On the 13th of February, the Supreme Court heard the petition filed by Common Cause in their case against former CJI K G Balakrishnan for possession of disproportionate assets. The petition had earlier sought removal of Justice Balakrishnan as NHRC Chairperson. But now, since he

CAMPAIGN FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORMS 6/6 basement Jangpura B, Delhi – 110014 judicialreforms.org Patrons:  Justice P.B.Sawant, Justice H.Suresh, Shri Shanti Bhushan,, Prof. B.B.Pande,, Dr. Bhaskar Rao, Ms. Arundhati Roy, Shri Pradip Prabhu, Prof Babu Mathew, Dr. Baba Adhav, Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Shri Mihir Desai, Shri Manoj Mitta Executive

Justice V R Krishna Iyer was, in one word, incredible. For a Brahmin with an urban upbringing to become a lawyer and then a judge was nothing unusual. And he became that. But the route that he took to that position via radical politics as an

The Supreme Court today dismissed the application filed by Common Cause seeking an independent court-monitored investigation into the Birla/Sahara payoff documents recovered by the Income Tax Department.   The background was as follows:   In October 2013 the CBI/IT Dept conducted simultaneous raids on the premises of Aditya Birla

CAMPAIGN FOR JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORMS 6/6 basement Jangpura B, Delhi – 110014 judicialreforms.org Patrons: Justice P.B.Sawant, Justice H.Suresh, Shri Shanti Bhushan,, Prof. B.B.Pande,, Dr. Bhaskar Rao, Ms. Arundhati Roy, Dr. Banwari Lal Sharma, Shri Pradip Prabhu, Prof Babu Mathew, Dr. Baba Adhav, Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Shri Mihir