Today’s Times of India has carried Justice Krishna Iyer’s article on the allegations against Justice Sabharwal. He calls for an impartial inquiry. “Such a body has to be set up by...
Mr.K.K.Venugopal continued his submissions this morning on behalf of the Resident Doctors’ Association. I am summing up his views here: 1. Article 15(5) and Article 15(4) are inconsistent with...
The Times of India has carried Justice Sabharwal’s response to some of the allegations levelled against him by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms. A response from Campaign for...
Angry exchanges between the Bar and the Bench during the course of the hearings are unusual, as they bring to the fore the innate feelings of unpleasantness against individual members of these two...
THE ongoing hearing by the Supreme Court Constitution Bench on the validity of OBC reservations in higher educational institutions has so far dealt with issues, some of which have already been...
As the UPA-Left stand-off over the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Deal continues, a mid-term poll for the Lok Sabha seems imminent. But it is necessary to pause a moment and wonder whether our system is...
One of our regular readers interested in modern Indian history, V.Srinivasan, has written an article on the Cabinet Mission Plan and whether it could have succeeded. The abstract of the article, as...
Mr.A.G.Noorani is the latest commentator to offer a critical assessment of A.P.J.Abdul Kalam’s tenure as President. His article in HT and Mr.Harish Khare’s article in The Hindu make the...
Even as Justice Sabharwal refuses to answer the allegations made against him by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms, it appears the controversy is unlikely to die down. (The previous...
THE former Chief Justice of India, Justice Y.K.Sabharwal has come under a cloud, following revelations in the latest Tehelka (cover story). The story, carrying allegations made at a press conference...