If the Indian judicature is not to degenerate into a jejune institutional caricature, democracy must assert itself, and it must cease to be a simulacrum of Westminster judges with judicial wigs, jackets and robed apparel. The truth about the robed brethren must be an open
When one examines the hopes and fears that one has from judiciary, it is necessary to define the role that one expects the judiciary to play in the country.
The UK’s new Supreme Court will adopt a refreshingly open approach to the outside world when it takes over from the law lords in little more than a year from now
Two recent judgements of the Supreme Court on Judicial Activism and PILs have expectedly generated a spirited controversy within the Supreme Court and outside about the scope and limits of the court’s jurisdiction in PILs and about Judicial Activism in general.
The recent statements by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) that his is a Constitutional office and therefore exempt from the Right to Information (RTI) Act , has justifiably drawn much criticism.