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Three-fourths of the judges of the SC are the sons, son in laws, nephews, brother, brother in law of former Chief Justices and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, senior Advocates, former governors and juniors of former judges, Lok Sabha speaker and Advocate Generals.

Mathews J Nedumpara President, NLC. 98205 35428 12.6.2021 Three-fourths of the judges of the SC are the sons, son in laws, nephews, brother, brother in law of former Chief Justices and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, senior Advocates, former governors and juniors of former judges, Lok Sabha speaker and Advocate Generals. (SUPREME COURT JUDGES progeny syndrome chart as modified). The constitution vests the power of appointment of judges in the executive. However, the SC in 1993 by rewriting the constitution wrestled the power of appointment to itself, on the specious premise that to do so is necessary to ward off political influence...

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Telegraphic letter for the attention of the PM

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TELEGRAPHIC LETTER FOR THE ATTENTION OF PM 29 April 2018 To, Hon’ble Sri Narendra Modi, The Prime Minister of India Room No. 246, South Block, Raisina Hills, New Delhi Hon’ble Sri Modi Ji Subject: 1. Review of the NJAC case 2. Dismantling of the collegium 3. Audience with your kind self. Ref: Umpteen letters addressed to your Hon’ble self, some of which have not even been acknowledged. I address you sir, in a telegraphic language as the President of NLC in the hope that atleast this will receive your personal attention in view of the great national importance of the subject. 1. I was the only person who instituted a Substantive Petition...

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Four- fifths of the CJs of High Courts are sons, sons- in -law, nephews, juniors of Chief Justices, judges,Attorney Generals, Advocate Generals, Ministers et al

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Mathews J Nedumpara President, NLC 98205 35428 8.6.2021 Four- fifths of the CJs of High Courts are sons, sons- in -law, nephews, juniors of Chief Justices, judges,Attorney Generals, Advocate Generals, Ministers et al. (REVISED CHART CHIEF JUSTICES OF INDIAN HIGH COURT) 1. Our Constitution provides that the President (i.e. the executive) shall appoint the judges of the Supreme Court in consultation with the Chief Justice of India and such other judges of the Supreme Court and HCs, and in the case of judges of the High Courts the CJI and the CJ and the Governor (ie. the state executive) of the state concerned. In other words,...

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An open letter – Dear Justice K.M Joseph

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AN OPEN LETTER Dear Justice K.M Joseph, I address this letter to you as a good old friend, and in the unstinted faith that I will not be mistaken for the freedom I take as a contemporary. I was today at NUALS Cochin since my daughter Maria was one among , to quote your own words "the star for the day, the graduates". For me it was a great day, for, my daughter was to recieve the certificate of graduation. In your speech which was circulated well in advance, you said "I was informed that many who pass out from National law schools,...

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Practice what you preach, preach what you practice

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My humble request to the Hon'ble judges of the SC is, "Practice what you preach, preach what you practice " and not otherwise. 90% of the WPs involving the lives, liberties and properties of the common citizens are dismissed in limine, by a one line order, namely, 'the WP is dismissed'.99.99% of the Review Petitions are dismissed in stereotype orders in Chambers without hearing the litigant or his lawyer. The fate of the curative petitions are no different. These are undeniable facts. In all humility I beg to submit that Article 32 is only available to Ratan TATA, Harsh Mander,...

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Video recording the court proceedings, an Offence?

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Video recording the court proceedings, an Offence? Mathews J. Nedumpara. 19th September 2019 Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege is a Latin maxim that means "no crime or punishment without a law." There can be no crime committed, and no punishment meted out, without a violation of penal law as it existed at the time. This basic legal principle has been incorporated into international criminal law. This is also one of the fundamental principles of law which is incorporated in Part III of the Constitution. In simple words, no person can be proceeded against and punished unless the legislature had...

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20.02.2020 – Press Release

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Press Release It is unfortunate that the Bar Associations take an unprincipled stand when it comes to the transfer of judges. In a system where 90% of all judges are from a few dynasties, so too the senior lawyers they designate, the judiciary being the monopoly of a few, it is absolutely imperative that judges are transferred out of their home state. The Supreme court in S.P Gupta's case emphatically said that transfer of judges out of their home state is the most ideal solution against all sorts of rumours and controversies of favouritism which crop up when a lawyer is...

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We inherited from the British, a judiciary known for its independence

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Welcome to NLC We inherited from the British, a judiciary known for its independence, impartiality and erudition. Its job was to decide disputes involving rights and obligations between citizen and citizen and the citizen and the state. It did not legislate, it did not act as the executive. In the 70 years since then, the judiciary has changed a lot. It is no longer a adjudicator of disputes. It has become the executive, deciding whether or not Bombay needs a coastal road and holding that It does not when the common man and the elected government wanted it and the government...

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MJN’s article on judgments in Sabarimala and Church cases

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Faith versus State The majority judgment of the Supreme Court in Sabarimala case delivered on 20th September, 2018 striking down Rule 3(b) of the Kerala Hindu Places of Public Worship (Authorization of Entry) Rules, 1965 on the ground that it amounts to gender discrimination and untouchability, while received the applause of the English newspapers, the elite and the liberals, was taken as an unjust interference with the freedom of belief and conscience by the overwhelming majority of Lord Ayyappa devotees, particularly by women whose emancipation the judgment purported to be. Pilgrimage to the Ayyappa shrine in 2018 meant large scale violence, police resorting to lathi charge, hundreds of men...

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NLC Press release- Review of Judges 2 case

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It is a matter of great disappointment and concern that the 9-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme court, headed by the hon'ble Chief Justice, was pleased to dismiss the petition of the NLC seeking the review of the judgment of the SC in SCAORA v Union of India, popularly known as the Judges 2 case, in which, by recourse to literal re-writing of the Constitution, the Collegium system of appointing judges was brought into existence. The Collegium system where judges appoint judges, which exists nowhere else in the world led to the widespread complaint that it has meant denial of...

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