The Supreme Court, which asserts jurisdiction over anything and everything under the sun, does not even spare the Supreme Court Bar Association; what is the remedy?
Mathews J Nedumpara8th June 2026. Our Constitution contemplates the legislature, executive and judiciary to be separate and independent wings of the State with the press as the fourth estate. The power of legislation is vested in the exclusive domain of the legislature. The record of a Parliament binds all, for we all as citizens are […]
Sabarimala case, an unthinkable waste of judicial time
A nine-judge Bench Supreme Court of India has concluded it’s hearing of the Sabarimala case. It took 16 days. The Supreme Court sits in Division Bench of 2 or 3 judges. A maximum of 17 Benches. 5 hours a day and 200 days in a year. Maximum of 17000 hours. To constitute the 9 judge […]
Why does my call for essential, multi-pronged judicial reform remain a voice in the wilderness? Why do good men remain silent?
1. There are ever so many good men and women serving as judges and senior lawyers. I have had occasion to interact with many of them—contemporaries and seniors—on the subject of judicial reforms. They agree with me that our justice delivery system is in near shambles, and they privately concur that a few simple measures […]
Are not the civil courts the real ‘constitutional courts’?
Posted by Mathews J Nedumpara Are not the civil courts the real ‘constitutional courts’?– Mathews J Nedumpara1st July 202098205 35428 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 […]