEASE YOUR LORDSHIP: Today’s Times of India, on its front page, carried an article by Mr. Dhananjay Mohapatra, one of the illustrious legal reporters of the country, under the caption “We felt the then CJI was remote-controlled: Joseph”. Within the said main heading, there was a sub-heading titled “Ex Supreme Court Judge says minority tag hinders careers”. Under the said caption Your Lordship is reported to have said “the minority tag is a hindrance to career progression of...

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