I am not asking for the right to record the proceedings in which I appear as counsel. All I ask is that the Court preserve the records and, suo motu or upon application, furnish the audio or video recordings to me, as well as to other lawyers and litigants.
In our system, judges enjoy tyrannical powers. The Bar offers no check on this, as it is filled with sycophants who vie with one another to please the Bench. Sycophancy is the greatest advocacy today. If there is even the slightest hint of dissent, judges crush it using the power of contempt. Even if you […]
Who will become the Chief Justice of India: Justice Pardiwala or Justice Dipankar Datta?
I have no special preference, affection, or bias for either Justice Pardiwala or Justice Dipankar Datta. However, there are a few interesting facts regarding their judicial trajectories. Justice Dipankar Datta was born on February 9, 1965. He was appointed as a judge of the Calcutta High Court on June 22, 2006, at the young age […]
Judiciary: In the Midst of Total Darkness and Gloom, There Is a Ray of Hope — Gen Z
It is no exaggeration that the common man can have no hope in our judiciary. The whole system is hijacked by a few dynasties of lawyers and judges. Go to any court in any part of India, lawyers behave like slaves, except the elite. The elites consider the courts as their private property. While SLPs […]
Open Letter dated 24.12.2025 to the CJI:Do not shut down public access VC hearings.
To the Chief Justice of India. Open Letter Sir, I write these few lines while waiting to join the online hearing of a case of mine posted at 3 PM today, before the Chief Justice of Bombay. Now it is 3:08 and I am not admitted.The following words are displayed:“Thanks for waiting. Public viewing of […]
Who becomes an amicus curiae ?
Amicus Curiae in theory means a friend of the court. However, in reality he or she is someone who knows the mind of the court and makes submissions to suit what the court has pre-decided.The court therefore appoints those lawyers who are part of the elite lobby of lawyers and judges in the Supreme Court […]
Bombay High Court at 164:An Apology for What it Ought to be.
Bombay High Court at 164: An Apology for What It Ought to Be. Bombay High Court was established on 14 August 1862. Today marks its 164th anniversary. As someone who has regularly appeared before the Bombay High Court, initially as an outstation lawyer and now as a regular practitioner, I am afraid to say that […]
Why I Refuse to Apply for Designation — and Have Been Persuading My Friends Not to Do So.
In England, and so too in India, the legal profession has historically been feudal. During the pre-Independence era, it was the exclusive province of the elite. Independence was expected to change that scenario drastically. But things did not improve at all—if anything, they became worse. Why? Before the Constitution came into existence, we had a […]
Justice Varma’s Case Is the Mirror of India’s Bar and Bench.
Justice Varma was brought from Allahabad to Delhi for reasons best known only to those who brought him. The talk in Delhi is that someone told him to keep the cash which he took as bribe at Varma’s outhouse till it was taken away by a Hawala conduit. Something which would have worked smoothly went […]
Restore to every member of the SCBA the right to vote, and so too the right to contest election for any post of his choice. It is the General Body of the SCBA, not the Court, that should make the rules of the SCBA.
Mathews J Nedumpara1st August 202698205 35428. More than 3000 lawyers who are permanent members of the SCBA have been denied voting rights. Even those who are eligible voters are denied the right to contest election for the post of their choice. No one having a sense of fairness and elementary knowledge of law would disagree […]
The Supreme Court order banning the posting of clips of court proceedings on social media is in gross violation of the very freedom of speech and expression, and the order will bind none.
1.Whatever happens from the seat of justice, people have a right to know. Video recording of court proceedings, live streaming, preservation of such records, and access to such records by lawyers, litigants, and the public at large are essential ingredients of the very right to freedom of speech and expression, the most precious of all […]