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Demolition of Maradu homes, who will tell the court that it went wrong?

Mathews J. Nedumpara I pen these few lines with great amount of pain and anguish. The Government of Kerala, in furtherance of an all party meeting convened by Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, engaged Shri Harish Salve, probably the highest paid lawyer in the country, to save 450 odd families of their homes, which were ordered to be demolished by a Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Hon'ble Shri Justice Arun Misra....

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Who is responsible for demolition of Maradu homes – an injustice which has no parallel in history

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Mathews J. Nedumpara Keralites across the breadth and width of the globe, nay, millions of people, with bated breath, watched five apartment buildings in Maradu, a prime location of Cochin surrounded by lakes and lush green, crumble down with a mushroom of dust being formed, as if an atom bomb has been dropped. While a few sadists, insane minds, knowing not what the ramifications are, celebrated, clapping their hands and beating drums, millions all...

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Demolition of 350 residential flats, Harish Salve’s monumental failure to defend Govt. of Kerala

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27.09.2019 Today is probably one of the saddest days in my life as a lawyer. Sri Harish Salve, whom the media has always glorified as one of the greatest of lawyers for his hair splitting arguments, a national icon since his appearance in Kulbhushan Jhadav, reduced himself to be one of the very ordinary lawyers, a defacto psychofant, agreeing to every word of the court, servile to the very core and betraying the state of Kerala whom he represented. The court took a very high moral standing, that it is ordering the demolition of the building to save the thousands of...

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Ne bis in idem, the simple solution for mounting arrears

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1. Faced with the mind-boggling burden of arrears which today is more than 3.4 crores in the case of the subordinate courts and more than 51.5 lakhs in the case of the High Courts and even 62,064 in the case of the Supreme Court, our legislature and the superior Courts invoking even legislative powers, which the founding fathers had never visualized, have created large number of tribunals in substitution of the Civil Court, even the High Court. However, far from reducing the backlogs, such laws and tribunals have contributed in inconceivable terms, towards adding to the existing backlog of cases....

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Have Articles 226 and 32 led to denial of Justice. Will repeal of it lead to injustice?

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Have Articles 226 and 32 led to denial of Justice. Will repeal of it lead to injustice? Ambedkar described Article 32 as the very heart and soul of the Constitution. Our founding fathers, many of whom were victims of illegal arrest and confinement, being part of the freedom struggle, incorporated in our constitution, Part III, fundamental rights. By virtue of Article 32 of the Constitution a citizen can approach the Supreme court for the enforcement of his/her fundamental rights and that very right to access the Supreme Court itself was declared to be a fundamental right. It is almost 70 years...

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Usurpation of executive and legislative powers by the Indian higher judiciary

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by Mathews J. Nedumpara The front page of the Times of India dated 1st April 2017, which I have in my hands now, has almost 80% covered by Court news with the caption “Highway liquor vends, bars must close from today: Supreme Court”, being the most prominent heading. On its right “Won’t apologize if work not restored: Justice Karnan to Supreme Court”, followed by another three Court-related news items, including the caption “No early Supreme Court hearing in Ayodhya case”. What is said about 1st of April, 2017 could be true about all Tuesdays and Saturdays, for, on Mondays and Fridays,...

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Basic structure theory – a proposition contrary to the first principles of jurisprudence

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BASIC STRUCTURE THEORY - A PROPOSITION CONTRARY TO THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF JURISPRUDENCE.Mathews J Nedumpara9820535428 Kesavananda Bharati's case is hailed to be the most important judgment ever rendered by the Supreme Court of India. The case was heard by the full court consisting of 13 judges. The case was argued for 6 months and the judgment consists of half a million words. Even the common people have heard of the judgment. In the said case, the Supreme Court laid down a doctrine called 'basic structure' and said that while the Parliament could amend every article of the constitution including those concerning...

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Our Interpretation of Constitutional Law has Become a Classic Example of Human Stupidity

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Mathews J Nedumpara Two things are infinite, said Einstein: the universe and human stupidity. Our interpretation of constitutional law has become a classic example of human stupidity. Let me explain. Suppose, in a case between A and B the majority of a Bench of 5 judges of the Supreme Court, say, by a majority of 4:1, hold that a goat is a dog that will be absolutely binding on A and B who are parties as ‘res judicata’, though it is a manifestly erroneous. Otherwise there will not be an end to litigation, finality. However, that decision will not bind C and...

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Progeny Judges’ Syndrome Chart- Chief Justices of HCs

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Progeny Syndrome Chart- Chief Justices of HCs ...

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Open Letter to Justice Kurien Joseph

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3rd December 2018 To Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph,Former Judge, Supreme Court of India,New Delhi. MAY 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 members of...

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