-The Times of India NEW DELHI: At a time when 16,000-odd trial courts, 21 high courts and the Supreme Court are battling with over three crore pendency, a nationwide simultaneous holding of lok adalats opened on Saturday by Chief Justice P Sathasivam achieved a world record by disposing of 35.1 lakh cases within eight hours. "What is important is that these cases will be settled and reach a finality without litigants going...
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Meeting to discuss judicial reforms on Thursday -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A high-level meeting on judicial reforms has been called by law minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday to deliberate on important issues, including the litigation policy and making audio-video recording of all court proceedings mandatory. The meeting of the advisory council of the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms, headed by the law minister, will be attended by advisor to the prime minister Sam Pitroda,...
More »Measure for unconstitutional measure-K Parasaran
-The Hindu The ordinance seeking to amend the Representation of the People Act interferes with the exercise of judicial power Bill LXII of 2013, namely, The Representation of the People (Second Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013 is pending before Parliament. I examine here whether the Bill, when passed as an Act or its provisions promulgated as an Ordinance, will be unconstitutional or not. Declared principle The constitutional principle applicable in a situation analogous to...
More »From now, lawmakers who get two years in jail will lose seats
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The rules of the game have changed for the political class, with the Supreme Court asking the government on Friday to enforce its order for immediate disqualification of sitting MPs, MLAs and MLCs convicted for an offence attracting a sentence of two years. "Sitting Members of Parliament and state legislators are no longer protected by clause 4 of Section 8 of the Representation of People Act,"...
More »Deepak Sandhu takes over as first woman CIC
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: As the first woman chief information commissioner, Deepak Sandhu, who has been media advisor to the PM and spokesperson for the government, on Thursday said the RTI Act had altered the relationship between citizens and government from a "mai-baap" one to a culture of accountability and transparency. Sandhu, who was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee, said her priority would be to address...
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