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To the faithful of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East, my fellow countrymen

Adv. Mathews J. Nedumpara 9820535428 26.7.2020 To the faithful of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch and all the East, my fellow countrymen 1. The faithful of the Syrian Orthodox church of Antioch and all the East, (the Patriarch faction) are denied their freedom of conscience and faith guaranteed by the Constitution of India; not by the government or any law enacted by the Parliament, but as a result of judgements of the Supreme Court. My clients, the faithful of the Syrian Orthodox church- the Patriarch faction, blame Justice Mishra of the Supreme Court. And the extent of their anger, pain and anguish is...

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Ne bis in idem, the simple solution for mounting arrears

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Ne bis in idem, the simple solution for mounting arrears Mathews J. Nedumpara 9820535428 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...

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Shri. Mukal Rohotgi, a failed Attorney General?

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Mathews J Nedumpara President, NLC. 28.06.2020. Shri. Mukal Rohotgi, a failed Attorney General? Shri. Mukal Rohotgi's lamentations on the NJAC judgement is absolutely lacking in bonafides. In all humility, I must say that I attended the entire hearing of the case spanning over 31 days, a drama enacted by Mr. Fali Nariman and company to protect their fortress. The SCORA was a mere pawn. I was the only person other than the Central and State governments in support of the NJAC questioning the very maintainability of the so called PIL of SCORA. I pleaded that the maintainability of the PIL be decided as a...

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National Lawyers’ Campaign For Judicial Transparency And Reforms 31.3.2014

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National Lawyers' Campaign For Judicial Transparency And Reforms 31.3.2014 Objectives 1) Abolition of Collegium system of appointment and transfer of judges and the substitution of the same by an independent judicial appointments commission where neither the executive nor the judiciary will have a primacy.The NJAC shall advertise the vacancies and invite applications from all eligible candidates; 2) Creation of a Judicial Ombudsman to deal with the complaints of corruption and malpractices against judges; 3) Audio/video-recording of proceedings of all Courts and Tribunals and access to such records to the litigants, lawyers and public; 4) Reintroduction of the policy of transfer of 1/3rd of judges out of their...

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In the High Court of Judicature at Bombay Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction

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CHAMBER SUMMONS (LODGING) NO.214 OF 2018 IN WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO.1180 OF 2018 Bombay Bar Association ..Applicant In the matter of: Mathews J. Nedumpara … Petitioner Versus Hon'ble Shri Justice S.J. Kathawalla ..Respondent AFFIDAVIT IN REPLY I, Mathews Nedumpara, S/o. Joseph, aged 59, Advocate, residing at 12-F, Harbour Heights, “A” Wing, 12th Floor, Sassoon Dock, Colaba, Mumbai – 400005, do hereby solemnly affirm and state as follows: 1. I am the Petitioner in the above Writ Petition and respondent in the above Chamber Summons. I know the facts of the case and am competent to swear this affidavit. 2. I am a bit taken aback to come...

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Sesil Joseph

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Please click on the below link to view Sesil Joseph Petition View Sesil Joseph Petition >>...

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National Lawyers Campaign

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A Call to the legal Fraternity and the Public at large. Sirs/Mesadames, All those who believe that a judiciary which is independent, impartial and accountable to the people would remain to be a dream unless the sons and daughters of the common man finds due representation are shocked by the order of the HC of Orissa to initiate Contempt of Court proceedings against the office bearers of the Orissa HC Bar Association for demanding the dismantlement of the Collegium System of appointment of judges. Our brothers and sisters of the Orissa Bar deserve to be complimented for their bold step, namely, abolition of...

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Demolition of five apartment buildings at Maradu, Cochin

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Mathews J Nedumpara President, NLC 6th October, 2019 To 1. Hon’ble Shri Pinarayi Vijayan Chief Minister of Kerala. 2. Shri Ramesh Chennithala, Leader of the Opposition, Government of Kerala, Trivandrum. 3. Shri Oommen Chandy, Former Chief Minister of Kerala. 4. Shri Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs 5. All Members of Parliament from Kerala. Honourable Sirs, Sub: Demolition of five apartment buildings at Maradu, Cochin, for alleged CRZ norms upon orders of the Supreme Court without hearing the 350 and odd home buyers, bypassing the Kerala Municipality Act and the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, which vest in them the right of regularization of the constructions. ALL PARTY DELEGATION TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER –...

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Referring Questions of Law to Larger Benches is in Ignorance of the Doctrine of Stare Decisis

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Mathews J Nedumpara Some members of the legal fraternity have criticized me for authoring article titled 'Referring Questions of Law to Larger Benches is in Ignorance of the Doctrine of Stare Decisis' as it amounts to too sharp a criticism of the Supreme Court. When i was a young lawyer, for instance when the Judges 2 case was delivered, i felt the judgement to be a re-writing of the constitution. The Supreme Court snatching away the powers of the executive. I felt the Judges 2 case cannot even be called a judgement because there was no cause of action. There existed...

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My experience in Justice Arun Mishra’s Courtroom in relation to the Maradu Demolition case

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Maria Nedumpara My experience in Justice Arun Mishra’s Courtroom in relation to the Maradu Demolition case, though less personal, was just as appalling. A number of lawyers were before his lordship literally pleading for a chance to speak. 350 and odd families had been forcefully evicted in a period of 4 days, in the most inhumane manner. They were driven out of the homes in which they had been residing in for more than 9 or 10 years, the homes which they had purchased with a lifetime’s worth of savings. It would come as a shock to anyone reading this that...

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