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Social Justice Has Been Thrown Out of the Window By Centre: SC

-Outlook (The Newswire) The Supreme Court today slammed the Centre for not giving compensation to workers for delayed payment of work under MNREGA scheme in drought-like situation and said it "does not behove a welfare state" as "social justice has been thrown out of the window". The apex court said it was extremely unfortunate that government had no provision for providing compensation to the workers and it was also regrettable that it...

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We require more than 70,000 judges to clear pending cases: CJI TS Thakur -Debabrata Mohanty

-The Indian Express Continuing to express concern over low judge-population ratio in the country, Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on Sunday said access to justice was a fundamental right and governments cannot afford to deny it to the people. Bhubaneswar: A FORTNIGHT after his impassioned appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over shortage of judges, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur on Sunday said courts in the country now require...

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Most on death row in India are first time offenders -Samarth Bansal

-The Hindu A total of 241 persons out of the 385 death row inmates in India are first time offenders, new findings contained in the “Death Penalty India Report” released on Friday said. For the study, 373 of all the 385 death row inmates in India were interviewed from July 2013 to January 2015 by the Center of Death Penalty at National Law University, Delhi. The study found that around 60 per...

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CJAR condemns Government apathy towards judicial reforms

-Press Release from Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms The recent joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts and the Supreme Court of India, concluded with an anguished appeal from the Chief Justice of India for far greater government participation in ensuring urgent judicial reforms, especially in addressing the vast shortage of judges. The Chief Justice of India’s speech also revealed that the efficient functioning of the...

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CJI Thakur’s emotional appeal to Modi to protect judiciary -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu The Chief Justice’s remarks and appeal saw the Prime Minister deliver an unscheduled speech immediately after the former took his seat Breaking down several times in his half-hour speech addressed directly at Prime Minister Narendra Modi present on the dais at the Annual Chief Ministers and Chief Justices Conference on Sunday, Chief Justice of India, Tirath Singh Thakur, launched a scathing attack on government inaction, squarely blaming the Centre for...

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