Litigants, listen to my words seriously; never invoke Article 226, and certainly not in the Bombay High Court; denial of justice is a fait accompli.
Mathews J Nedumpara98205 354281st May 2026. 1.My message is clear from the very title of this article itself. These words are not those of a disgruntled litigant, but of a lawyer who has spent a lifetime in the legal profession and one who has been relentlessly campaigning for judicial transparency and reforms for at […]
ARGUMENT NOTES BY SHRI MATHEWS J. NEDUMPARA IN THE SABARIMALA CASE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIACIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTIONREVIEW PETITION (DIARY) NO. 37946 of 2018INWP (C) NO. 273/2006 Argument notes by Shri Mathews J. Nedumpara, arguing counsel for the Review Petitioners
The Supreme Court of India has been hijacked by dynasties of lawyers and judges. What is the way out?
Mathews J Nedumpara98205 3542820th April 2026 The maximum strength of the Supreme Court is 34 judges. It operates for approximately 200 days a year; the remainder consists of vacations, holidays, and weekends. The court functions for roughly 4.5 hours a day. Of these working days, Mondays and Fridays are known as “Miscellaneous Days.” On these […]
Kejriwal did nothing wrong in video-recording the court proceedings and circulating them; it is high time the courts held the torch inwards and realized that whatever happens in the seat of justice, the public has a right to know.
Mathews J Nedumpara98205 3542824th April 2026. The court exercises the sovereign judicial function of the state, namely “we the people.” The court doesn’t mean the judge; it means the judge, the litigants, their lawyers, and the public at large. The presence of the public at large is the surest guarantee against all sorts of evils […]
The Supreme Court of India has been hijacked by dynasties of lawyers and judges. What is the way out?
Mathews J Nedumpara98205 3542820th April 2026 The maximum strength of the Supreme Court is 34 judges. It operates for approximately 200 days a year; the remainder consists of vacations, holidays, and weekends. The court functions for roughly 4.5 hours a day. Of these working days, Mondays and Fridays are known as “Miscellaneous Days.” On these […]
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 IndiaAlso to,The Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court of India May it please your Lordships, Sub: The urgent need to suo motu recall the judgment […]
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 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 […]
“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 lawyers understand as a lis — a final court of appeal. PILs, which started as pro bono litigation to make justice accessible to those denied […]
Why I discourage my clients from filing Writ petitions and instead advise them to institute civil suits?
Mathews J Nedumpara3rd April 2026 2. On the contrary, if you file a writ petition, for instance in the Bombay High Court, the Court will hear you for a few minutes and would in all probability dismiss your case. You are flabbergasted. There was no meaningful hearing. No meaningful discussion on facts or law. There […]
The Folly of Kesavananda Bharati’s Basic Structure Doctrine Exposed in One Sentence.
The folly of Kesavananda Bharati’s basic structure theory, a product of the full court of the Supreme Court of India running into half a million words out of a hearing which spanned over 68 days, can be unravelled in just a single sentence as infra: If one were to invoke the jurisdiction of the Supreme […]