If the currency that went up in flames at Justice Varma’s residence was not his, whose was it then?
Nobody in this country—in all humility I beg to say, except me—came forward in the open and demanded the registration of an FIR in the face of crores of rupees going up in flames at the residence of Justice Verma in Delhi. Nobody.There was no Prashant Bhushan, no Kapil Sibal, no Indira Jaising. Nobody.Yet you […]
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 […]
Livestreaming of court proceedings across the High Courts in the country is one by one being abandoned. Access to the virtual hearing to lawyers and litigants, not to speak of the public at large, is denied by almost all Benches of the Bombay High Court. VC hearings are brought to an end in most of the subordinate courts and Tribunals in this country. All these are happening at a time when court proceedings are accessible to the public at large in almost all countries, even in Pakistan; so too when allegations of corruption, favouritism and nepotism have resulted in the public confidence in our justice delivery system touching its nadir. It was in the above backdrop that I addressed an open letter to the CJI. I didn’t get even an acknowledgement for the letter. On the contrary, as if a bolt from the blue, acting on the so-called PIL of Vikas Singh, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court banned recording and circulation of the video clips of court proceedings entirely behind the backs of the people of this country. The order of the court is the grossest violation of the freedom of speech and expression, the most sacrosanct of all fundamental rights, which the court is duty bound to zealously protect.
Mathews J Nedumpara23rd August 2026.98205 35428.
Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra is a disgrace to BCI, he must resign. Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra is a disgrace not only to the Bar Council of India as its Chairman, but to the BJP also, as a Rajya Sabha MP. He belongs to the league of Chief Justice Gogoi, who presided over a so-called PIL, […]
Mathews J Nedumpara23rd August 2026.98205 35428.
Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra is a disgrace to BCI, he must resign. Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra is a disgrace not only to the Bar Council of India as its Chairman, but to the BJP also, as a Rajya Sabha MP. He belongs to the league of Chief Justice Gogoi, who presided over a so-called PIL, […]
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 […]