Are not the civil courts the real ‘constitutional courts’?
Are not the civil courts the real ‘constitutional courts’? 14.4.2020 Mathews J Nedumpara In the last two decades or so, we have often heard the elite lawyers in Delhi referring to the Supreme Court as constitutional courts which gives the impression to the common man that the Supreme court and High courts are the only […]
Saving the Maradu Homes- Amendment of the CRZ to give it retrospective effect is the simplest and ethical solution
The Complete text of the article written by Shri Mathews J. Nedumpara which is published in the Times of India, today. Saving the Maradu Homes- Amendment of the CRZ to give it retrospective effect is the simplest and ethical solution The supreme court ordered demolition of the 5 Buildings (apartments) at Maradu, Cochin on the […]
Demolition of Maradu homes- fundamental questions further explained
Mathews J. Nedumpara I addressed a letter dated 24th September, 2019 to the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary of Kerala and other high constitutional functionaries expressing my apprehension that Shri Harish Salve, one of the most celebrated lawyers of the country, who effectively defended the case of Shri Kulbhushan Jadhav in the International Court of […]
In the Supreme Court of India Civil Original Jurisdiction
WRIT PETITION (C) NO.________OF 2019 BETWEEN Mathews J. Nedumpara &Ors. … Petitioners VERSUS The Supreme Court of India&Anr. … Respondents WITH I.A.No_______________OF 2019:APPLICATION SEEKING PERMISSION TO FILE AND PROSECUTE THE ABOVE WRIT PETITION AS PARTY-IN-PERSON P A P E R – B O O K [FOR INDEX KINDLY SEE INSIDE] FILED BY THE PARTY-INPERSON SYNOPSIS […]
A lamentation
Being a fair critic of the judiciary, nay, judicial decisions, has meant enormous suffering in all sense to me. Still, I do not regret, for, the mite which I could contribute was so important that, had I not ventured, probably the issues which are so vital to us as a constitutional Democracy would not have […]
National Lawyers’ Campaign For Judicial Transparency & Reforms
Registration No: MH/MUM/1701/2015/GBBSD 304, Hari Chambers, 3rd Floor, 54/68 SBS Marg, Near Old Custom House, Fort, Mumbai- 400 023 Tel: 022 22626634 / Mobile: +91 98205 35428 / +91 9769110823 E. Mail: nationallawyerscampaign@gmail.com 23rd February, 2019 PRESS NOTE Abolition of designation of lawyers as Senior Advocates, which leads to classification of lawyers into two […]
National Borrowers’ Association
304, Hari Chambers, S.B.S. Road, Fort, Mumbai-400 023 MINUTES OF THE 3RD GENERAL BODY MEETING HELD AT HARI CHAMBERS, MUMBAI, ON 7TH AUGUST, 2019. The 3rd General Body Meeting of the National Borrowers’ Association (NBA) was co-chaired by Shri Sunil Gupta, alumni of IIT, Powai, Mumbai, and Shri Mathews J. Nedumpara, President of National Lawyers’ […]
Save us from ‘courtoastrophy’ pray home buyers in Cochin
Mathews.J.Nedumpara In his book titled “Off the Bench” in Chapter under the caption “Justices and justicing”, legendary Justice Krishna Iyer had lamented about the plight of millions of slum dwellers, who prayed ‘Save us from the Courts’, whose shanties within the precincts of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai, were bulldozed in execution of an order […]
Jurisprudence of ‘face value’– High Court of Kerala is an exception
– By Mathews J. Nedumpara I enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Kerala in the year 1984. By sheer providence, I was briefed by a partnership firm engaged in the business of banking, in the year 1986 in the Kerala High Court. That was the time when many individuals, either styled as […]
Buoy Mumbai!
When I read the judgement of the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court staying the ongoing construction work of the Bombay Coastal Road Project, what came to my mind were the words of Albert Einstein, “two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe”. Fourteen years ago, more […]