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Indian Judicial Systems
March 2009	Verdict: To Hang by Amit Kumar Pathak, Legal News and Views, 01 Mar 2009
November 2008	Against the law, A.G. Noorani, Frontline, Magazine, 21 Nov 2008 Above the law, A.G.Noorani, Frontline, Magazine, 07 Nov 2008 Bench weakness, Chandrani Banerjee, Outlook, Magazine, 03 Nov 2008
October 2008	Judges in the dock, V. Venkatesan & Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay, Frontline, Magazine, 10 Oct 2008
September 2008	“Judges can’t be prosecuted for wrong orders”, The Hindu, Chennai, 03 Sep 2008 SC concedes rot in judiciary, Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India, Mumbai, 10 Sep 2008 In rare case, govt moves to sack corrupt HC judge, The Times of India, Mumbai, 09 Sep 2008 The Untouchables, Manoj Mitta, The Times of India, Mumbai, 14 Sep 2008 Of justice, justices and justicing, V.R. Krishna Iyer, The Hindu, Chennai, 12 Sep 2008 HCs don't have power to shift cases', The Times of India, Mumbai, 29 Sep 2008 Yet Another Judicial Disaster, Lawyers Collective Magazine, 01 Aug 2008 SC rejects PIL asking for judge assets, RTI panel to take a call Lawyers Collective Magazine, 01 Jun 2008
August 2008	Govt shelves bill against corrupt judges Nagendar Sharma, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 11 Aug 2008 Govt wants panel to probe corrupt judges Nagendar Sharma , The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 01 Aug 2008 Judicial corruption: Learn from US, Canada, says Govt Nagendar Sharma, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 14 Aug 2008 HC for fast trial, drops 34-years case Kartikeya , The Times of India, Mumbai, 13 Aug 2008 Manipulating not advocacy The Hindu, Chennai, 22 Aug 2008 Top lawyers barred for 'criminal contempt' Abhinav Garg, The Times of India, Mumbai, 22 Aug 2008 Lame duck legislation M J Antony, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 06 Aug 2008
July 2008	Judging the judges, Shibani Chattopadhyay, The Telegraph, 02 Jul 2008 'Courts must be careful on guilt plea', Shibu Thomas, The Times of India, 22 Jul 2008 Strengthening the prosecution system, N.R. Madhava Menon, The Hindu, 17 Jul /2008 Judicial excessivism, Judicial excessivism, Down to Earth, 01 jul 2008 “Speedy trial is a constitutional right”, J. Venkatesan, The Hindu, 16 Jul /2008
June 2008	Ex-chief justice under corruption panel scanner, Nagendar Sharma, The Hindustan Times, 09/06/2008 Soon, judicial impact of all new laws will be assessed, Akshaya Mukul, The Times of India, 19/06/2008 UP cops want to question judges, Amit Verma, 19/06/2008 Judiciary : Heavy odds, meagre resources, Colin Gonsalves, Combat Law Magazine, 01/05/2008 CJI on judicial reforms, Combat Law, 01/06/2008
May 2008	Judiciary should go for transparency, not secrecy, Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy,Suchi Pande, The Hindu, 07 May 2008, A glorified myth, Sudhanshu Ranjan, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 07 May 2008 Blow to RTI Act from legislature, judiciary, Manoj Mitra ,The Times of India, Mumbai, 01 May 2008 Judicial cry in the wilderness M J Antony, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 07 May 2008 Demand for open judiciary grows, Satya Prakash, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 07 May 2008 Raising The Bar For Judges, Mihir Srivastava & Tusha Mittal, Tehelka Magazine, 17 May 2008 Plan to rein in hostile witnesses dropped, Aloke Tikku, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 13 May 2008 The court’s right, Chief Minister, Saheli Mitra, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 28 May 2008
April 2008	Judicia l activism: a perspective, B.P. Jeevan Reddy, The Hindu, Chennai, 30 Apr 2008 ‘Justice Express’ leaves many strandedCombat Law Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Judiciary under RTI Act:MPs, Vijay Hiremath, The Times of India, Mumbai, 30 Apr 2008 Long road to justice on a new track, Saheli Mitra, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 30 Apr 2008 In Public Interest, The Times of India, Mumbai, 10 Apr 2008 Stay Focused, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 10 Apr 2008
March 2008	Securing judicial accountability, Prashant Bhushan,Communalism Combat Magazine, 01 Mar 2008 Judicial activism, romanticism & overreach,Ramesh Thakur, The Hindu, Chennai, 04 Mar 2008
February 2008	SC does balancing act Satya Prakash, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 27 Feb 2008 Let's have equal laws Rishabh Bhandari, The Times of India, Mumbai, 13 Feb 2008 Prisoners better talk Dola Mitra, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 13 Feb 2008 Speaker expresses surprise over CJI’s reported stand on hearing Teesta Setalvad Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, The Hindu, Chennai, 25 Feb 2008 SC to get more judges, but will it help? Aloke Tikku and Satya Prakash, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 22 Feb 2008 Was CJI rap on Teesta too harsh Manoj Mitta, The Times of India, Mumbai, 22 Feb 2007 Reforming the legal profession: some ideas N.R. Madhava Menon, The Hindu, Chennai, 20 Feb 2008 The need for judicial activism Jagmohan, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 09 Feb 2008 Immune system Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 05 Feb 2008
December 2007	Activism-wary judges wash hands of case Samanwaya Rautray ,The Telegraph, Calcutta, 12 Dec 2007 Separate And Unequal Katna Kapur, The Times of India, Mumbai, 08 Dec 2007 Is Judiciary Biased Against The Poor?Balkrishnan Rajagopal , Combat Law Magazine, 01 Dec 2007 No Need For Alarm J S Verma , The Times of India, Mumbai, 19 Dec 2007 Judiciary introspects Pratap Patnaik, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 16 Dec 2007
November 2007	In defence of defending the reviled, Vishnu V. Shankar, The Hindu, Chennai, 29 Nov 2007 Legal System, Swati Deshpande, The Times Of India, Mumbai, 10 Nov 2007 India: Bad marks, yet Ist division, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, The Times of India, Mumbai, 04 Nov 2007