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Tag: criminalisation of politics

Reading Lily Thomas and Jan Chaukidar Together: Logically a Strange & Dangerous Result?

On August 4, 2013 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized
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Former Chief Justice Kabir’s legacy and some recent instances of judicial activism

On July 20, 2013 By V.Venkatesan In Uncategorized

Former Chief Justice Altamas Kabir has delivered a few judgments towards the end of his tenure, which are noteworthy.   Among these is Subhas Popatlal Dave v. UOI  in which, contrary to the decade-long tradition of …

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The Error in CEC v. Jan Chaukidar

On July 17, 2013 By Anup Surendranath In Uncategorized

The judgment of the Supreme Court on 10th July in CEC v. Jan Chaukidar has been seen in may quarters as part of the Supreme Court’s concentrated effort to curb criminalisation of politics. I think the reasoning …

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No Criminals in Politics and Impunity Provisions

On April 22, 2009 By Tarunabh Khaitan In Uncategorized

Namita and Nick, our co-bloggers, have recently drawn attention to the need to decriminalise politics. The readers have, rightly, raised questions about the propriety of barring those candidates who are in the criminal justice system …

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Decline in number of contesting Lok Sabha candidates with criminal records

On April 22, 2009 By Namita Wahi In Uncategorized

Analysis by the Times of India indicates an approximately 30 per cent decline in the count of candidates with criminal records contesting the present Lok Sabha elections as compared to the statistics for the 2004 …

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Former Chief Justice Verma on the CBI

On April 11, 2009 By Nick Robinson In Uncategorized

“But if everything depends on the pleasure of the prosecutor, who can enforce the law or not, then what is the use of the courts?” – Nekhludoff in Tolstoy’s The AwakeningThis election cylce has been …

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