India has an independent judiciary. Nonetheless, the gaps between codified law and grassroots reality are wide. The Delhi-based Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Judicial Reforms wants matters to change. Prashant Bhushan, one of its leaders, explained what is wrong with the courts and what could

In the reply to an application filed under Right to Information Act, Central Government has admitted that pursuant to the complaint from CJAR regarding undue monetary advantage to the family members of Justice Sabharwal due to his controversial orders on sealing the business establishments in

Recently, in a talk in South Asian Studies Department, Princeton, Prashant Bhushan delivered a talk on "Lack of Judicial Accountability in India". In this talk, Prashant has pointed how judiciary has acqired self-perpetrating oligarchy and has bocome powerful. He has also pointed out as to

Recently, in a talk in George Washington University Law School, Washington, Prashant Bhushan presented a carefully researched paper titled Sacrificing Human Rights and Environmental Rights at the Altar of “Development”. In this paper, Prashant has pointed how “insensitive” the judiciary is, towards the poor. Indian

Screening of the documentary “Dam-age”, which covers the infamous Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada and the Arundhati Roy contempt case, took place at the India International Centre Auditorium on Saturday March 7, 2009. Read more about the film on the website of Icuras Films.