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Apurva Vishwanath’s fortnightly column

Neither gag nor contempt: 2018 was the year Indian judiciary took criticism well

Apurva Vishwanath - 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

Apurva Vishwanath - December 7, 2018

The higher courts in both cases pointed out problems with trial court findings and reversed them.

How to kill a criminal justice system – rewarding prosecutors for death sentences

Apurva Vishwanath - November 30, 2018

Reforming India’s criminal justice system needs more innovation than forcing prosecutors to perform or perish.

Supreme Court decision in Manoj Tiwari case is a cue for it to back off from sealing drive

Apurva Vishwanath - November 23, 2018

Sealing buildings is the biggest example of the kind of judicial activism that Supreme Court must stay away from.

How the Supreme Court took it upon itself to become a daily criminal investigation monitor

Apurva Vishwanath - November 17, 2018

Supreme Court’s priorities expose its lack of confidence in every other institutional process except for its own.

What happens when corruption scandals hit the Supreme Court? Nothing

Apurva Vishwanath - November 9, 2018

Indian courts deal with corruption charges against its judges in two ways: Transfers or looking away

Supreme Court merely sniffing secret envelopes to see if there’s a scam in Rafale deal

Apurva Vishwanath - November 2, 2018

Opposition has already approached the CVC and the CAG on Rafale deal.

Firecracker order shows in post-PIL India, Supreme Court has no time for fact-checks

Apurva Vishwanath - 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.

In #MeToo era, this colonial-era law also needs to be junked

Apurva Vishwanath - 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.

India’s MeToo will succeed if our laws catch up with it

Apurva Vishwanath - October 12, 2018

The language of law must bring greater awareness of our rights and should enable us to hold the state accountable.

Indian courts need MBAs and not Chief Justice to deal with pendency

Apurva Vishwanath - October 5, 2018

The blame for pendency lies at the judiciary’s doorstep.

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Off Court

Neither gag nor contempt: 2018 was the year Indian judiciary took criticism well

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

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