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Impeachment and the registration of an FIR are distinct processes that operate in two different realms — the former is civil, while the latter is criminal.

Justice Varma’s Cash Row: Impeachment and the registration of an FIR are distinct processes that operate in two different realms — the former is civil, while the latter is criminal. Read my reply to the objections raised by the Supreme Court Registry. Mathews J Nedumpara. 25.07.2025....

17 August

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An open letter to Sri. Kapil Sibal

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Open letter *Mathews J Nedumpara* 21.05.2024. 98205 35428 *Dear Shri Kapil Sibal*, As someone who openly opposed your election to the post of President of the SCBA, I write this letter to congratulate you on your victory, and to seek your support on two issues which are primordial so far as the bar is concerned. The first is the abolition of the near apartheid and elitism in the SC which is not possible unless the designation system is abolished. Secondly, the abolition of the collegium system which has led to nepotism and favouritism in the matter of appointments of judges to the High Courts and...

17 August

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The urgent need to suo motu recall the judgment of a 5-judge bench in Mullaperiyar Environmental Protection Forum v. Union of India holding that the judgment of this Court of 2006 which holds that the Mullaperiyar dam is safe, is binding in perpetuity as res judicata, thereby putting the lives of more than 5 million people of Kerala in jeopardy.

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Open Letter To, *Dr Justice DY Chandrachud* Chief Justice of India Also to, The Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court of India May it please your Lordships, Sub: The urgent need to suo motu recall the judgment of a 5-judge bench in Mullaperiyar Environmental Protection Forum v. Union of India holding that the judgment of this Court of 2006 which holds that the Mullaperiyar dam is safe, is binding in perpetuity as res judicata, thereby putting the lives of more than 5 million people of Kerala in jeopardy. 1. This letter being addressed to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and the companion judges of the Supreme Court,...

14 July

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Protection from defamation in a judicial proceedings – Concerted act on the part of Hon’ble Mr. Justice M. Jamdar to malign and defame me, a lawyer – Complaint reg.

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My tryst with the justice delivery system began at a young age in 1979 as a litigant in the Munsiff Court, Pala. I conducted the case mostly as a party in person up to the Supreme Court. The case shaped my destiny, but for it, I would not have taken up law as a profession. I started my practice in the year 1984 and continued in my native state Kerala. However, certain vicissitudes of life made me shift my practice to Delhi and eventually to the Foreign Exchange and other tribunals in Delhi. There I could come across corruption without even...

14 July

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A Long Overdue Apology owed by the Institution of the Judiciary

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Mathews J. Nedumpara 9820535428 OPEN LETTER – A Long Overdue Apology owed by the Institution of the Judiciary To Hon’ble Shri Justice Chandrachud, The Chief Justice of India Also to, The judges of the Bombay High Court 11th March, 2023 May it please your lordship, Sub: The institution of judiciary owes an apology to me which I won’t insist on or even expect, but I certainly would do when it comes to the thousands of slumdwellers, mothers with their new born infants being thrown out of their homes onto the streets, with all their belongings being confiscated or bulldozed. 1. What prompts me to address this open letter, in near telegraphic...

14 July

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A Call for Abolishing the Senior Designation in the Legal Profession

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Dear Ms. Indira Jaising, Sub: Abolition of senior designation- reg. When it comes to transparency and reforms in judiciary, there are certain areas where we are in agreement, though there are serious differences in many other areas. On the topic of abolition of senior designation I was under impression that we agreed and on the question of abolition of the collegium we are poles apart. While you support the system of entitlement, patronage, nepotism, dynasty, of which the collegium has become a synonym, I believe that until we abolish the collegium, the culture of entitlement and kinship will continue, our judiciary has...

14 July

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Rejection of W.P (diary) no. 41768 of 2024 instituted by my humble self and 9 other citizens, lawyers and litigants, in challenge of the order dated 24.4.2024 of the Registrar, Judicial, dismissing W.P no. 1005 of 2022 seeking the abolition of the collegium and seeking restoration of the NJAC, an open, transparent, competitive, merit-based selection of the judges of the High Courts and Supreme Court, by de-registering the same. Complaint – reg.

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MATHEWS J. NEDUMPARA Advocate 101, Gundecha Chambers, Nagindas Master Rd, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001 Mob: +91 98205 35428/99679 69256 E-mail: mathewsjnedumpara@gmail.com 5th October, 2024 OPEN LETTER Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. D.Y Chandrachud Chief Justice of India May it please your Lordship, Sub: Rejection of W.P (diary) no. 41768 of 2024 instituted by my humble self and 9 other citizens, lawyers and litigants, in challenge of the order dated 24.4.2024 of the Registrar, Judicial, dismissing W.P no. 1005 of 2022 seeking the abolition of the collegium and seeking restoration of the NJAC, an open, transparent, competitive, merit-based selection of the judges of the High Courts and Supreme Court, by...

14 July

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The painful and wholly avoidable hardship and injustice caused to the litigant public by the unfortunate manner in which the affairs of the Court are conducted during the vacations.

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MATHEWS J. NEDUMPARA Advocate 101, Gundecha Chamber, Nagindas Master Road, Fort, Mumbai- 400 001 e-mail: nedumparaassociates@gmail.com Mob no.:9820535428/ 9920398035 31st October, 2024 OPEN LETTER To, Hon’ble Shri Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature At Bombay May it please your Lordship, Sub: The painful and wholly avoidable hardship and injustice caused to the litigant public by the unfortunate manner in which the affairs of the Court are conducted during the vacations. 1. My humble Self, as a Lawyer primarily practicing in the High Court of Bombay, one who by sheer accident happened to come as an outstation Lawyer, has been watching with a sense of despair and helplessness,...

14 July

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What makes me quite uncomfortable about the elevation of Justice Sanjeev Khanna as CJI is that he along with Justice Arun Misra sat on a Saturday to be a part of a bench headed by Justice Gogoi and declared that the complaint against Justice Gogoi by the female staff constitutes to be the “gravest of threat to the independence of judiciary

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https://indiankanoon.org/doc/66031978/ Mathews J Nedumpara 98205 35428 30.10.2024. What makes me quite uncomfortable about the elevation of Justice Sanjeev Khanna as CJI is that he along with Justice Arun Misra sat on a Saturday to be a part of a bench headed by Justice Gogoi and declared that the complaint against Justice Gogoi by the female staff constitutes to be the "gravest of threat to the independence of judiciary"...

14 July

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CHART ON HOW JUDGES IN INDIA ARE APPOINTED

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https://x.com/NedumparaJ/CHARTS ON HOW JUDGES IN INDIA ARE APPOINTED See the chart, nobody would have ever thought it was 100 percent progeny and kinship and connections. It is difficult, if not impossible, to find out even one case of exception. Judges in India are appointed solely on considerations of kinship and connections. This chart is being further updated as information which was not earlier available is now forthcoming. Team NLC (National Lawyers Campaign For Judicial Transparency and Reforms)...

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