Tag: Judiciary
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Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice: Part I
By Adv. Shriya Maini. “There are no Victors in the game of law until the Court verdicts…” Justice is the most important task of Rule of Law of the State. The role of an attorney is an integral part of the justice system of the State which fails its society if the litigant is not…
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Judiciary, Media and Public Opinion: An Overview
By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. The media is regarded as the fourth pillar of any democracy. An independent media is necessary for keeping a check on the government and its organs. But with the increasing corporatisation of media and the race to grab more eyeballs for higher numbers, the media…
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A glance through National Judicial Appointments Commission
By Sonal Srivastava, Amity Law School, Lucknow. The Supreme Court on 16th October, 2015 unanimously declared the National Judicial Appointments Commission as unconstitutional and ordered the revival of the Supreme Court scripted two decade old ‘judges selecting judges’ collegium system. However, Supreme Court agreed that the present collegium system needs reforms and asked for suggestions from the…
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Judiciary and the Environmental Protection Laws in India
By Anshika Juneja, Symbiosis Law College, Pune. It is fascinating to note that natural resources have been put away virtually untouched in the Earth for a large number of years. Be that as it may, since the beginning of the industrial revolution, immeasurable measures of these resources had been exploited within a period of only two…
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E-Courts in India: A much needed initiative
By Vartika Aggarwal, Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies. Disputes and litigation have increased to such an extent in India that they have overburdened the Indian Judiciary. Courts have to struggle hard to cover the backlog of cases but the backlog keeps on increasing on a daily basis. Many of such disputes can be either avoided…
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An Analysis of Judicial Accountability in India
By Akash Agarwal, Amity Law School, Noida. Accountability and Transparency are the two big-wig cornerstones of any democratic establishment for providing justice to the general public. However, the form of transparency and accountability may vary from one state to another depending upon certain relevant factors. In a democratic country like India, adhering to the concept of separation…
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Dependence of the Independent Judiciary
By Anmol Sinha, Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Our society is supported by three different pillars, Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. Legislature enacts the law which governs us; Executive executes and implements the laws and Judiciary is the body which takes into account the violations of such laws. It is this clear cut demarcation of various organs of…
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National Judicial Appointments Commission: A Study in Effectiveness
By Rajashree Aryabala Tripathy, KIIT Law School, Bhubaneswar. Article 124(2) states, whenever there is a proposal for appointment of the Supreme Court Judges, it will be done by the President of India in consultation with other Judges of the Supreme Court. But time has changed and the judiciary, executive and legislature have to take steps according…