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Letter by Advocate Mathews Nedumpara addressed to the Chief Editor, Malayalam Manorama, way back in 2011 when the allegations of corruption against Chief Justice Balakrishnan were the talk of the town, not merely in the corridors of the bar

Mathews J Nedumpara: This letter I had addressed to the Chief Editor, Malayalam Manorama, way back in 2011 when the allegations of corruption against Chief Justice Balakrishnan was the talk of the town, not merely in the corridors of the bar. The editor told me that since it is about the judiciary, they cannot touch it, for, the threat of contempt hangs over their head like damocle's sword. What he further said provoked my thought, namely, that if the court issues a contempt notice for speaking the truth about judicial corruption, the press will not even get a lawyer to...

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Has not Article 137 of the constitution providing for review become otiose, so too, the curative jurisprudence created through judicial legislation, unknown to jurisprudence elsewhere in the world

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Has not Article 137 of the constitution providing for review become otiose, so too, the curative jurisprudence created through judicial legislation, unknown to jurisprudence elsewhere in the world Mathews J Nedumpara 20.8.2021 Has not Article 137 of the constitution providing for review become otiose, so too, the curative jurisprudence created through judicial legislation, unknown to jurisprudence elsewhere in the world. One of the senior most members of the NLC, out of anguish that SLPs, review petitions and curative petitions are dismissed in one-line/stereotypical orders, preferred an application under the RTI Act seeking the data concerning the total number of petitions filed under each category,...

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Letter by Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara Hon’ble Mr. Justice A. M Khanwilkar, Judge, Supreme Court of India on Hearing of the Writ Petition no. 592/2021- demolition of shanties of the poor of Aravali without them being afforded a hearing and the court assuming the role of the executive.

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Letter by Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. M Khanwilkar, Judge, Supreme Court of India on Hearing of the Writ Petition no. 592/2021- demolition of shanties of the poor of Aravali without them being afforded a hearing and the court assuming the role of the executive. Mathews J Nedumpara 02.08.2021 To The Hon'ble Mr. Justice A. M Khanwilkar, Judge, Supreme Court of India. May it please your Lordship, Sub: Hearing of the Writ Petition no. 592/2021- demolition of shanties of the poor of Aravali without them being afforded a hearing and the court assuming the role of the executive- regarding. I moved an application for recall...

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Letter by Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara to Chief Minister of Kerala and others informing them about CAMPAIGN FOR HOME FOR ALL

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Letter by Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara to Chief Minister of Kerala and others informing them about CAMPAIGN FOR HOME FOR ALL Mathews J Nedumpara 2nd June, 2019 304, Hari Chambers, 3rd Floor, 54/68, S.B.S. Marg, Near Old Custom House, Fort Mumbai- 400 023 E-Mail: aminrohini@gmail.com, mathewsjnedumpara@gmail.com Cell # +91 9820 535428 , 022 22626634 To 1. Hon'ble Sri Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, 141, 3rd Floor, North Block, Government Secretariat, Thiruvananthapuram – 695001 2. Hon'ble Sri Ramesh Chennithala, Leader of Opposition, Kerala. 3. Hon'ble Shri Harindersingh Puri, Union Minister for Housing, New Delhi. 4. Hon'ble Sri Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs, New Delhi. 5. Shri K.K. Venugopal, Attorney General of India, New Delhi. Honourable Sirs, I address...

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Agenda for Audience with the Hon’ble Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature at Bombay scheduled for 14th June 2022

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Agenda for Audience with the Hon’ble Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature at Bombay scheduled for 14th June 2022 Mathews J Nedumpara 14. 06.2022. Points to be discussed a) Common grievance of lawyers, litigants, nay, the general public i. General public: litigation is extremely expensive, unthinkably time consuming, often resulting in denial of justice. ii. Litigants :• In addition to the perception of the general public the ordinary class of litigants feel that they are discriminated vis a vis the rich and powerful. The quality of the legal service which they get from the lawyers and judges is far from satisfactory. iii. Lawyers: Lawyers share the grievances of the public...

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Press Release Statement of NLC after meeting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court: Hon’ble Justice Shri Dipankar Datta on 15th June 2022

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Press Release Statement of NLC after meeting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court: Hon’ble Justice Shri Dipankar Datta on 15th June 2022 Mathews J Nedumpara 16.6.2022 Press Release The office bearers of the NLC had a meaningful discussion with the Hon’ble the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay on the emergent reforms which are long overdue to make our justice delivery system achieve its objectives, namely, deliverance of just, expeditious and affordable justice. There is a near unanimity on the reasons for the current shortcomings, the reasons for the same and even on the some of the remedies. It cannot be...

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K.C THARAKAN WRIT PETITION IN Hon’b;e Supreme Court U/s Article 32 of Indian Constitution

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K.C THARAKAN WRIT PETITION IN Hon'b;e Supreme Court U/s Article 32 of Indian Constitution Mathews J Nedumpara IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. ______ OF 2022 UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA IN THE MATTER OF: K.C. THARAKAN ...

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WHO CAN FILE A PIL?

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WHO CAN FILE A PIL? Mathews J Nedumpara 26.02.2023 1. With the Supreme Court and High Courts entertaining PILs and sometimes instituting suo motu PILs and coming to the rescue of the common man against every form of injustice and corruption, the new jurisprudence evolved by the Supreme Court in the early 1980s became extremely popular. The scenario today is that Chief Ministers, nay, even the Prime Minister could be at the mercy of the PIL petitioners/the Court in the face of allegations of corruption which even CMs are not immune from. Still worse, in moments of crisis as in the recent past...

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VIDEO-RECORDING OF PROCEEDINGS OF COURTS AND TRIBUNALS – A PANACEA FOR THE ILLS WHICH INDIAN JUDICIARY FACES TODAY.

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What prompts me to pen these few lines is a query from one of the few law students who started interning with me recently. The query was, what is the inspiration for me to initiate the campaign titled National Lawyers’ Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms and the video-recording of proceedings of all Courts and Tribunals in the country as its prime objective. 1. I had no difficulty to answer the query because of the injustice which I personally had to undergo, for, the Judges enjoy absolute immunity in the discharge of their official function and for all practical purposes the...

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VIDEO-RECORDING OF PROCEEDINGS OF COURTS AND TRIBUNALS – A PANACEA FOR THE ILLS WHICH INDIAN JUDICIARY FACES TODAY.

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