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Apurva Vishwanath’s fortnightly column
Neither gag nor contempt: 2018 was the year Indian judiciary took criticism well
Apurva Vishwanath
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December 31, 2018
Isn’t 20 years enough to reform? Tandoor case convict’s release provides the answer
Hindu Rashtra to peacocks not having sex: There is no way to assess conduct of our judges
Like Aarushi Talwar, no one killed Bibi Jagir Kaur’s daughter
Like Aarushi Talwar, no one killed Bibi Jagir Kaur’s daughter
Apurva Vishwanath
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December 7, 2018
The higher courts in both cases pointed out problems with trial court findings and reversed them.
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How to kill a criminal justice system – rewarding prosecutors for death sentences
Apurva Vishwanath
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November 30, 2018
Reforming India’s criminal justice system needs more innovation than forcing prosecutors to perform or perish.
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Supreme Court decision in Manoj Tiwari case is a cue for it to back off from sealing drive
Apurva Vishwanath
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November 23, 2018
Sealing buildings is the biggest example of the kind of judicial activism that Supreme Court must stay away from.
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How the Supreme Court took it upon itself to become a daily criminal investigation monitor
Apurva Vishwanath
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November 17, 2018
Supreme Court’s priorities expose its lack of confidence in every other institutional process except for its own.
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What happens when corruption scandals hit the Supreme Court? Nothing
Apurva Vishwanath
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November 9, 2018
Indian courts deal with corruption charges against its judges in two ways: Transfers or looking away
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Supreme Court merely sniffing secret envelopes to see if there’s a scam in Rafale deal
Apurva Vishwanath
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November 2, 2018
Opposition has already approached the CVC and the CAG on Rafale deal.
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Firecracker order shows in post-PIL India, Supreme Court has no time for fact-checks
Apurva Vishwanath
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October 26, 2018
Delhi pollution ruling shows it is time for courts to retreat in order to truly uphold a citizen’s right to clean air.
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In #MeToo era, this colonial-era law also needs to be junked
Apurva Vishwanath
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October 19, 2018
By choosing to file a criminal defamation case only against Priya Ramani, M.J. Akbar makes no effort to hide his intentions.
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India’s MeToo will succeed if our laws catch up with it
Apurva Vishwanath
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October 12, 2018
The language of law must bring greater awareness of our rights and should enable us to hold the state accountable.
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Indian courts need MBAs and not Chief Justice to deal with pendency
Apurva Vishwanath
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October 5, 2018
The blame for pendency lies at the judiciary’s doorstep.
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August 30, 2025
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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