In Memoriam: Justice J S Verma Wednesday, 24 April 2013 01:57pm Contributed by Christopher Leong, President, Malaysian Bar Justice J S Verma, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, passed away on 22 April 2013 after a short illness. Justice J S Verma was an eminent
Jagdish Sharan Verma was one of those rare judges of the Supreme Court who stood for professional ethics and certain values in public life. Although public memory is sure to associate him with the recent anti-rape panel which produced a landmark report recommending far-reaching changes
The judgment in Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala, whose 40th anniversary falls today, was crucial in upholding the supremacy of the Constitution and preventing authoritarian rule by a single party
Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma was the architect of a report that became instrumental in shaping a new, stronger anti-rape law in the country.
Has public interest litigation lost its direction and abandoned its original constituency, the marginalised and the underprivileged sections of society?