EXPLORING DIGNITY JURISPRUDENCE DEVELOPED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

February 28, 2022

The Moving Finger writes and, having writ; Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit. Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line; Nor all your Tears wash out a word of it. Line of poetry sometimes epitomize reams of legal prose. Justice, like equality and democracy is a...

Justice H.R. Khanna: A great defender of rule of law, human rights & dignity

February 26, 2022

Today falls the death anniversary of Justice H R Khanna, an outstanding judge, who is well-known for his courageous dissenting judgment in the infamous ADM Jabalpur case, pronounced during the period of National Emergency in 1976, when the President had placed people’s fundamental rights under suspension as per Article 359...

Resuming The Constitutional Dialogue

February 21, 2022

‘Our Constitution is a constructive one. There is no room for absolutism. There is no space for anarchy. Sometimes it is argued, though, in a different context, that one can be a “rational anarchist”, but the said term has no term in the constitutional governance and the rule of law....

Confrontation Between The Governor And The Government Of Tamil Nadu On The Issue Of NEET Exam

February 14, 2022

The Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu passed the NEET exemption Bill once again without accepting the suggestions offered by Governor N Ravi a few weeks ago. The Governor had returned the Bill to the Assembly for its reconsideration after keeping it in cupboard for around four months. In September 2021,...

NEED TO SCRAP THE COLLEGIUM SYSTEM OF APPOINTING JUDGES

January 4, 2022

Many years ago, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, a celebrated jurist, had criticized the collegium system in one of his articles published in The Hindu on 18 August 2012. This is what he had said in his piece: “Thus, today we have a curious creation with no backing under the...

THANK YOU, PRIME MINISTER MODI FOR LISTENING TO FARMERS’ VOICE

November 22, 2021

On the great occasion of Guru Purab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a great decision to announce the repeal of three controversial farm laws in the forthcoming session of Parliament. Hundreds of thousands of farmers were protesting against these laws for more than a year on Delhi’s borders. The...

ARYAN KHAN DESERVES BAIL, NOT JAIL

October 25, 2021

“Courts must be alive to the need to safeguard the public interest in ensuring that the due enforcement of the criminal law is not obstructed. The fair investigation of crime is an aid to it. Equally, it is the duty of courts across the spectrum-the district judiciary, the High Courts,...

Analysing the constitutional role of the Advocate-General of a state

October 7, 2021

The appointment of the Advocate General (AG) in Punjab has triggered a debate about the constitutional role and powers of the Advocate General in the state administration. As per a well-established constitutional convention and practice, the Chief Minister installs his own man in the office of the Advocate-General because the...

Analysing President’s role in making judicial appointments

September 28, 2021

Under the Indian constitutional scheme, the President is a constitutional head of the Union Government who exercises his constitutional powers and functions on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister as per the mandate of Article 74(1) of the Constitution. However, after the...

TAKING THE FREEDOM OF SOCIAL MEDIA SERIOUSLY

May 10, 2021

Last week, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising Justices Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud, L. Nageswar Rao, and S. Ravindra Bhat issued a strong warning to the Central and State Governments not to curtail the freedom of speech and expression of people who are seeking help on...