Justice Katju's revelation today about how a reputedly corrupt judge came to be appointed in the Chennai High Court, once again highlights the serious problems with the process of appointment of judges to the higher judiciary.
The CBI and the IB have been induced to act against Gopal Subramanium for taking a tough stand in the fake encounter cases in which Amit Shah, the blue eyed boy of Narendra Modi, has been chargesheeted
A lot of mud was thrown at the Bhushans in the hope that at least some of it would stick — that an impression would remain that they were not as clean as people thought them to be. Here are the facts about various questions raised
Letters to the President and Prime Minister of India asking them to make inquiries and initiate steps for removal of Justice Balakrishnan on multiple charges of serious misconduct from the post of chairmanship of the NHRC
The Allahabad High Court's explanation for allegations against its Chief Justice favouring Mayawati in the Taj Corridor case attracts a rejoinder.
While the reconstitution of the Dinakaran Inquiry Committee is welcome, it only underscores the need for a permanent full time and independent Judicial performance Commission as a Constitutional body
Resolution passed at the 3rd National Convention on “Making the Judiciary Accountable and Responsive to the People”, 6th - 7th February 2010, Nehru Memorial Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Full text of the letter to Vice President of India regarding the 3 member enquiry committee appointed to enquire into the motion for removal of Jusitce P.D. Dinakaran.
Public disclosure of assets by judges is a welcome first step on the long and hard road to securing judicial accountability. Next step: a law making annual public declarations compulsory.
Recent cases underline the need for independent Constitutional bodies for the appointment of judges as well as for investigating complaints against them. These cannot be in-house bodies of judges and must be completely independent of the judiciary as
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